Has 3 groups of octagonal rooms (leaves of a club) opening on a rotunda backed by long rectangular rooms (the Club's stem). Rotunda has a marble mantel, French mirrors and spiral stairway and is topped with 20-foot tower. Built 1884 by J. H. . . . — — Map (db m286800) HM
On July 4, 1912, the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce hired a self-proclaimed “fine flyer” to fly a “plane” over the park. The pilot's “plane” (which was actually a plank of wood surrounded by bamboo contraptions that the pilot had to manipulate) was . . . — — Map (db m291101) HM
Founded 1840 by Republic of Texas Pioneers Charles Moores (1776-1852) and wife, Mary Harrison. Extinct all-faiths chapel, where circuit riders served, named for her parents (of South Carolina).
This 5-acre family-community . . . — — Map (db m290742) HM
Founded in 1883 with the Rev. J. C. Mason as first pastor, the Central Christian Church congregation built this structure in 1932. Construction was supervised by architect and church member E. C. Seibert (1878-1941), who used carefully placed . . . — — Map (db m96569) HM
“O great Confederate mothers,
we would paint your names on
monuments, that men may read
them as the years go by and trib-
ute pay to you, who bore and nur-
tured hero-sons and gave them
solace on that darkest day,
when they came home, . . . — — Map (db m196813) WM
Worshiped in 1831 at McKinney's Landing, where the McKinney family and a small group of neighbors met together for informal services. During the winter of 1841-1842, a traveling preacher from Illinois, G. Gates, organized the congregation into a . . . — — Map (db m286697) HM
The great great grandson of Patrick Henry; served army of the Confederacy before buying tract in Texarkana about 1873. Captain Henry was elected to Texas Senate in 1876. Built first brick home in city; donated site for Methodist church. A leading . . . — — Map (db m285978) HM
The United States doubled in size with the 1803 Louisiana Purchase from France under President Jefferson. The Purchase was based on an 1800 treaty land transfer from Spain to France. Jefferson determined that the SW boundary of the Louisiana . . . — — Map (db m308393) HM
Were explorers and traders for about a century. Claimed coastal Texas early as 1685, when La Salle established his Fort Saint Louis colony.
Another Fort Saint Louis, among Nassonite Indians, a few miles northwest of this marker, was founded in . . . — — Map (db m290611) HM
Front
Hero of the Alamo
"They never fail who
die in a just cause"
Love of adventure
brought the young
South Carolinian to
Texas with James Long
in 1819. Romance made
of him a Mexican
citizen and won for
him in San . . . — — Map (db m96572) HM
Mississippi-born Dr. Garling Urih Jamison, Sr., (1881-1951) opened this structure in 1930 as Texarkana's first black business and professional office building. Designed by the Texarkana architectural firm of Witt, Seibert, and Halsey, it features . . . — — Map (db m286699) HM
From the Inaugural Address delivered U. S. Capitol January 20, 1961 in Washinton D.C.
“To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them . . . — — Map (db m307300) HM
Texarkana tradition holds that in 1541, Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto's expedition camped at the natural spring that now brands Spring Lake Park. In 1926, the Lone Star Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution affixed a plaque to . . . — — Map (db m291054) HM
A first lady of Texas. Wife of H.W. Runnels, member of Legislature 1857-59. During these years she and husband lived in Governor's Mansion, where she was the official hostess for her bachelor brother-in-law, Gov. Hardin Richard Runnels. . . . — — Map (db m160784) HM
First brick structure in Texarkana, built about 1879 for First National Bank. On second floor was Kelsey & Offenhauser Insurance Agency. Here in 1883, pioneer businessman F. W. Offenhauser, later a leading agent in Texas and Arkansas, wrote his . . . — — Map (db m286698) HM
That Texarkana, Texas born (Oct. 30, 1941 to late parents Otis Miles, Sr. & Hazel Louise Williams) Dr. Otis Clayborn Williams (nče: Otis Miles, Jr.) is known worldwide to be worthy, talented and honorable, his fellow TXK citizens dedicate this . . . — — Map (db m286700) HM
The most infamous memory of Spring Lake Park remains “The Phantom Killer.” In February of 1946 a murderer started targeting young lovers in secluded areas at night, striking terror throughout Texarkana. By early May the killer had murdered 5 people . . . — — Map (db m291199) HM
According to oral tradition, the Red Lick Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was founded in 1885. Church services have taken place at this site, upon land donated by the Bob Bonner family, since the 1890s. During the early years the group met in a . . . — — Map (db m234915) HM
One of the oldest cemeteries in Texarkana. Founded as "City Cemetery" in 1874, shortly after the town was established in December, 1873. Here lie the remains of some of the city's first citizens-plantation owners, the livery stable owner, country . . . — — Map (db m160780) HM
The Texas and Pacific Railroad founded Texarkana on December 8, 1873. Anthony Ghio and Col. R.W. Rodgers purchased town lots on the first day of sale. They and several other residents formed Sacred Heart Catholic Church under the leadership of . . . — — Map (db m160910) HM
As a regional entertainment and cultural center, Texarkana once had a number of opera houses and theaters, including this facility built by the Saenger Amusement Co. of New Orleans. A parade and speeches by local dignitaries marked the opening day . . . — — Map (db m286679) HM
Local Episcopalians met on Oct. 30, 1876, at the Marquand Hotel to organize this congregation. The first parish meeting was held April 2, 1877. Citizens of all faiths contributed funds for the first church building, erected on property donated by . . . — — Map (db m160885) HM
Black composer Scott Joplin, often called the "King of Ragtime Music", was born in Texarkana, Texas, five years before the townsite was platted in 1873. His family lived in this vicinity, and he attended nearby Orr School on Laurel Street. His . . . — — Map (db m96570) HM
Spring Lake Park officially became a city park in 1924. It is one of only a handful of parks to be designated by the Texas Recreation & Park Society (TRAPS) as a Lone Star Legacy Park. To qualify for this distinction, a park must hold . . . — — Map (db m291287) HM
In 1950 the first permanent building, the Merchant Building, became home to the Four States Fair and Rodeo. The foundation for the Fine Arts building was laid the following year and completed in 1952. It is the only surviving building from the Four . . . — — Map (db m291142) HM
Founded when Texas & Pacific railroad platted townsite and held sale of lots on Dec. 8, 1873, to open regional shipping point. Strategically located on famed Indian trail from the Mississippi to Mexico, site had already been named (for its . . . — — Map (db m202025) HM
In 1886, the Texarkana Street Railway Company was founded by Frank Whitley, Alfred Deutschmann, and Ben Foremen. One of its destinations was Spring Lake Park. For a nickel, Texarkanians could travel to the park in a streetcar which rode on railway . . . — — Map (db m291094) HM
In memory of the men from Bowie County, Texas and Miller County, Arkansas, who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of their country in the World War 1917 - 1918.
They and their comrades fought not for selfish gain nor for one foot of added . . . — — Map (db m268965) WM
Currently, only Federal office building to straddle state line. Present Texas-Arkansas state boundary (established in 1841 by United States and Republic of Texas) passes through center.
Each state had separate post offices until 1892, when first . . . — — Map (db m96566) HM
Projected in 1826 by General Arthur G. Wavell, Scottish-born soldier of fortune. By terms of a Mexican grant, he agreed to introduce 400-500 families into an area on the Red River. Ben Milam, frontiersman, was agent. Many pioneers were actually . . . — — Map (db m290610) HM
In 1841, the Republic of Texas granted Tennessee native William W. Wooten title to 640 acres of land he had settled in 1837. Wooten bought an additional 640 acre tract from Will Oldham in December 1848, a few months after the Treaty of Guadalupe . . . — — Map (db m291085) HM
[south side] Site of Old Union Church established March 8, 1871, Texarkana, Texas. Property donated by W.W. Wooten, owner of Wooten Springs (todays Springlake Park). Updated records restored by Texarkana Genealogical . . . — — Map (db m286792) HM
