In the 1950s, bass fishing started to become a popular outdoor activity for residents in Texas, sparked by reservoir building. During that decade, a massive state-wide drought occurred, leading to water shortages. Reservoirs built in response to the . . . — — Map (db m225954) HM
In 1879, a group of farmers and businessmen established a new community, Baptist church and cemetery near the new town of Whitney. The Bethlehem community attracted nearby families who moved to be closer to the Houston & Texas Central Railway line. . . . — — Map (db m269260) HM
When Whitney town lots were auctioned in 1879, German native Edouard Boesch (1842-1911), an east Texas lumber wholesaler, shipped the first load of lumber for the new town. Three years later he moved here and bought the lumberyard of William . . . — — Map (db m269258) HM
In 1838, Mary Beacham received a headright land grant of one league and one labor (about 4600 acres), including this property making her first in a line of notable women associated with the site. Following multiple ownership transfers, Eliphas . . . — — Map (db m264570) HM
A frontier military post established
on the site a Waco Indian village
by Brevet Major R. A. Arnold, second
United States Dragoons, on March 27,
1849. Named in honor of Lt. Col.
William M. Graham who fell at Molina
del Rey, September 8, 1847. . . . — — Map (db m269256) HM
The organizational meeting for this church was held in 1875 in the Pecan Grove community just west of Whitney. The Reverend I. M. Reeve, a circuit rider, led the congregation in its formation. In 1880, one year after the town of Whitney was founded . . . — — Map (db m61546) HM
Among the first African-American Baptist congregations in Hill County were the churches at Towash (organized in 1869), Lofer's Bend, and near Aquilla. These three congregations were united in 1883 to form the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church. . . . — — Map (db m61602) HM
Named for Hainai Indian chief. One of first Hill County settlements. Grist mill and carding machine built, 1850, by S. C. Dyer established Towash as a trade center. By 1879 had 15 business enterprises.
Declined after railroad bypass. Ruins . . . — — Map (db m225956) HM
Whitney, the first railroad town in Hill County, was established in 1879 on the route of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and was named for railroad investor Charles A. Whitney. Lots in the new town were sold at a "Grand Picnic" on November . . . — — Map (db m59698) HM
The construction of Whitney Dam caused the creation of this cemetery in 1950 for the reinterment of 1260 graves from six historic cemeteries in Hill and Bosque Counties. Before Lake Whitney inundated several pioneer cemeteries, all of the gravesites . . . — — Map (db m264593) HM
This newspaper began publication in 1883, four years after the railroad town of Whitney was founded. Established by H. P. and J. O. Jones, the "Messenger" was purchased by J. T. and Dan S. Mayes in 1890. Dan Mayes, who gained full ownership of the . . . — — Map (db m59800) HM
