On Ellis Avenue at Herndon Street, on the right when traveling west on Ellis Avenue.
The first notice found of the Daily Newspaper in Lufkin is
in the Feb. 14, 1907 Nacogdoches Sentinel: "Lufkin has an afternoon daily paper, The News. While a copy of the newspaper has never reached this office, it is said to be a . . . — — Map (db m221468) HM
On North Second Street at Howe Avenue on North Second Street.
In 1690, when Spain's Franciscan Fathers founded Mission San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas, they found a young Indian girl living with her people beside a stream. The priests found her a willing ally for carrying the Catholic Faith to the . . . — — Map (db m27249) HM
On Spence Street, on the right when traveling south.
Chartered in August 1900 and headquartered in the sawmill town of Keltys, the Angelina and Neches River (A&NR) Railroad began as a small short line railroad to move logs from the woods of East Texas to the mills of the Angelina County Lumber . . . — — Map (db m29735) HM
On Charlton St. east of Third Street, on the right when traveling east.
Created and organized in 1846. Originally a part of Nacogdoches County. Bears the name of the river traversing the region. The following towns have served as the county seat; Marion,1846-1854; Jonesville,1854-1858; Homer, Feb. 3 - May 17, 1858, when . . . — — Map (db m29862) HM
On Farm to Market Road 842, on the left when traveling north.
In 1850, Samuel and Elizabeth Berry brought their family and slaves here from Limestone Co., Alabama. Samuel's plantation covered hundreds of acres and included a cotton gin and gristmill. Berry Cemetery began in 1863 when Samuel's grandson and . . . — — Map (db m36110) HM
On Ellis Street east of Kelley Street, on the left when traveling west.
Born here, in now-razed house, Oct. 5, 1907, to Robert and Easter C. Shivers, pioneer East Texas family. As youth, worked at odd jobs to earn own pocket money. Was State Senator 12 years; Lieutenant Governor for two. A strong, progressive . . . — — Map (db m202013) HM
On Cotton Square near Lufkin Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
City's hub, 1882-early 1900s, teeming with cotton buying, horse trades, band concerts, political rallies, switching railroad trains. Site of fire station, standpipe, 1933 memorial library named for lumberman J. H. Kurth (1857-1930), square was . . . — — Map (db m201867) HM
On John Redditt Drive (Loop Route 287), on the right when traveling north.
June 1, 1933 - February 10, 2010
United States Naval Officer and
12-Term United States Representative, 2nd District of Texas
A Sonnet to Charlie
Now before us in bronze, he once again stands tall:
Beloved Texan, who heard his . . . — — Map (db m39781) HM
On South Timberland Drive near Tulane Street, on the right when traveling north.
Founded 1882. Soon became a thriving sawmill community. Named for E.P. Lufkin, chief of crew that surveyed railroad through town. Has been county seat of Angelina County since 1892. Now a regional manufacturing and commerce center. Products include . . . — — Map (db m28715) HM
On U.S. 59, 0.4 miles north of Bates R, on the right when traveling north.
Responding to rumors of French trade activity in Spanish Texas, Don Joaquin de Orobio y Basterra, Captain of Presidio La Bahía, led soldiers on a reconnaissance mission in 1745-46. Encountering Nabedache, Bidai and Orcoquizac settlements, Orobio . . . — — Map (db m221071) HM
Near Atkinson Drive (State Highway 103) at Goleta Avenue.
One of last ox-drawn or mule-drawn carts skidding logs to railroad from the forests. Built 1950 for W. T. Carter & Brother, a lumber firm, and replaced 1951 by tractor-powered equipment, this slip-tongue, high wheel cart is a relic of early . . . — — Map (db m156870) HM
On State Highway 103, on the left when traveling east.
The boom town of Ewing stood for two decades on the west bank of the Angelina River. Named for plantation owner James A. Ewing, the town was located near a rail line and virgin hardwood forests. In 1919 H.G. Bohissen purchased a 100-acre tract of . . . — — Map (db m32058) HM
On North First Street at East Bremond Street, on the left when traveling north on North First Street.
Chartered with nine members, the Lufkin Baptist Church began conducting worship services soon after rail lines reached the townsite in the early 1880s. The Houston, East & West Texas Railroad donated land at this site to Joseph Kerr, E.H.F. . . . — — Map (db m27247) HM
On South First Street (Business U.S. 59) south of Lavan Street, on the right when traveling south.
A Christian church was organized in Angelina County about 1884 in Homer, the county seat. When the railroad line from Houston to Shreveport was built about 5 miles from Homer, the town of Lufkin was built around the depot. Many citizens of Homer . . . — — Map (db m57551) HM
On Denman Avenue near Martha Street, on the right when traveling west.
Margaret (Fullerton) Abney, born in Alabama in 1829, joined the Methodist church with her family at a camp meeting held at nearby McKendree campground in 1863. Because the nearest Methodist church was ten miles away, Mrs. Abney held bible study . . . — — Map (db m28482) HM
On North Raguet Street, on the left when traveling west.
The U.S. Army began building POW camps in the United States in early 1942 for captured Axis prisoners. During World War II, the Army shipped almost 425,000 military prisoners to 511 camps in the U.S. Approximately 50,000 of those POWs, primarily . . . — — Map (db m29450) HM
On Homer Cemetery Road at Jim Fenley Loop, on the left when traveling south on Homer Cemetery Road.
In 1854 W.W. Manning established a drugstore and sawmill in this area, and named the community after his former home in Homer, Louisiana. In 1856 Homer was chosen as Angelina County seat, following a mandate from the Texas Legislature to locate a . . . — — Map (db m31713) HM
On Farm to Market Road 324, 1 mile west of U.S. 59, on the left when traveling west.
The Houston East and West Texas (HE&WT) Railroad came through Angelina County in 1882 and a community named Bitterweed Flat developed here. In 1913 W.E. Hoshall purchased land and timber rights in the area and began shipping logs from Hoshall Switch . . . — — Map (db m36108) HM
On Lufkin Avenue at Cotton Square, on the left when traveling east on Lufkin Avenue.
Regarded as the oldest Angelina County business in continuous operation, Kerr's began in 1870 as a general store in the early county seat of Homer (5 mi. SE). It was started by Civil War veteran Capt. Joseph Kerr (b. 1828), a native of South . . . — — Map (db m29153) HM
On Cotton Square, on the left when traveling west.
By the 1930s, radio had become an established medium for commercial advertising. In 1938, commercial radio came to Angelina County when Redland Broadcasting Association received the first license in the area. Station manager Darrell Yates financed, . . . — — Map (db m38722) HM
On Farm to Market Road 58, 2.3 miles south of Farm to Market Road 2108, on the left when traveling south.
The naturally occurring Lindsey Springs, located approximately 3/4 of a mile northeast of this location, became the site in 1899 of the Southern Pine Lumber Company's first logging camp. The springs provided an important water source for this vital . . . — — Map (db m79122) HM
On South Raguet Street south of Saint Angelina Street, on the left when traveling south.
Chartered in 1902 as a repair shop and parts supply house for local sawmills, Lufkin Foundry & Machine Company was begun by J.H. Kurth, Frank Kavanaugh, Sr., Frank Kavanaugh, Jr., Eli Wiener and Simon Henderson. Later, under the leadership of W.C. . . . — — Map (db m29845) HM
On Frank Steet at First Street, on the right when traveling west on Frank Steet.
Telephone service in Lufkin began in 1898 when Dr. Alexander Madison Denman and his friend Judge Edwin James Mantooth strung telephone wires between their offices. The system was so popular that the pair soon formed the Lufkin Telephone Exchange . . . — — Map (db m29355) HM
On Atkinson Drive, on the left when traveling west.
Steam locomotive and tender No. 3 were bought 1908 by Carter-Kelley Lumber Co., for use in building a sawmill at Manning (about 18 mi. south); then in railroad building, logging, and passenger and freight hauling schedules.
The 1906 wood-burning . . . — — Map (db m202014) HM
On Laurel Street, on the right when traveling west.
Members of the Mantooth family came to Angelina County in 1858. Albert Edwin (Eddie) Mantooth (1874-1969) was born in Homer, Angelina County, to Albert and Mary Richard Hall Mantooth. In 1897, Eddie married Sarah Annie Atkinson Mantooth (1879-1914). . . . — — Map (db m58779) HM
On Second Street at Paul Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Second Street.
The first Episcopal service in Lufkin was held in 1893 by the Rev. George L. Crocket for the W.G. Barron and R.B. Shearer families. St. Mary's Mission was established in 1895 by the Rev. C.M. Beckwith, but the congregation did not have a permanent . . . — — Map (db m26886) HM
On Redland Church Road at U.S. 59, on the left when traveling north on Redland Church Road.
Liberty Baptist Church, established in the Redland community in 1859, became Redland Baptist Church after reorganizing in 1895. Worship services were held in a local schoolhouse until 1924 when the congregation built its first sanctuary. A new . . . — — Map (db m28483) HM
On East Lufkin Avenue at South Fourth Street, on the right when traveling west on East Lufkin Avenue.
David Webster Martin (d. 1916) and his two sons opened a small wagon shop here in 1908. An inventor and designer, Martin developed various wagons for use in the lumber industry. In partnership with B.L. Zeagler, he incorporated the operation as the . . . — — Map (db m27228) HM
On Lufkin Avenue near Cotton Square, on the left when traveling west.
At the turn of the century, a group of Lufkin men organized a town brass band. It later became known as the Hoo Hoo Band after representing Texas at a national convention of the Order of Hoo Hoo, an organization of American and Canadian lumbermen. . . . — — Map (db m29146) HM
On State Highway 103, 1 mile east of U.S. 59 when traveling east.
First plant to turn southern pines into newsprint. Mill here revolutionized paper industry in the southern United States. Seeking local paper rather than foreign supplies, Southland was incorporated in 1938 and began operations, 1940. Its mills made . . . — — Map (db m28963) HM
On Raguet Street, on the right when traveling east.
Continuing efforts started in the 1920s by the Texas Forest Service (TFS), the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established through the Emergency Conservation Work Act (1933) during the Great Depression, aided in efforts to preserve Texas forests. . . . — — Map (db m29427) HM
On Angelina Street at Cotton Square, on the right when traveling north on Angelina Street.
On the evening of March 2, 1913, an explosion destroyed the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad depot at this site, disrupting the town's vital source of transportation and trade. Although a body was not discovered, it was presumed a railroad . . . — — Map (db m29203) HM
On U.S. 59, 0.4 miles north of Bates Road (County Highway 118-B), on the right when traveling north.
Italian-born Vicente Micheli (c.1755-1848) came to North America around 1770 via New Orleans and moved to the Spanish Territory of Texas by 1793. He settled first in Nacogdoches and later received a grant of land near this site. His grant was the . . . — — Map (db m160411) HM
On South Raguet Street south of Saint Angelina Street, on the right when traveling north.
The son of an early industrial engineer, W.C. Trout (1874-1947) came to Lufkin in 1905 and joined Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co. as a shareholder and company secretary. Already a successful inventor, Trout led the diversification of the shop from . . . — — Map (db m29852) HM
On Whitehouse Drive, on the left when traveling east.
According to local tradition, this cemetery may take its name from the 19th-century Cole family home, a structure whose whitewashed exterior stood out from the majority of other log houses and frame buildings in the area. It lies on what was once a . . . — — Map (db m29713) HM
