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By Duane Hall, March 23, 2018
Marker near Trinity Lutheran Church
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On W. Broadway Street (U.S. 87) at Mason Street, on the right when traveling east on W. Broadway Street. |
| | Several German Lutheran families from Mills County migrated to Concho County shortly after the turn of the 20th century. These pioneers maintained close ties with their former congregations. The Rev. Franz Walther of Mills County conducted irregular . . . — — Map (db m115565) HM |
| On U.S. 281 north of W. Wurts Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Organized by Rev. Joe Price between 1874 and 1876 in Langford’s Cove community (later renamed Evant), the Evant Methodist Episcopal Church began with seven charter members: Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Winters, Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Winters, Mr. and Mrs. Edington . . . — — Map (db m89696) HM |
| On The 36th Division Memorial Highway (State Highway 36) at County Road 193, on the left when traveling north on The 36th Division Memorial Highway. |
| | This congregation traces its history to the late 1860s, when early settlers of Jonesboro met together in a combination church-school Masonic Lodge building for worship services. W. L. Jones donated land for a Methodist church in 1871, and the . . . — — Map (db m119007) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 932 at County Route 101, on the right when traveling south on Route 932. |
| | This congregation traces its history to 1886, when the Rev. W. M. Blakely and ten charter members organized the Basham Baptist Church in the old Basham School Building at the Smith Cemetery (ca. 1.7 mi. S). Basham Baptist Church merged with Salem . . . — — Map (db m71647) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1278 0.8 miles east of Farm to Market Road 451. |
| | Drought conditions in the early 1900s prompted local rancher W. Q. Richards in 1903-04 to subdivide land in this area into small farms complete with water wells. A farming community known as "Richards Colony" or "Dutch Colony" developed here. In . . . — — Map (db m155163) HM |
| On West 6th Street east of South Sue Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Noted church leader, educator. A Virginian. Received B. A. and M. A., George Washington University. Taught in Georgia, 1837-39; was ordained Baptist minister, 1838. Was pastor of various leading churches; president of 2 church colleges in . . . — — Map (db m118268) HM |
| On U.S. 82 at Farm to Market Road 836, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 82. |
| | The Pansy Baptist Church was organized in 1905 by J. V. Leatherwood, John Holt, P. H. Leatherwood, Snow Loyd, and J. M. Leatherwood to serve the residents of the Pansy Community. Church services were conducted in the school building until 1916 when . . . — — Map (db m104778) HM |
| On Fannin Street at West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north on Fannin Street. |
| | U.S. 1902. First church building erected in Van Horn. This was used by all faiths until other churches were built.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964 — — Map (db m60764) HM |
| On Denver Avenue at East 8th Street, on the right when traveling north on Denver Avenue. |
| | Organized by 1902. Church built in 1910. Previously, congregation had worshipped in other churches, a bank, and Felton Opera House.
Consecrated on January 8, 1911, in first episcopal act of the Rt. Rev. E. A. Temple, Bishop of the North Texas . . . — — Map (db m93205) HM |
| On Celestial Road east of Winnwood Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Formed in the Freedman's Community of Upper White Rock (settled by former slaves from the nearby Coit, Caruth and Obier plantations), White Rock Chapel Methodist Church was organized after a meeting at the home of George Coit. Founding members . . . — — Map (db m148625) HM |
| On South Broadway Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | During slavery, Negroes attended churches with their masters, many times to care for their children. After the Civil War, they were not allowed to attend church with white people.
This congregation formed circa 1890 with the original name "St. . . . — — Map (db m149141) HM |
| On N Perry Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This cemetery opened with the burial of Sarah Huffman (Mrs. A. W.) Perry in 1896. Nearby was the Union Baptist Church, which stood on land given by A. W. Perry. On Feb. 18, 1897, he deeded land for this cemetery -- the first burial ground . . . — — Map (db m146928) HM |
| On Perry Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Earliest Baptist Church in Dallas County; organized in a pioneer cabin, May 10, 1846, under leadership of the Rev. David Myers (1797-1853). Charter members were Franklin Bowles, J. B. and Margaret Ann Lee, Letticia (Mrs. David) Myers, and John . . . — — Map (db m148638) HM |
| On North Roberts Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The first church occupied by this congregation was destroyed by a tornado in 1856, two years after the fellowship was organized. A frame building was erected in 1883 on a lot adjacent to this site. It was replaced in 1900 by this structure. . . . — — Map (db m154659) HM |
| On Sunset Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the early spring of 1898, twenty-six members of the First Baptist Church of Oak Cliff left the church to form the Oak Cliff Baptist Church to remain with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Walter B. Hillsman led the new congregation until . . . — — Map (db m152499) HM |
| On Midway Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On first Dallas County site deeded (1856) for a Methodist Church. Donor was a widow, Nancy Jane Cochran. First edifice (30' x 40') was built by church men, of lumber hauled by wagons from Jefferson (150 mi. E.) and dedicated in 1858. The Sunday . . . — — Map (db m149327) HM |
| On North Ervay Street at Patterson Street, on the right when traveling north on North Ervay Street. |
| | Organized 1868; first building (1871) on this site was one-room frame structure, which members financed by weaving rugs, making hominy, preserves, and cheese to sell at fairs near Dallas, then a frontier town of 2,500. Section of Victorian-style, . . . — — Map (db m157484) HM |
| On Davenport Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Renner Baptists organized in 1890 and met in the school building for eight years. Charter members were: B. F. and Kate E. Binkley; Elizabeth H., J. J., Mary A., and R. F. Butler; Mary E. and P. W. Collier; Mary L. Dickerson; George B., J. P. and . . . — — Map (db m148772) HM |
| On Ross Avenue at N Harwood Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Ross Avenue. |
| | Methodism in Dallas traces its roots to as early as 1846, when the small village was a stopping point for Methodist circuit riders. The first organized group of Methodists met in November 1850, and continued for almost 20 years without a building of . . . — — Map (db m135399) HM |
| On Junius Street at Haskell Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Junius Street. |
| | This congregation has grown from two earlier fellowships. In 1868 Joshua Addington started a Sunday School, the beginning of the Dallas City Mission. Later the Mission formed Floyd Street Church and in 1880 Haskell Avenue Church was organized. At . . . — — Map (db m152041) HM |
| | On August 6, 1885, a group came together in the small community of Dallas and formed a Christian Church congregation. The group consisted of the families of John Higgs Cole, Benjamin Franklin Hall, William Henry Ford, William Brown Miller, . . . — — Map (db m151558) HM |
| Near Mockingbird Lane, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This congregation traces its origin to the founding of a church at Southern Methodist University in early February 1916. Known as the University Church, its first members came from the campus community of faculty and students. Methodist Bishop . . . — — Map (db m148933) HM |
| On Mockingbird Lane, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 1926 Highland Park Methodist Church Building This splendid example of Gothic Revival architecture was designed by architects Roscoe DeWitt and Mark Lemmon and built in 1926. It features a majestic bell tower that houses a 48-bell carillon, . . . — — Map (db m148934) HM |
| On Hillcrest Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In the early 20th Century, unrest and subsequent regional turmoil in Greece forced hundreds of thousands of Greeks to leave their homes, often for America. A year after the Hermes Society, a Greek-American Benevolent Society, was formed, the . . . — — Map (db m148749) HM |
| On San Jacinto Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1884, Rev. A. R. Griggs (d. 1922) and Jane Johnson Calloway Endsley (d. 1933) organized the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church to serve the African American Baptist community of Dallas. After a series of relocations starting in 1907, the . . . — — Map (db m149086) HM |
| On Valley View Lane east of Valley View Place, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Pioneer settlers used this site for burials as early as the 1840s. The oldest known grave is that of Amanda L. Houx (1829-1847). In 1868 William Huffhines donated a two-acre tract, which included the early graves, to Mount Calvary Baptist Church. A . . . — — Map (db m93134) HM |
| On Preston Road (State Highway 289) at Spring Valley Road, on the right when traveling north on Preston Road. |
| | Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, affectionately known as “The Rock,” and established in 1864, is the oldest African American Church in Dallas County. The church was named for the mountain peak from which Moses viewed the . . . — — Map (db m155810) HM |
| On Munger Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Located near the railroad tracks on Central Avenue, Galilee Baptist Church was organized in 1894 by the Rev. A. H. Smith and a small group of charter members. In an attempt to block out noise and distractions from nearby taverns, members hung . . . — — Map (db m149049) HM |
| On Greenville Avenue at North Munger Boulevard, on the left when traveling south on Greenville Avenue. |
| | Organized in 1914, this church has served the Munger Place and East Dallas communities with a variety of programs. A neighborhood landmark, this sanctuary was built in 1925 during the pastorate of the Rev. George M. Gibson. Designed in the English . . . — — Map (db m151420) HM |
| | Founded in 1890 with seventeen charter members, this church has served the community with a variety of worship, educational, outreach, and missionary programs. Meeting in facilities first at Ninth and Patton streets and later at Tenth and Madison . . . — — Map (db m154715) HM |
| On North Marsalis Avenue at East Jefferson Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on North Marsalis Avenue. |
| | This congregation was formed in 1887 when the Shelton and Oliver families began meeting with circuit rider C. G. Shutt in the Shelton home under the name St. Mark's Methodist Church. The Olivers began Sunday School meetings in 1888. The first . . . — — Map (db m139165) HM |
| On Oak Lawn Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | An Oak Lawn settler, the Rev. Marcus H. Cullum (1822-85), preached in a grove on Turtle Creek until citizens built a school-church house here on site given by the Dickason-Sale family. At opening of that building, Sept. 20, 1874, the Rev. M. H. . . . — — Map (db m148922) HM |
| On Pleasant Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This congregation evolved from a rural Union Church which met as early as 1875 in a nearby cabin. The Ladies Aid Society was formed in 1906 and began raising funds for a separate church facility. Built in 1908 on this site, the one-room structure . . . — — Map (db m158803) HM |
| On Bruton Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This congregation traces its history to a Union Church in Scyene, a small farming community once located at the present intersection of Scyene and St. Augustine Roads in Dallas. The first church in the community was a two-story community meeting . . . — — Map (db m158822) HM |
| On Dolphin Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1886, the state of Texas approved a charter for congregation Sharis Israel (meaning remnant of Israel) and cemetery. The new congregation was organized by Dallas-area Jews, who first met for services in a grocery store and then in other . . . — — Map (db m156159) HM |
| Near North Garrett Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Rev. George Rottenstein held the first Episcopal service in Dallas in a storehouse on May 25, 1856, and organized this parish on St. Matthew's Day, Sept. 21, 1857. The Rt. Rev. Alexander Gregg, first bishop of Texas, visited Dallas in 1860 and . . . — — Map (db m151391) HM |
| On Routh Street at Wade Street, on the right when traveling north on Routh Street. |
| | In 1873, several inhabitants of Freedman's Town, a community of recently freed people just north of the Dallas city limits, met with Methodist Ministers Rev. H. Oliver and Rev. William Bush under a brush arbor to organize the area's first African . . . — — Map (db m80034) HM |
| On East Lovers Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Established on December 1, 1889, this congregation began with five charter members. Led by the Rev. H. Siegfried, the church was organized with the help of Fort Worth pastors Thomas L. Mueller and C.F. Bauman. The congregation was originally named . . . — — Map (db m150017) HM |
| On Howell Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Established by Temple Emanu-el congregation in 1884, this was the second Jewish cemetery in Dallas. The first burials which occurred here were those of Russian immigrants Aaron L. Levy and Jacob Rosenthal. Both men were born in Russia on June 2, . . . — — Map (db m148987) HM |
| On North Zang Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Beginning as a Sunday School in the late 1880s, this congregation was formally organized in 1890 as Oak Cliff Cumberland Presbyterian Church under the leadership of the Rev. Daniel G. Molloy. Charter members included many pioneer Dallas families. . . . — — Map (db m152571) HM |
| On West 10th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | On November 27, 1911, the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, appointed the Rev. J. Leonard Rea (1884 - 1965) to establish a parish in Dallas to be known as Tyler Street Methodist Church. The congregation was organized . . . — — Map (db m152498) HM |
| On Walnut Hill Lane 0.1 miles east of Surrey Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
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Bishop Claude Marie Dubuis, wishing to establish a Catholic school in the rapidly-growing area of North Texas, assigned six Galveston-based Ursuline nuns to the task in 1874. In January of that year Bishop Dubuis traveled with the sisters to . . . — — Map (db m156489) HM |
| On North Winnetka Avenue at Walmsley Avenue, on the right when traveling west on North Winnetka Avenue. |
| | Founded 1872 after Brig. Gen. Richard M. Gano (1830 - 1913) preached at request of Maj. B. F. Robinson, a Civil War comrade, to settlers from De Soto, Eagle Ford, Jimtown, Lisbon, and Wheatland, making 50 converts. Church met for years in homes or . . . — — Map (db m152456) HM |
| | Wheatland Cemetery has served this area since the mid-1800s. Originally named the Branson-Brotherton Cemetery, this burial ground is on property donated by Tom Branson and H.K. Brotherton. The two men, Ohio natives, both were farmers and owners of . . . — — Map (db m154590) HM |
| | Founded in 1847, year after Texas joined the United States. Known as the oldest Methodist Church west of Trinity River. Built on present site, 1859. Enlarged building, 1912, adding steeple, stained glass windows. Recorded Texas Historic . . . — — Map (db m154678) HM |
| On North Good Latimer Expressway, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Pioneer African American architect William Sidney Pittman was born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 21, 1875. Pittman attended segregated public schools in Montgomery and Birmingham before enrolling at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute . . . — — Map (db m158474) HM |
| On East Lovers Lane, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Soon after German Lutherans began arriving in Dallas in the 1870s, they began to gather for worship. In 1874, the Rev. Tirmenstein from New Orleans started leading the Lutherans in worship, and others soon followed, utilizing facilities of the . . . — — Map (db m150006) HM |
| On Avenue C, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This congregation traces its origin to informal services held in Duncanville (Est. 1882) in the early 1890s by the Rev. G. Q. Grasty of nearby Lancaster. According to local tradition Robert N. Daniel, the son of a local Baptist preacher, and his . . . — — Map (db m154595) HM |
| On West Daniel Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This congregation grew from a Union Sunday School that was organized in 1882, soon after the railroad reached Duncanville. Classes met weekly at Union Hall, an interdenominational place of worship that had served the surrounding communities for . . . — — Map (db m154649) HM |
| On Valley View Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Founded in Republic of Texas. Isaac Blackman Webb (1802-80), after moving his family from Missouri to the Peters Colony in 1843-44 Winter, appealed for a visit by a missionary. On March 19, 1844, in log cabin of his brother-in-law, William M. . . . — — Map (db m148706) HM |
| Near Valley View Lane east of William Dodson Parkway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | William Myers (b.1753) and his wife Flora moved from Virginia to Kentucky, where the last of their ten children, David Myers, was born. David married fellow Kentuckian Letitia Reddish (1801-1885) in 1820. They moved to Indiana in 1829 and to . . . — — Map (db m145910) HM |
| On William Dodson Parkway near Pepperwood Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Thomas and Sarah Keenan settled in Farmers Branch in 1842. They established a family cemetery when they buried their infant son on this site the following year. With the Rev. David Myers, the Keenans organized the Union Baptist Church in 1846, . . . — — Map (db m148646) HM |
| On Valley View Lane east of William Dodson Parkway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Thomas (1808-1879) and Sarah McCallister Keenan (1807-1872) came to this area as members of the Peter's Colony in 1842. When their two-month-old son, John, died on November 11, 1843, they buried him at this site, establishing one of the earliest . . . — — Map (db m145908) HM |
| On West Avenue D, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Baptists in the pioneer Duck Creek community began meeting regularly in a log schoolhouse probably as early as the 1850s. On March 8, 1868, sixteen Baptists assembled in the schoolhouse and formally organized Antioch Baptist Church, calling W. B. . . . — — Map (db m149941) HM |
| | As the township of Duck Creek began to take shape in 1858, four denominations shared religious services in the Duck Creek schoolhouse. Area development was delayed by the onset of the Civil War, but by the 1870s the town was recovering.
The . . . — — Map (db m148088) HM |
| | Organized in 1855 by 18 charter members, this congregation was served by circuit-riding ministers who conducted worship services in a log cabin schoolhouse located on Duck Creek. A sanctuary built in 1871 was destroyed by a tornado in 1874. The . . . — — Map (db m148090) HM |
| | This congregation traces its roots to April 22, 1888, when the Rev. Benjamin Spencer and twenty-five charter members organized a Cumberland Presbyterian congregation. The church served a diverse membership, including farmers, retail business . . . — — Map (db m148087) HM |
| On West Miller Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The final resting place for many Dallas County pioneers, this cemetery began in the churchyard of Duck Creek Methodist Church, a congregation organized in the 1850s. The graveyard includes sections established by the Duck Creek Masonic Lodge . . . — — Map (db m149754) HM |
| On Johnson Street east of South MacArthur Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This began as a family burial ground in 1866, when David A. Jordan (1808 - 1879) provided land for a cemetery in which to bury his son-in-law, Robert A. Hight (1826 - 1866). The graveyard was later made available to other residents of the area and . . . — — Map (db m146215) HM |
| On Hardock Road south of W Shady Grove Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1877 Louis H. Caster (1826-1908) deeded one acre for a community graveyard, church, and schoolhouse. His son-in-law Lewis Dowd gave further acreage in 1888. Once a center of social life for the pioneer families of Shady Grove,
the church and . . . — — Map (db m146405) HM |
| On W 4th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | When the town of Irving was founded in 1903, developers Julius Otto Schulze and Otis Brown set aside parcels of land for the Baptist, Church of Christ, and Catholic denominations. The new town grew steadily, and by January 1904 the Irving Baptist . . . — — Map (db m150583) HM |
| Near E Irving Boulevard east of Balleywood Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Settlers came to this area near the Elm and west forks of the Trinity River in the mid-1800s. Isaac Henry “Ike” Story built a grocery store in what became the community of Gorbit (also known by similar spellings). Ike Story was the . . . — — Map (db m146217) HM |
| Near Haley Street east of South MacArthur Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Area Catholic services date from the 1860s, when mass was held in private homes. The Mission of St. Luke was established in 1902, and met temporarily in the Lively School building northeast of original Irving. Oral tradition states that . . . — — Map (db m150532) HM |
| On East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | During the 1840s and 1850s, Lancaster Baptists met periodically in private homes. On Sept. 29, 1867, fourteen charter members gathered to organize the Missionary Baptist Church. They worshiped first in the Masonic Hall, a two-story frame building . . . — — Map (db m152516) HM |
| On Julian Henry, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On July 5, 1846, Roderick Rawlins (1776 - 1848) and 13 settlers began this fellowship. They met in homes and a one-room log schoolhouse. For years ordained members and itinerant preachers led services. After disruptions of the Civil War, the . . . — — Map (db m152539) HM |
| On East 1st Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1856 the Rev. Michael Dickson and nine charter members met in a crude cabinet workshop to organize this church. Services were first held in an early schoolhouse, shared with other denominations. After the Civil War, the Ladies Aid Society . . . — — Map (db m152523) HM |
| On South Dallas Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Itinerant preachers often met with local Methodists in early days of settlement. Organized on May 25, 1868, by the Rev. Andrew Davis, this is one of the oldest churches in North Texas. Services were held in Masonic Hall until a church building was . . . — — Map (db m152524) HM |
| On North Lancaster Hutchins Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | According to oral tradition, this congregation was organized in 1870 by the freed Blacks of the Lancaster community. Land for a church building was acquired in the late 1870s, during the pastorate of the Rev. Augustus Ferrin, but the sanctuary was . . . — — Map (db m152541) HM |
| On North Galloway Avenue north of West Kimbrough Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1857, prior to the incorporation of the town of Mesquite, a group of area residents began gathering occasionally for Methodist worship services led by circuit riding preacher W. K. Masten. Services were held in a nearby building known variously . . . — — Map (db m150878) HM |
| On Beltline Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1881, fifteen area residents organized the Mesquite Presbyterian Church. These charter members originally worshipped in a home where the Rev. George L. Blewett, a noted circuit riding preacher, held services. The congregation completed their . . . — — Map (db m150871) HM |
| | This congregation first met in members' homes at the end of the 19th Century. In 1907 three trustees of the church -- Chester Williams, G. M. Purcell, and Claude Hocker -- purchased property near what would become Fair Park. An existing white . . . — — Map (db m151568) HM |
| On Richardson Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Founded in 1865 with nineteen charter members, this congregation began as Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. Early worship services were held in the Elm Grove schoolhouse. The Rev. J.J. Butler was called as first pastor of the congregation.
William . . . — — Map (db m131078) HM |
| On La Salle Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Organized on August 21, 1870, by the Rev. George L. Blewett (1821-1884) and twenty charter members, this church began as the Trinity Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Early worship services were held in the home of George Henry . . . — — Map (db m148651) HM |
| Near North Central Expressway, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Organized as the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, of Richardson, Texas, in 1886, the church was first served by circuit-riding preacher Thomas Jefferson Milam (1843-1917). For the first twelve years, services were held in the Cumberland . . . — — Map (db m148677) HM |
| Near Hickok Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Second Catholic church organized in Dallas County, Sacred Heart owes its origins to the devotion of an Irishman, Patrick McEntee (1846 - 1921), who came to Texas in 1874. Farmer and merchant, McEntee helped build the railroad in this area. . . . — — Map (db m149770) HM |
| On North Belt Line Road north of Tripp Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On July 3, 1904, New Hope Baptist Church chartered with thirteen members under the direction of Dr. James B. Gambrell, who was associated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the First Baptist Church of Dallas. The Rev. S.W. Kendrick . . . — — Map (db m150792) HM |
| On East Tripp Road east of Collins Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Pioneers arrived in this area as early as 1845, establishing small settlements that developed over time into the Tripp, Long Creek, Hatterville and New Hope communities. By 1882, Tripp residents attended church services in the local schoolhouse. . . . — — Map (db m150829) HM |
| On West 1st Street (U.S. 60) at County Road H, on the right when traveling west on West 1st Street. |
| | A prisoner of war camp, used primarily for Italian soldiers, was in operation near this site during World War II. Known as the Hereford Military Reservation and Reception Center, it was first used in 1943 for prisoners captured in an invasion of . . . — — Map (db m56025) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 809 6.4 miles south of Interstate 40, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Palo Duro Baptist Church has its origins in Union School, which was built by settlers around 1893. Area residents held a non-denominational Sunday school in the facility. In 1901, Baptists living in the Palo Duro community, named for the creek that . . . — — Map (db m91731) HM |
| On Old Justin Road at CF Taylor Road, on the right when traveling east on Old Justin Road. |
| | In 1884 this site was designated as a religious campground by the members of the Prairie Mound Methodist Church. Johns' Well, named for former owner Hardin Johns, provided the steady water supply needed by campers, area settlers and travelers. . . . — — Map (db m147174) HM |
| On Prairie Mound Cemetery Road. |
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This burial ground was in use by 1882 when adjoining property was deeded to the Prairie Mound Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The earliest marked grave here is that of Edgar Myers (1875-1878), the son of J. E. and M. J. Myers. Church . . . — — Map (db m147210) HM |
| On East Hebron Parkway at Charles Street, on the right when traveling east on East Hebron Parkway. |
| | Organized in 1883 at the Willow Springs School, this congregation was known as Big Valley Baptist Church during the early years of its existence. A Sunday School, Willow Springs Union Sabbath School, was begun in 1886. E.C. Bramblett served as the . . . — — Map (db m73770) HM |
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| On Farm to Market Road 1173 0.2 miles west of Plainview Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Located in western Denton County, Plainview Cemetery served as a burial ground for early settlers in the area. The Plainview community began around 1878 when the families of Gideon Kimbrough (1833-1923) and William Kimbrough (1824-1912) and their . . . — — Map (db m77371) HM |
| On Chinn Chapel at Rolling Acres Drive, on the right when traveling north on Chinn Chapel. |
| | This church began as a nondenominational congregation organized by pioneer settlers of the Peters Colony in 1846. Itinerant preachers were invited to hold services in a log church/school building located about one quarter mile northwest of here. . . . — — Map (db m147209) HM |
| On McGee Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
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The McCurley family of Illinois settled in Denton County in 1852. George Collins McCurley set aside land for a burial ground, church, and school. A traveling stranger may have been the first burial, but George's brother, Abraham, who died in . . . — — Map (db m146433) HM |
| On State Highway 72 2.4 miles west of U.S. 87, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Community leader and businessman Charles A. Schlinke played a vital role in the development of DeWitt County. Born in Posen, Germany, Schlinke immigrated to the United States with family in 1869, following his father, who settled in Weesatche . . . — — Map (db m132625) HM |
| On North McLeod Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On July 8, 1849, a group of settlers gathered together under a live oak tree at the home of Dr. Robert and Mary C. Trigg Peebles to form the Live Oak Presbyterian Church, the first Presbyterian congregation in DeWitt County. Led by the Rev. William . . . — — Map (db m132588) HM |
| On East Courthouse Street at North Clinton Street, on the right when traveling east on East Courthouse Street. |
| | Circuit riders held worship services for Methodists in the Cuero Creek area as early as 1841. It was not until after Cuero's incorporation in 1873, however, that a permanent Methodist church was founded here. Earliest records report eight members on . . . — — Map (db m132586) HM |
| On North Esplanade Street (U.S. 87/183) at East Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling north on North Esplanade Street. |
| | Organized in 1874. First chapel was moved from Port Lavaca; present church, built 1889, was dedicated May 25, 1890, when the Rev. George Hinson was rector.
Gothic architecture with clapboard siding, walnut interior, cedar shingle roof. . . . — — Map (db m132590) HM |
| On North McLeod Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | "Uncle Jimmy the Peacemaker." Son of Sgt. James Turner Smith, veteran of American Revolution.
Born and educated in North Carolina. Lived for 32 years in Tennessee, where he taught James K. Polk, later a U.S. President.
Taught first school . . . — — Map (db m132587) HM |
| On North Esplanade Street (U.S. 87/183) at West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on North Esplanade Street. |
| | The great Gulf storm of 1875 in Indianola brought many Lutherans to Cuero. By 1880 German Lutherans were meeting for services conducted by pastors from nearby communities. The 1886 destruction of Indianola brought more Lutherans, and St. Mark's was . . . — — Map (db m132559) HM |
| On North McLeod Street at East Church Street, on the right when traveling south on North McLeod Street. |
| | The Rt. Rev. Anthony Dominic Pellicer, first Bishop of San Antonio, established St. Michael's Parish in 1875, after the Cuero Land and Immigration Co. donated this site for a church. The name was chosen in memory of Michael O'Brien, whose widow was . . . — — Map (db m132589) HM |
| On U.S. 82 at Farm to Market Road 264, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 82. |
| | Born in Hopkins County in east Texas, Marshall Clinton Formby, Jr., moved with his family to McAdoo (3 mi. N) when he was five years old and spent his adult life working for the betterment of this part of the state. Educated at Texas Technological . . . — — Map (db m105159) HM |
| On West Third Street at South Parks Street, on the right when traveling east on West Third Street. |
| | Oldest church continuously in use (in earliest Episcopal parish) in the Texas Panhandle. The first services were held by the Rev. Mr. Townsend of Dallas Diocese in the J. B. McClelland Ranch house, Nov. 1877. On site given 1891 by Isaac W. Carhart, . . . — — Map (db m100427) HM |
| On South Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | When the Rev. Lewis H. Carhart, a Methodist minister, founded Clarendon, he envisioned it as a religious and educational center. The town was established in 1878 near the junction of Carroll Creek and the Salt Fork of the Red River, six miles north . . . — — Map (db m100426) HM |
| On Montgomery Street at McClelland Street, on the right when traveling east on Montgomery Street. |
| | The community of Clarendon was established in 1878 as a Protestant community by Methodist Minister Lewis Henry Carhart. The construction of the Fort Worth-Denver railway in the Panhandle in 1887, and the selection of Clarendon as a division point on . . . — — Map (db m100430) HM |
| On Jefferson Street 0.2 miles north of North Front Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Following the relocation of Clarendon along the railroad in 1887, the African American population began to grow. By the 1890s, African Americans were searching for their own place of worship in the growing community. For a time, they gathered in . . . — — Map (db m151616) HM |
| Near Avenue E at W. 9th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Rev. C.G. Stephens, founder of Red Gap community (1 mi. W), joined the Rev. W.B. Cobb in 1878 to organize the Red Gap Baptist Church. Forerunner of the First Baptist Church of Cisco, the Red Gap congregation had 13 charter members who met in a . . . — — Map (db m113524) HM |
| Near W. 6th Street at Avenue H, on the right when traveling west. |
| | When the town of Cisco was platted in May 1881, land at the corner of Eighth Street and Avenue G was set aside for use by a Presbyterian congregation. In August of that same year, local residents Lillie Hightower, Mrs. F.F. Lattimer, Mrs. J.A. Lee, . . . — — Map (db m113521) HM |
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