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Education Topic
By Mark Hilton, September 1, 2019
First Methodist Church of Pittsburg and marker.
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Mt. Pleasant Street (Texas Route 238) at College Street, on the right when traveling north on Mt. Pleasant Street. |
| | The charter members of this church, organized in 1857 by the Rev. J. W. Harvey Hamill, included Major and Mrs. W. H. Pitts and others in the Pitts family, for whom this town was named. The congregation worshipped first in a log structure, then . . . — — Map (db m139363) HM |
| On Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Named in honor of renowned pioneer family of Asbery A. Callaghan. Erected 1970 through bequest of local businessman H.J. "Friday" Hughes (1901-1968), son-in-law of Asbery Callaghan. In 1890 A.A. Callaghan came to Texas with his parents, the J.R. . . . — — Map (db m149696) HM |
| On Main Street north of W 4th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In use, 1938-1957. Based at the county library on this site. A bright red, visible for miles, this first bookmobile in Texas was called "The Library Bus". It stopped at ranches, schools, oil camps; circulated 2,000 books a month; served in era of . . . — — Map (db m149694) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1075 near Highway 168, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Among the early settlers in northeast Castro County were George and Jim Arney, two brothers from Missouri, for whom Arney community was named. A school was started in 1901 for the children of settlers and ranch hands. The first schoolhouse, a . . . — — Map (db m150401) HM |
| On Eagle Road (Farm to Market Road 563) 0.4 miles south of Crossover Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Governor of Texas 1931-33, during critical years of the Depression. Born and reared on family farm here.
As a youth hoeing these fields, learned to stay ahead by taking "3 or 4 licks" while others took 2. Followed this vigorous philosophy . . . — — Map (db m86614) HM |
| On Water Street at Devereaux Street, on the right when traveling north on Water Street. |
| | As a branch of the Boy Scouts of America, sea scouting promotes mental and physical fitness through maritime skills. In 1936, Jacksonville attorney John C. Box, Jr., organized a unit for local boys, sailing the Sea Scouts Ship 400. The Sea Scouts . . . — — Map (db m136138) HM |
| On Avenue F Northwest (U.S. 287) at North Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Avenue F Northwest. |
| | Born 1840. Came from Illinois to Texas, 1859. During Civil War rose from private, 1st Texas Artillery, to Colonel in 16th Cavalry. Was in bloody battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga, Nashville, Richmond. After war, when "didn't have 2 pairs of pants", . . . — — Map (db m96647) HM |
| On West Street at Cottonwood Street, on the right when traveling north on West Street. |
| | Financed by the Self-Culture Club and other local women’s organizations, this structure was erected in 1909 to provide a meeting place for the groups and to house the city’s library collection. In 1924 when money was no longer available to pay a . . . — — Map (db m94450) HM |
| On White Chapel Road (Farm to Market Road 503) 2.1 miles north of State Highway 153, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Coleman County was organized in 1867. The landscape in this area included high grasses, pecan and live oak trees. Deer, turkey, bear and antelope roamed freely. Into this wilderness came such pioneers as John Thomas and Julia Gowens Hamilton, . . . — — Map (db m94367) HM |
| Near Fannin Street (Farm to Market Road 1176) 0.2 miles south of Bowie Avenue. |
| | The Daugherty family moved west in the late 1870s to
Coleman County from present Forney in Kaufman County, where Emma was born. At age 14 she left home to finish school and obtain a teaching certificate in Goldthwaite. She married lawman and . . . — — Map (db m94580) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 503 0.2 miles south of County Road 422, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1936, the Valera, Bowen, White Chapel and New Central communities established a common high school. The new centralized campus – the second rural high school in Coleman County – was named to commemorate Texas’ centennial of . . . — — Map (db m94383) HM |
| On North Central Expressway Frontage Road (U.S. 75), on the right when traveling north. |
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On February 23, 1854, William C. McKinney, James W. Throckmorton, John A. Throckmorton, and Joseph Wilcox set aside twenty-five acres for the town of Mantua, which was conceived as a site for Mantua Seminary. Proceeds from the sale of town lots . . . — — Map (db m72900) HM |
| On H Avenue at East 16th Street, on the left when traveling north on H Avenue. |
| | The Plano Institute opened on this site in 1882 before a public school system existed in Plano. In 1891, city officials bought the school and took over operations. Later schools built here included one in 1924 which became the core of the current . . . — — Map (db m138457) HM |
| On U.S. 83 0.7 miles north of County Road H, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Once the center of a thriving agricultural community, Nicholson School was named for county judge Arthur Clyde Nicholson, during whose term the school was opened in 1915. As Nicholson School increased in enrollment, reaching a peak of 150 students . . . — — Map (db m48387) HM |
| On Farm to Market 1439 0.1 miles east of U.S. 83 when traveling east. |
| | The community of Lutie, named for early settler Lutie Gresham Templeton. Traces its history to 1909. Two years previously, local citizens had formed the Pleasant Valley School about one mile northeast of the townsite. Community leaders moved the . . . — — Map (db m48390) HM |
| On FM 1036, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1893, the men of the newly-settled Dozier Community built a one-room schoolhouse to serve the educational needs of the children of that town and the surrounding farming and ranching area. Seigniora Russell (Laune) served as the first . . . — — Map (db m152708) HM |
| | A native of Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany, Hermann Seele came to Texas in 1843. He became the fist school teacher in New Braunfels on Aug. 11, 1845, when he held class for 15 pupils beneath elm trees at the foot of this hill. Selle helped organize . . . — — Map (db m130133) HM |
| On Natural Bridge Caverns Road 0.8 miles west of Highway 3009, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Discovered March 27, 1960, by four students of St. Mary's University, San Antonio. Named for the rock bridge that marks entrance. Dedicated on August 5, 1964 by Governor John Connally. Of Early Cretaceous age; still forming. Site of artifacts . . . — — Map (db m156444) HM |
| On State Highway 46 0.1 miles south of Center Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1851 Jamaica native Jacob De Cordova (1808-1868) settled here. He selected this spot for its beauty, rich soil and nearby springs. He built his first home, "Wanderer's Retreat." It served as a stage stop on the San Antonio Road and as a mail . . . — — Map (db m111260) HM |
| On S. Main Street (U.S. 83) at Jackson Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on S. Main Street. |
| | Born in Eden, Texas, the son of Dee Forest and Annie Powell Rudder. Was graduated from the A&M College of Texas in 1932 and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry. Was a teacher, coach, area rancher and businessman. Served as mayor of the City of . . . — — Map (db m115561) HM |
| Near U.S. 281 at E. Brooks Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The town of Evant traces its history to an earlier settlement in this area. Langford Cove, founded in 1855 by Asa Langford (1820-1907), was located adjacent to and partly within the south boundary of the present town of Evant. A United States post . . . — — Map (db m89695) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 932 at Rice Road, on the left when traveling north on Route 932. |
| | School classes were first conducted in a church tabernacle when Ireland was founded in 1911. The town was platted on the Coryell-Hamilton County line and named for Texas Governor John Ireland (1827-1896). A wooden frame school was erected in 1914, . . . — — Map (db m71782) 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 U.S. 385 7.4 miles north of Texas Highway 329, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Since 1839 Texas has set aside her public lands to finance education. The University of Texas at Austin acquired the land at this site in 1883, after the first owner, a railroad company, returned it to the state as worthless. For years McElroy Ranch . . . — — Map (db m85571) 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 Avenue E (State Road 163) at 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on Avenue E. |
| | The first permanent school building in Ozona; constructed of native limestone in 1910-1912, when Ozona was only 21 years old. The heating and ventilating system, never before used in the state when installed here, is still in operation daily. . . . — — Map (db m116729) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 651 north of Farm to Market Road 1471, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The community of Big Four lies a few miles north of Crosbyton. The W.H. Hames and M.A. Reynolds families moved here in 1902 and 1909, respectively, and four houses were built on land owned by the Morrison brothers around one windmill which supplied . . . — — Map (db m104780) HM |
| On U.S. 82 at Farm to Market Road 836, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 82. |
| | This area of Crosby County was settled in 1898 by the family and relatives of M. G. Leatherwood. As other families began to arrive, the need for a nearby school became apparent. As a result, the Leatherwood Common School District was created in . . . — — Map (db m104777) HM |
| On Southwestern Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1928, three county schools - Gentry, Bethel, and Coppell - consolidated, and a new brick building was constructed on this site. Known for almost four decades as Coppell Grade School, it housed grades one through eight in seven rooms. The . . . — — Map (db m151040) |
| On West Bethel Road west of Main Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | School was held as early as 1880 in a log cabin approximately one mile east of this location near the present Bullock Cemetery. When the First Methodist Church was built across the street from this marker in 1896, classes met for a short time in the . . . — — Map (db m151131) HM |
| Near West Main Street south of Houston Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The border of this garden is made of concrete that was part of the foundation of the second Coppell School building, built about 1911. It replaced the first school building that had only two rooms. The new school was a two-story structure northwest . . . — — Map (db m151138) HM |
| On North Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Closely linked to Northwest Baptist College, which operated from 1891 to 1897, Decatur Baptist College opened its doors in 1898. The college was the result of an effort by Texas Baptist leaders to consolidate all Texas Baptist Schools under the . . . — — Map (db m153852) HM |
| Near Robert S Hyer Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| | When Dallas was selected in 1911 as the site for a new Methodist University, local citizens pledged 622.5 acres of land and $300,000. In appreciation, the first building on campus was named Dallas Hall. SMU President Robert S. Hyer chose the Chicago . . . — — Map (db m148837) HM |
| On Elm Street (State Highway 354) at North Houston Street (State Highway 354) on Elm Street. |
| | This site was originally owned by John Neely Bryan, the founder of Dallas. During the 1880s French native Maxime Guillot operated a wagon shop here. In 1894 the land was purchased by Phil L. Mitchell, President and Director of Rock Island Plow . . . — — Map (db m4661) HM |
| On Ferndale Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Opening in 1955, Lake Highlands Elementary School has served this area for more than 50 years. Prior to 1955, public education in the area was limited to Little Egypt School for black students and Rogers School, which closed in 1929 when it was . . . — — Map (db m151559) HM |
| On South Malcolm X Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1937, the Dallas school board appointed a building committee to find land for a new high school for African Americans. The committee chose eleven acres at this location. Lincoln High School was one of the largest campuses in the city, with . . . — — Map (db m156017) HM |
| On North Haskell Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The city's fifth high school opened in 1922 on the far north edge of Dallas. At the time, there were three high schools for Caucasian students (Bryan Street, Oak Cliff and Forest) and one for African Americans (Booker T. Washington). The school . . . — — Map (db m148928) HM |
| On North Akard Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | One of the first brick schools in Dallas system, this Victorian building was constructed in 1888 on the site of a pre-Civil War school organized by Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Dallas. In early decades this school drew pupils from several . . . — — Map (db m157350) HM |
| On Losa Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Reinhardt Elementary School traces its history to the 1880s, when a small frame schoolhouse was built on the farm of John Chenault to serve children of early settlers in this vicinity. After the Santa Fe Railroad built a line through the area and . . . — — Map (db m151491) HM |
| On Military Parkway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The original Peacock Military Academy was founded in 1894 in San Antonio by Wesley Peacock, a well-known educator and child psychologist. In 1930 Peacock opened a north Texas branch of the school at this site to provide military, academic, and . . . — — Map (db m158704) HM |
| | This school was established on May 5, 1943, by Southwestern Medical Foundation to serve Dallas and north Texas. The Foundation, organized in 1939 by Dr. Edward H. Cary, E. R. Brown, Karl Hoblitzelle, and Dr. Hall Shannon, promoted quality medical . . . — — Map (db m152452) HM |
| On Preston Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | St. Mark's School has its foundation in three 20th-Century preparatory schools, each of which contributed to its high standards and national reputation for academic excellence. Founded in 1906 by educators Menter and Ada Terrill, the Terrill . . . — — Map (db m148917) HM |
| On Herschel Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This site commemorates a significant civic and business leader. Georgia native Stephen J. Hay (1864-1916) migrated to Dallas in 1887 and became an executive of the Texas Paper Company. He served eight years on the Dallas Board of Education and in . . . — — Map (db m148841) HM |
| On West Jefferson Boulevard east of North Tennant Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Designated as a city of Dallas landmark and the sixth oldest high school in Dallas, Sunset High School has served the Oak Cliff Community for 90 years. The buildings were imbued with the talent of some of the best creative Texas minds of their . . . — — Map (db m152493) HM |
| On Welch Road at Hockaday Drive, on the right when traveling north on Welch Road. |
| | Ela Hockaday (1875 - 1956) received her early education in the public schools of Bonham, Texas. After graduating from the Denton Normal School (now University of North Texas), she pursued graduate studies at both Columbia University and the . . . — — Map (db m94482) HM |
| Near Elsie Faye Heggins Street. |
| | A native of Texas, Tueria Dell Marshall attended Wiley College and Prairie View Normal. He became a teacher in Dallas and worked at several schools before being named principal of Lincoln, the city's second high school for African American . . . — — Map (db m156024) 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 East 9th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1891, the newly incorporated town of Oak Cliff voted to seek bids on a school building. The cornerstone was laid at Patton (then St. George) and 10th Streets for Oak Cliff Central School in September 1892 under the auspices of the Masonic Grand . . . — — Map (db m152525) HM |
| On Worth Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This school, built in 1920 to relieve the crowded conditions of area schools, was named for early educator William B. Lipscomb. A Tennessee native (b. 1860), Lipscomb served as principal of Dallas High School from 1894 until his death five years . . . — — Map (db m151443) HM |
| On South Glasgow Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1927-28 to serve the growing student population in east Dallas, this was the seventh high school in the city. An important example of the period revivals which characterized architecture of the 1920s, this structure reflects the . . . — — Map (db m151393) HM |
| | With origins in the rural Duck Creek School, the first school in Garland opened soon after the community's establishment in 1887. Students and teachers met in temporary space until the first permanent building was erected three years later. . . . — — Map (db m148089) HM |
| | Between 1910 and 1920, the population of Garland increased from about 800 to more than 1,400. Accompanying the growth of the town was a plan by the Eastern Texas Traction Company to build an interurban electric trolley line. The route, connecting . . . — — Map (db m147950) HM |
| On SW 18th Street north of Beaumont Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Originally built east of Grand Prairie near the African American community known as “The Line,” LiveStone Lodge No. 152, Free and Accepted Masons, was granted a charter on July 24, 1903 by the Prince Hall Masons of Texas.
In 1944, . . . — — Map (db m5343) HM |
| On South Centre Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The first log school in Lancaster was built in 1846 at Clear Springs one mile north of the original settlement of Hardscrabble. In 1863, as more families moved in, the Masonic Lodge building served as a school. Education was available to all . . . — — Map (db m152502) HM |
| | In 1868, Lancaster’s first school for African American children opened in a former Confederate pistol factory. Soon after, “Lancaster Colored School” on Keller Branch served 73 students. In 1906, trustees allowed adults to offer night . . . — — Map (db m152506) HM |
| On South Bryan Belt Line Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Founded in 1885, the Mesquite community school served students until the first building of the newly formed Mesquite Independent School District was completed on this site in 1902, beginning with 200 students. Through strong community support, a . . . — — Map (db m150837) HM |
| On Greenville Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Kentuckian William J. (Uncle Billy) Wheeler came to this part of Texas soon after the end of the Civil War. In 1870 he deeded land to the Houston and Texas Central Railway for the townsite that became the city of Richardson and for the railroad . . . — — Map (db m148662) HM |
| | Since its establishment in 1914 Saint Anthony's Catholic School has played a prominent role in preparing young students for advanced classwork. Initial classes were held in a former Deaf Smith County Courthouse converted for church purposes by . . . — — Map (db m155241) HM |
| On Union Avenue at Avenue G, on the right when traveling west on Union Avenue. |
| | Hereford College opened 1902 as co-educational public school in newly-built, 3-story main building. By 1903, college was transferred to Christian Church for needed financial support. Renamed Add-Ran College. The next year, name changed to . . . — — Map (db m150399) HM |
| On East Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1898, a relocated frame schoolhouse served students of Hereford. New buildings came as attendance increased, and in 1916 the school board converted the former Hereford Christian College building into a high school. Rural school consolidation . . . — — Map (db m153253) 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 |
| Near Oakland Street north of East McKinney Street (County Route 426). |
| | Beulah A. Harriss (1889-1977) moved to Denton in 1914 from Nebraska to become the first women’s physical education teacher at North Texas State Normal College, now University of North Texas (UNT). With a degree from the University of Nebraska in . . . — — Map (db m92193) HM |
| On West Oak Street just east of Mounts Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born to pioneers in 1859, James "Jim" Russell Christal was raised by his mother after age three when his father mysteriously died on a hunting trip at age 12. Jim started as a horse wrangler and eventually was hired as a cowboy on his cousin Burk . . . — — Map (db m146540) HM |
| On West Congress Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The first free city of Denton school opened in 1884. After the building burned in 1908, another school was built at the same site. When John B. Denton College closed in 1912, high school students were moved to the former college building, which . . . — — Map (db m154224) HM |
| On West Hickory Street at North Locust Street (U.S. 77/377), on the left when traveling east on West Hickory Street. |
| | Edna Westbrook Trigg (1868-1946) was the first county home demonstration agent appointed in Texas in 1915, serving in Denton County from February 1916 through December 1937. She was named Denton County home demonstration emeritus from January 1, . . . — — Map (db m121785) HM |
| 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 U.S. 183 0.2 miles from Concrete Edgar Road (County Road 242), on the right when traveling north. |
| | One of most respected schools in Texas in its day. Founded by the Rev. John Van Epps Covey (1821-1898), noted educator and minister. Embraced primary through collegiate levels, accepting only students over 12 years old for college work. Broad course . . . — — Map (db m125622) 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 College Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
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On April 2, 1898, the first college in the Texas Panhandle,
Clarendon College and University Training School
(Clarendon College), was organized by the Methodist Church
Conference. The college's doors opened in the town of
Clarendon on . . . — — Map (db m151615) HM |
| Near Rockwell Drive 0.2 miles west of State Highway 6, on the right when traveling west. |
| | O.C. Britton opened Cisco’s first college in 1909, with a campus established on 212 acres of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Survey. The school closed after the onset of World War I, and the site was used by a series of three later colleges . . . — — Map (db m113520) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 1864 at County Road 151. |
| | A private, co-educational school organized in 1903 to augment Scranton Public School (opened 1887).
Scranton, a small farming-ranching community, was only 13 years old when citizens founded the academy, by public subscription. The school . . . — — Map (db m79954) HM |
| On U.S. 385 at Texas Highway 158, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 385. |
| | Since there were no public schools in rural Ector County, R.W. Smith and Teague Baker in 1906 erected an 8'x10' school building in Baker's pasture. They hired a teacher at $15 a month, plus room and board, which each furnished on alternate months. . . . — — Map (db m86335) HM |
| Near West 8th Street at North Sam Houston Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Earliest public schools in county met in land office, courthouse and church 1890-99. First school building in Odessa at 6th & Texas used 1899-1909. Baker and Judkins districts also had early school buildings. In 1909 new school built at 10th & . . . — — Map (db m85888) HM |
| Near Shakespeare Road 0.2 miles east of Kermit Highway (Texas Highway 450), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Originator, promoter of the Globe of the Great Southwest, world's most nearly authentic replica of the Globe theater in England made famous by the plays of William Shakespeare.
Mrs. Morris was educated at North Texas State University and joined . . . — — Map (db m85890) HM |
| On South Dixie Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In early 1890, Inez Rathbun earned money teaching area students at the Ector County Courthouse. About the same time, Ector County organized a public school system. Over the next decades, the number of students in the area steadily increased. In . . . — — Map (db m85636) HM |
| On Andrews Highway (U.S. 385) at East 25th Street, on the right when traveling south on Andrews Highway. |
| | Established through efforts of Odessa Townsite Co., which gave $12,000; a northern Methodist group matched this fund in 1888.
Rev. M. A. Daugherty, Pittsburgh, Pa., was placed in charge, and a 20-acre plot was alloted to the college. Erection . . . — — Map (db m85892) HM |
| | Founder of Pinkie's Inc., which at its peak was Texas' largest chain of retail liquor stores. Established first store in Sweetwater after repeal of prohibition. Initial Odessa site followed in 1938 at 312 E. 2nd Street. Expanded to 26 locations in . . . — — Map (db m86322) HM |
| Near Alameda Avenue (State Highway 20) north of North Washington Street. |
| | Henry C. Trost was one of the most prolific architects of the American Southwest. His history is closely tied to that of his chosen base of operation, El Paso. Ohio native Trost was strongly influenced by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, as . . . — — Map (db m68246) HM |
| On South El Paso Street at Pioneer Plaza, on the right when traveling north on South El Paso Street. |
| | The League of United Latin Citizens (LULAC) was founded in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1929, dedicated to the betterment of Americans of Mexican descent. The league soon expanded to El Paso with the establishment of LULAC Council 8 in 1933 and Council . . . — — Map (db m118077) HM |
| On Scenic Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Texas Western College
In 1913 the Texas Legislature authorized the establishment of the School of Mines and Metallurgy as a branch of the University of Texas at El Paso. The name of this great co-educational, cultural and economic asset was . . . — — Map (db m37932) HM |
| Near East Mills Avenue near El Paso Streets. |
| | was established by the Woman's Club of El Paso in 1892. Two years before formal organization, Mrs. Ernest Kohlberg, with the aid of Mrs. J. E. Townsend and Mrs. H. A. True advanced the idea.
Classes were held in Central School building. This was . . . — — Map (db m37806) HM |
| On Wyatt Street at East Parks Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Wyatt Street. |
| | Oak Lawn began as an elementary school for blacks in 1887 on North Aiken Street. In 1893 the school moved to this site. By the end of the 19th Century, High School classes had been added to the curriculum. Two of the first graduates, Prince . . . — — Map (db m135282) HM |
| Near State Highway 6 0.1 miles east of County Highway 269, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The first Clairette schoolhouse was a one-room log structure built as early as 1871. This two-story building was constructed in 1912, one year after the creation of the Clairette Independent School District. It served until 1949, when the rural . . . — — Map (db m117789) HM |
| On Interstate 35 Frontage Road 0.4 miles north of Blevins Road (County Road 459), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Born in Illinois to J. M. and Lucretia (Craven) Bedichek, Roy came to Falls County at the age of six. Educated first in his parents' school at Blevins and later at the Bedichek's Eddy Literary and Scientific Institute, he graduated from the . . . — — Map (db m149434) HM |
| On Golinda Drive (U.S. 77) north of County Road 466A, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On June 8, 1896, the citizens of North Prairie petitioned the Falls County Commissioners Court for a community school district, and North Prairie School District No. 65 was created. In 1910 a 2-room school housed two teachers and about 20 students. . . . — — Map (db m108510) HM |
| On County Road 3000 0.3 miles north of State Highway 320, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Plans for the establishment of a school to serve the German Catholic community of Westphalia began soon after the earliest settlers arrived here in 1879. Under the direction of the first trustees, Anton Jansing, Joseph Hoelscher,and Stanislaus . . . — — Map (db m125359) HM |
| On West Sam Rayburn Drive (State Highway 56) at Chinner Street, on the right when traveling west on West Sam Rayburn Drive. |
| | In 1837, Bailey Inglish moved his family to this area from western Arkansas, where he had been an influential leader of pioneer settlers. Here he was active in the formation of Fannin County, serving on the land board and later as chief justice. To . . . — — Map (db m128647) HM |
| On State Highway 159 0.3 miles north of Darden Loop, on the right when traveling north. |
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Breeding Family Cemetery
(300 yards northwest, across the highway)
David and Sarah Davis Breeding came to Texas from Kentucky and settled here in 1833 with sons John, Richard L., Napoleon B., Fidelio S., and Benjamin W.; John, . . . — — Map (db m84667) HM |
| On U.S. 77 0.1 miles north of Farm to Market Road 2436, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Marker Front
Pioneer Czech leader
Scholar, Journalist, Statesman
Born Sept. 19, 1845, Mysi, Czechoslovakia
Entered United States Nov. 1, 1856
Arrived in Fayette County Nov. 29, 1856
Served in Confederate Army 1864-1865
Teacher . . . — — Map (db m144006) HM |
| On East Fannin Street at North Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west on East Fannin Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m109027) HM |
| On State Highway 159 at Old College Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 159. |
| | Founded in 1838 upon the recommendation of Dr. Martin Ruter (1785-1838), as a site for an institution of higher learning. Named in honor of Dr. Ruter, a pioneer Methodist missionary who entered Texas on Nov. 21, 1837, and weakened by his travels, . . . — — Map (db m71581) HM |
| On State Highway 92 at County Road 251, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 92. |
| | Ranchers John and William Hittson were among the first to settle in this area in about 1870; the area around their homes became known as Hittson or Hitson. Fisher County was created in 1876, and settlement began to increase. A post office opened in . . . — — Map (db m95117) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1614 0.2 miles west of Farm to Market Road 611, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The first school in what would become the Hobbs community was known as Buffalo and taught in a tent on Buffalo Creek from 1887 to 1888. The Rev. Robert Martin erected a church and schoolhouse on the site with funds from his home church in Louisiana. . . . — — Map (db m127426) HM |
| On 3rd Street at East Logan Street, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street. |
| | The first local schools organized shortly after the establishment of the community in 1891. Commissioners divided Foard County into nine school districts, including one for Crowell. Early settler Benjamin R. Blankenship contributed funds toward the . . . — — Map (db m104882) HM |
| On State Highway 2919 near Powell Point School Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | William E. Kendall, an Anglo lawyer from Richmond, Texas, subdivided his plantation here into 100-acre farm tracts in 1869. He sold the land exclusively to Freedmen and by the 1880s a distinctly African American community named Kendleton had . . . — — Map (db m4971) HM |
| On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) east of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar • The Father of Education in Texas • Born in Georgia August 16, 1798 • Founded the Columbus Enquirer • Came to Texas in 1836 • He commanded the cavalry at the Battle of San Jacinto • Served successively as Secretary of War, . . . — — Map (db m126864) HM |
| Near Eugene Heinmann Circle 0.2 miles north of William Ways Boulevard. |
| | Father of Texas education. President of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1841. He lived here from 1851 to 1859. — — Map (db m126512) HM |
| On Mustang Avenue at Herndon Drive, on the right when traveling east on Mustang Avenue. |
| | Born 1798 in Georgia. Came to Texas 1835. Became involved immediately in movement for independence from Mexico. Upon fall of the Alamo and news of Goliad Massacre, joined Texas Army as a private, as Houston moved eastward toward San Jacinto. . . . — — Map (db m126520) HM |
| On Wood Street just south of Lakeview Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A public school was established as early as 1912 for families moving to the company town of Sugar Land. In 1918, the State Legislature created Sugar Land Independent School District No.17, with the requirement that at least two of the seven board . . . — — Map (db m157771) HM |
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