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Education Topic
By Brian Anderson, November 17, 2018
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| 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 |
| On Northwest 3rd Street at Northwest Avenue E, on the left when traveling north on Northwest 3rd Street. |
| | A native of Tennessee, Dan Cobb designed and constructed the first Gaines County Courthouse in 1906. He also built the second courthouse in 1922, as well as a First Baptist Church sanctuary, a schoolhouse and other significant early structures of . . . — — Map (db m61423) HM |
| On South Friendswood Drive (State Highway FM 518) south of Sunnyview Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This community was founded in 1895 by a group of Friends (Quakers) led by F. J. Brown and T. H. Lewis. They acquired the land from J. C. League and named the settlement Friendswood.
From the very beginning, church and school were central to . . . — — Map (db m50156) HM |
| On West Spreading Oaks Avenue at South Friendswood Drive (Farm to Market Road 518), on the left when traveling west on West Spreading Oaks Avenue. |
| | As Quakers moved westward across America and the end of the 19th century, it was customary to construct an Academy to provide a site for worship and the education of their youth. Constructed by local men, using lumber they milled from trees downed . . . — — Map (db m97608) HM |
| Near The Strand Street east of 11th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | First, and originally the only, building of University of Texas Medical Branch. Master architect Nicholas J. Clayton designed the massive Romanesque structure. It was dedicated October 5, 1891.
Although rooms were almost devoid of equipment, . . . — — Map (db m90111) HM |
| Near The Strand Street east of 11th Street. |
| | First medical college in Texas and predecessor of the University of Texas Medical Branch, the school opened in 1865 as a branch of Soule University at Chappell Hill. Although equipment during the first session consisted of one skeleton, one . . . — — Map (db m87301) HM |
| Near Church Street west of 18th Street, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962 — — Map (db m142556) HM |
| On Winnie Rear Street at 16th Street, on the right when traveling west on Winnie Rear Street. |
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Born in Bremen, Germany, Mathilda Wehmeyer (1839-1903) arrived in Galveston in 1870. She advertised teaching services for young children, particularly those from Galveston's large German-American community. Her teaching philosophy focused around . . . — — Map (db m153310) HM |
| On Seawall Boulevard at 57th Street, on the right when traveling west on Seawall Boulevard. |
| | Born in Galveston, Peter Leroy Colombo overcame disabilities to become a highly accomplished lifeguard. Born in 1905, Colombo lost his hearing, speech and use of his legs at the age of seven, due to meningitis. His brothers took him to the Texas . . . — — Map (db m90256) HM |
| On 27th Street at Avenue M, on the right when traveling north on 27th Street. |
| | Attempts to open public, tax-supported schools in Galveston after the Civil War (1861-65) were delayed by yellow fever and lack of funds, but in 1881 the school board devised a sound system of free public education. This included classes for black . . . — — Map (db m157725) HM |
| On 19th Street at Winnie Street, on the right when traveling south on 19th Street. |
| | Built by Reverend John McCullough in 1849. Patterned after private Presbyterian schools in historic Chester County, Pennsylvania. The institution was a landmark in pioneer Texas education. Eminently suited for the purpose, the school compound . . . — — Map (db m143657) HM |
| On 25th Street (Rosenberg Avenue) at Ursuline Street (Avenue N), on the right when traveling south on 25th Street (Rosenberg Avenue). |
| | Seven nuns of the Ursuline order from New Orleans arrived in Galveston on January 19, 1847, sent at the request of Bishop Jean Marie Odin. By February 1847 the nuns established a convent and academy in the two-story former home of Judge James W. . . . — — Map (db m50011) HM |
| On Tremont Street at Sealy Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Tremont Street. |
| | The oldest free public library in continuous operation in Texas. Established and endowed in 1900 by the will of Henry Rosenberg (1824-1893), a native of Switzerland who came to Galveston in 1843 and achieved prominence as a banker and merchant. In . . . — — Map (db m51254) HM |
| On Avenue K at 18th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue K. |
| | A bookkeeper for the Texas Cooperative Association, William J. Killeen built this residence about 1886. His family continued to live here following his death the same year. In 1899 the house was purchased by Dr. John Thomas Moore (1863-1951). A . . . — — Map (db m59414) HM |
| On Main Street at Park Avenue when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Galveston land developer John Charles League (1849-1916) platted the townsite of League City soon after he purchased property here in 1890. Faced with the competition of an adjacent development known as the city of Clear Creek, League personally . . . — — Map (db m50850) HM |
| On Texas Highway 6 0.1 miles from Warpath Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1927, Arcadia, Alta Loma and Algoa schools combined to form the Santa Fe Consolidated school district, named for the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad which linked the towns. Architect Harry D. Payne designed a new high school for the . . . — — Map (db m144575) HM |
| On 2nd Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Public education for African American students in Texas City began in 1915. The Texas City Independent School District hired Mrs. J. R. McKellar to teach the students; classes were held in churches and lodge halls until 1937, when the district . . . — — Map (db m52654) HM |
| On South Avenue L at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Avenue L. |
| | Daughter of C. W. Post. Lived in Texas 1888-1891. Had part with father in locating colony here 1906; rescued local economy by aid after 1917 drought. Co-donor, site for Post Recreation Center. Donor, South Plains Council Boy Scouts Camp; books and . . . — — Map (db m88802) HM |
| On West 8th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Built 1928, incorporating in lower walls native Garza County stones from the town's first (1909) school, erected soon after the founding of city of Post.
This historic preservation occurred under leadership of Supt. John E. Watson, outstanding . . . — — Map (db m110751) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 1313 west of County Highway 399, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Second school in the county. Established in 1904 as Graham Chapel School; named for local settler Newt Graham. A school was built on land given by Joe McMahon. Early trustees: McMahon, J. F. Maxey, and J. I. Wilbourn.
Second building was . . . — — Map (db m110576) HM |
| On Cherry Mountain Loop at Wendel-Ahrens Road, on the left when traveling east on Cherry Mountain Loop. |
| | This complex represents a well preserved grouping of stone and wood buildings. The "Old School", a pioneer-crafted one-room structure built on land donated by Carl Durst, opened in 1883-84 with ten students. Facilities added over the years include . . . — — Map (db m160377) HM |
| Near Ranch to Market Road 2323 0.3 miles south of Schneider-Moellering Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | School classes for the children of German immigrants in the Cherry Spring community were held in homes until 1885, when this limestone schoolhouse was completed on land donated by H. Bratherich. On dedication day, students formed a parade to the new . . . — — Map (db m91632) HM |
| On Lower Crabapple Road 0.4 miles east of Ranch to Market Road 965, on the right when traveling east. |
| | German immigrants who came to Fredericksburg in the late 1840s and who later settled in this area erected a native limestone school which opened in 1878 with about 40 students. The land was donated by farmer Mathias Schmidt who according to local . . . — — Map (db m91631) HM |
| Near W. Main Street (U.S. 290) west of N. Adams Street. |
| | From 1846 to the 1970’s, forty-four school districts served the educational needs of the children of Gillespie County. This marker honors the history of public education in Gillespie County and the Vereins Kirche, the first public school established . . . — — Map (db m94226) HM |
| On Cherry Spring Road at Wasserfall Road, on the right when traveling north on Cherry Spring Road. |
| | The Cherry Spring community was founded by German immigrants about 1850. Classes for schoolchildren were held in private homes. In 1859 German nobleman Wilhelm Marschall von Bieberstein deeded ten acres of land to L. Schneider, H. Bradhering, W. . . . — — Map (db m91645) HM |
| Near Old San Antonio Road at Doebbler Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1882, Frederick Baag donated this tract of land for the third Grapetown schoolhouse. Completed in 1884, the structure was built with labor and materials donated by the community. All seven grades were taught by one teacher. In 1905, the facility . . . — — Map (db m71924) HM |
| On U.S. 290 at Ranch to Market Road 783, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 290. |
| | In 1884, Frank Harper, J.A. Rogers, E.C. Hopf, and W.P. Bowers met to organize a school for the growing Harper community. Mary and J. A. Rogers, Jr. sold two and a half acres to school trustees, and in 1885 a one-room frame school was built with . . . — — Map (db m117791) HM |
| On Luckenbach Town Loop near Texas Highway 1376. |
| | Members of the Luckenbach family and other German immigrants moved here from Fredericksburg in the 1850s. They settled along Grape Creek and soon established a school for their children. The Grape Creek Post Office was in operation briefly after . . . — — Map (db m4654) HM |
| On Luckenbach Road 0.2 miles north of Farm to Market Road 1376, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1855 Pioneer area settler Peter Pehl deeded a two-acre tract of land at this site for the construction of a schoolhouse to serve the Luckenbach School District, Herman Toepperwein was the first teacher in the log building which was used until . . . — — Map (db m160371) HM |
| Near Park Road 49 0.3 miles west of Klein Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Beyond the Pedernales is Stonewall’s Project Head Start building—a symbol of one of President Johnson’s enduring legacies to the American people. President Johnson initiated the Head Start program in 1965; it was one of many programs that . . . — — Map (db m91184) HM |
| Near Park Road 49 at Klein Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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Sitting at a table on this site on April 11, 1965, President Johnson signed the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. “As a former teacher,” the president said, “I have great expectations of what this law . . . — — Map (db m91135) HM |
| On U.S. 290, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Area settlers built a log schoolhouse 1.5 miles south of here in 1871 along South Grape Creek. It was part of Luckenbach School Precinct No. 3 until 1889, when it was renamed Lower South Grape Creek and began to serve as District No. 21. The log . . . — — Map (db m88113) HM |
| On Peach Street near Loring Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | As a 12-year-old student attended classes of the 8th grade here at the old Stonewall school from October 1920 to June 1921. — — Map (db m90992) HM |
| On Peach Street at Loring Street, on the right when traveling east on Peach Street. |
| | Civil War veteran and stage line operator who in 1870 founded Stonewall, naming it for Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson. Major Nunez, who lived 2 miles south of town and had a family of 9 children, donated land in 1886 for . . . — — Map (db m90990) HM |
| Near Peach Street at Loring Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Originally the Camp Swift Post Office, this building was purchased from the United States government, rebuilt by the citizens of Stonewall and dedicated as a gymnasium on May 1, 1949.
While continuing to serve the community, an international . . . — — Map (db m90993) HM |
| On Park Road 49 at Klein Road, on the right when traveling west on Park Road 49. |
| | Lyndon Baines Johnson first came to this school as a four-year-old in knee breeches and a collar. Here, surrounded by 30 students spanning seven grades, he received his first formal education. The future president attended the Junction School for . . . — — Map (db m91132) HM |
| On Park Road 6, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Named for 18th century Indian converts of Mission Espiritu Santo de Zuńiga. A men's college. Founded 1852 by Western Presbytery of Texas. Used buildings of old mission plus funds given by Goliad.
Taught Latin, Greek, geography, surveying, . . . — — Map (db m132011) HM |
| On South Commercial Street at South Courthouse Square, on the right when traveling south on South Commercial Street. |
| | Distinguished African American scholar and writer, John Mason Brewer, preserved African American culture with his literary and historical work in the 20th century. Born on March 24, 1896, in Goliad, Brewer's parents, J.H. and Minnie T. Brewer, . . . — — Map (db m132545) HM |
| On State Highway 95 Spur north of State Highway 97, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In the 1890s, children of families living in the Cost community, originally known as Oso, attended area schools that were part of the White School District No. 38 and County School District No. 38-1/2 to the east. By 1903, the county built the Cost . . . — — Map (db m128148) HM |
| On Smith Street at St. Louis Street (State Highway 146 Spur), on the right when traveling north on Smith Street. |
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The commission created by the Texas Legislature in 1935 to oversee Texas' centennial joined with the Public Works Administration to build a memorial to Texas Revolution events in Gonzales. The memorial includes a museum, amphitheatre and . . . — — Map (db m128176) HM |
| On County Route 2452 north of Old Highway 26, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Named for nearby spring with gum log curb; organized Oct. 7, 1850, by the Rev. J. M. Becton. The 1850 roll: Mr. and Mrs. Meshack Barber, S. S. Barnett, Mrs. T. C. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sloan, Nancy Sloan, Mr. and Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m138892) HM |
| On Wells Street east of Douglass Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Formal education of Kilgore’s African American youth is recorded
as early as 1873 through Kilgore Baptist church. On August 27, 1906,
Kilgore residents voted to incorporate the Kilgore Independent
School District (KISD), which included segregated . . . — — Map (db m139140) HM |
| On North Longview Street 0.2 miles north of West Lantrip Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Public education in Kilgore traces its history to classes held in private homes and the establishment of private institutions, most notably the Alexander Institute. Operated by Isaac Alexander, the school moved to Kilgore in 1873. It continued to . . . — — Map (db m138964) HM |
| On East North Street at North Martin Street, on the left when traveling east on East North Street. |
| | Before the establishment of public schools, education was provided by small private academies such as the Alexander Institute. a successor to the New Danville Masonic Female Academy, founded in nearby Danville in 1854. The institute was named for . . . — — Map (db m138971) HM |
| Near Old State Highway 135 at Redbird Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Historic rural community in oil-rich Gregg County. Settled before Civil War. Has also been known as Sabine, Mount Moriah, McCary's Chapel, Goforth and Hog Eye (for an early settler with an "eye" for hogs). Present name adopted in early days of . . . — — Map (db m139144) HM |
| On North Green Street at East Methvin Street, on the right when traveling south on North Green Street. |
| | Longview News-Journal Publisher Carl Estes successfully led a civic effort to bring R.G. LeTourneau's excavator manufacturing company here. An ardent lay evangelist, LeTourneau also established a technical institute on the site of the former Harmon . . . — — Map (db m89267) HM |
| On North Green Street at Hoover Street, on the right when traveling south on North Green Street. |
| | The decade of the 1970s saw complete integration of the Longview Independent School District. For the first time, African-Americans were elected to the Gregg County Commissioners Court, City Council and School Board. In May 1970, Longview celebrated . . . — — Map (db m89277) HM |
| On North Fredonia Street north of East Cotton Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Texas' first native governor (1891-1895), James Stephen Hogg, founded here in 1871 his first newspaper, the Longview "News". He was then 20 years old.
In his paper Hogg was a strong supporter of educational and governmental improvements for . . . — — Map (db m138920) HM |
| On North Green Street at East Methvin Street, on the right when traveling south on North Green Street. |
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Longview was led into the 20th Century by Mayor Gabriel Augustus Bodenheim (1873-1957), known affectionately as "Bodie." Serving as mayor 1904-1916 and 1918-1920, Bodenheim oversaw Longview's first municipal water works, sanitary sewer system . . . — — Map (db m89241) HM |
| On North Green Street at Hoover Street, on the left when traveling north on North Green Street. |
| | The end of World War II ushered in a long period of national prosperity, and Longview thrived thanks to the East Texas Oil Field and associated natural gas. Construction in Longview during the 1950s rivaled or exceeded that of the 1930s. Major . . . — — Map (db m89275) HM |
| On South White Oak Road (Farm to Market Road 3272) 0.2 miles south of West Center Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The small community of White Oak grew up around a one-room school built in the 1880s. After the first school building burned in 1885, local families worked to erect a new one-room school, which also was used for religious services. By 1912 it was . . . — — Map (db m139094) HM |
| On South LaSalle Street (State Highway 6B) at State Highway 515, on the left when traveling north on South LaSalle Street. |
| | Around 1865, Reverend J.J. Reinhart established the Navasota Colored School for African American students. After several buildings were destroyed by fire, a brick building was built in 1942. A few years later, the school became officially known as . . . — — Map (db m159522) HM |
| On North Saunders Street 0.1 miles north of West Court Street (Alternate U.S. 90), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Sponsored by the Second Baptist Church, the first public school for blacks in Seguin opened in 1871. Through the efforts of the Rev. Leonard Ilsley (1818-1903), and the Rev. William Baton Ball (1840-1923), a frame school was built on this site, and . . . — — Map (db m153973) HM |
| On Dolle Avenue north of Taylor Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Guadalupe County was home to a number of rural schools for the area’s burgeoning population of students of Mexican descent. In addition to those already living here, immigrants came from Mexico in the early 20th century, fleeing for safety during . . . — — Map (db m153972) HM |
| On Jackson Parkway at an unnamed road, on the right when traveling north on Jackson Parkway. |
| | The first German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Texas authorized the establishment of a college in Brenham in 1890. Directed by the Rev. G. Langner, the Evangelical Lutheran College of Brenham opened in September 1891.
Modeled after the European . . . — — Map (db m130093) HM |
| On Alternate U.S. 90 east of Old Seguin Luling Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Named for Theodore Tiemann, who sold one acre of land to the county school district for $5.00, Tiemann School provided educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities for citizens in this area. Beginning in 1903 as a one-room, one-teacher . . . — — Map (db m128125) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 789 0.2 miles south of Farm to Market Road 150, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Much of this rural community's early social and religious history is closely associated with its schoolhouses. Area residents built their first schoolhouse in 1903, one year after organizing a rural school district. Named for trustee John Bell, the . . . — — Map (db m104524) HM |
| | Born in Lynnville, Tenn.; moved to Texas with parents, Jasper N. and Mary A. (Calvert) Grigsby, 1883. Graduated from college, became a teacher, married Samuel W. Meharg. Came to Plainview (1902), where she and husband were educators. She helped . . . — — Map (db m91297) HM |
| | Original administration building of Wayland Baptist College.
Site (in town founded in 1887) given by J. H. Wayland, a physician settling here 1891.
Built 1909-1910, in term of first President, Dr. I. E. Gates, for whom it is named. . . . — — Map (db m91207) HM |
| On East 5th Street at North Date Street, on the right when traveling east on East 5th Street. |
| | The first Plainview schoolhouse was built in 1887, the year the town was founded. Located northwest of this site, it was a half-dugout sod building similar to many of the pioneer homes of the area. Built by local men under the supervision of Judge . . . — — Map (db m91274) HM |
| On West 7th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Original buildings erected in 1906-07. The school opened September 18, 1907, as Central Plains College and Conservatory of Music, with Dr. L.L. Gladney as president. The Nazarene Church maintained the college until 1910, when it was purchased by the . . . — — Map (db m91240) HM |
| | The Wayland Heritage Plaza, featuring the bronze statue of the university's founder and namesake, Dr. James Henry Wayland, was formally dedicated Aug, 20-21, 2008, as part of WBU's centennial celebration with the theme “Dreams to . . . — — Map (db m91209) HM |
| Near Lyles Street east of 6th Street. |
| | Turkey's school system acquired this land in 1928 for a $100,000 high school. Amarillo architect E.F. Rittenberry designed a brick structure with English Gothic details. Consolidation with several area schools caused an enrollment of 445 students in . . . — — Map (db m47793) HM |
| On Evergreen Road at Bay Hill Drive, on the left when traveling east on Evergreen Road. |
| | Born in Hartford, Connecticut, this prominent physician, statesman, soldier, and educator received his degree from Yale Medical College in 1828. After a period of study in France, Smith returned to the United States to practice medicine in the . . . — — Map (db m156619) HM |
| Near North Main Street 0.3 miles north of West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Ashbel Smith was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1805. Recieved his M.D. degree from Yale in 1828, and came to Texas from South Carolina in 1837. He established a plantation called Headquarters on Goose Creek in 1840 and in 1847 purchased property . . . — — Map (db m61316) HM |
| Near North Main Street 0.3 miles north of West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Constructed in 1895-96 by Quincy Adams Wooster and Junius Brown, this building originally served as a schoolhouse and community gathering place for the Wooster community. It became a part of the Goose Creek School System in 1919. The structure was . . . — — Map (db m50136) HM |
| | Considered by many as the "Mother of Houston," Charlotte Marie Baldwin Allen was a leader in Houston during a time when women had few rights and fewer opportunities. She was born in Onondaga County, New York, and was the daughter of Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m122984) HM |
| On Heights Boulevard at East 18th Street on Heights Boulevard. |
| | A native of Binghamton, New York, D.D. Cooley moved to Omaha, Nebraska as a young man. In 1887 he joined the American Loan and Trust Company. The Company bought a tract of land northwest of Houston in 1891 and sent Cooley and other representatives . . . — — Map (db m157783) HM |
| On Harvard Street just south of East 20th Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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The Houston Heights Woman's Club has remained a pillar in the community since its founding in 1900 and even constructed its own club building in 1912, still in use. The Club gave women the opportunity to make an impact in their community and . . . — — Map (db m157815) HM |
| On McKinney Street 0.1 miles east of Bagby Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Within 10 years of its founding in 1836, Houston was a bustling city. Throughout the 1840s, the city's professionals came together in debating societies to discuss a variety of topics. They created the Houston Circulating Library to provide . . . — — Map (db m62370) HM |
| On Unnamed road just east of Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | William Marsh Rice (1816-1900) came to Texas in 1838 and through extensive entrepreneurship became one of the state's wealthiest men. Rice envisioned a polytechnic school as his philanthropic legacy. The State of Texas chartered the William M. . . . — — Map (db m140718) HM |
| On Gears Road at Adel Road, on the right when traveling west on Gears Road. |
| | Organized in 1869, Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church has been a part of First Ward history for over a century. The first Pastor of the church was the Rev. David Wren. Services were held in a brush arbor until a sanctuary was built in . . . — — Map (db m159239) HM |
| Near Holman Street at Caroline Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | South End Junior High School opened its doors in 1914 with 750 students in an impressive classical revival style structure built here in 1913. South End Junior High became a senior high school in 1923, and in 1926 its name was changed to San Jacinto . . . — — Map (db m119852) HM |
| On Austin Street at Rusk Street, on the left when traveling north on Austin Street. |
| | Founded 1856. Lost most of its male students to Confederate army in Civil War. In 1864-1865 building was used as an army hospital. Was site in 1867 for the lying-in-state of body of General Albert Sidney Johnston, who had lived near Houston. (A . . . — — Map (db m125722) HM |
| On Higgins Street west of North Avenue F, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The roots of education in the Humble area started in 1873 when Joseph W. Dunman (1824-1903), son of early Humble settler Joseph Dunman, opened Joe Dunman's schoolhouse for local children. In 1884, Common School District No. 28 was established but . . . — — Map (db m133798) HM |
| On Red Holly Lane 0.1 miles north of Theiss Mail Route Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In the 1870s, former slaves from Alabama and Mississippi settled on Cypress Creek, near a store owned by German immigrants Paulin and Agnes Kohrmann. The Kohrville Community, centered on farming, ranching and lumber industries, offered schools for . . . — — Map (db m136067) HM |
| On Stuebner Airline Road at Louetta Road, on the right when traveling south on Stuebner Airline Road. |
| | A farming community developed in this area after a group of German immigrants settled on the banks of Cypress Creek in 1845. The settlement was later named for Adam Klein, who left Germany in 1849 and joined the California Gold Rush before moving . . . — — Map (db m136070) HM |
| On Bayshore Drive south of San Jacinto Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The La Porte, Texas branch of the Harris County Public Library began in June 1921
with 110 books placed in the La Porte High School. In 1923, due to increased adult
patronage, the library was moved to quieter and larger quarters in the La Porte . . . — — Map (db m134158) HM |
| On North Bayshore Drive 0.1 miles north of North Circle Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | When the Rev. Nicholas Gallagher became third bishop of Galveston in 1882, most Roman Catholic priests in the Diocese were natives of other states or countries. Realizing the need for a diocesan seminary to train young Texans for the priesthood, . . . — — Map (db m51421) HM |
| On Lutheran Church Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Founded by area German settlers, Salem Lutheran Church is one of the oldest Lutheran congregations in Texas. An associated school, first led by church pastors, was in operation by the 1850s. With coursework taught in both English and German until . . . — — Map (db m140292) HM |
| On Waller Avenue west of Farr Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | An ambitious institution chartered by Baptists who formed South Texas Educational Conference about 1895 and in 1898 secured campus site from a local landowner, C.C. Waller. Trustees serving when college opened in fall of 1898 were J.C. McGaughy, . . . — — Map (db m151262) HM |
| On West Houston Street at North Wellington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Houston Street. |
| | Two years after Harrison County was created by The Republic of Texas Congress in 1839, landowner Peter Whetstone offered property for a courthouse, a church, and a school in an effort to persuade county officials to locate the seat of government in . . . — — Map (db m110879) HM |
| On West Burleson Street at North Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west on West Burleson Street. |
| | School originated as Female Department of Marshall University, chartered Jan. 18, 1842, by Republic of Texas.
Marshall Masonic Lodge No. 22 chartered the Female Institute as a separate school in 1850.
Five lodge members (including city's . . . — — Map (db m110929) HM |
| On Ash Street near San Marcos Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Buda school system organized from the consolidation of several 19th century rural schools, including Elm Grove (largest school in Hays County in 1876), Goforth, Turnersville, Mountain City, Antioch, Science Hall and Kellyville. In 1881, the year . . . — — Map (db m149501) HM |
| On North Nance Street at Blanco Street, on the left when traveling north on North Nance Street. |
| | Public education in the Kyle area dates to the Texas Constitution of 1876 and its establishment of a statewide free school system. Under this legislation, school trustees D.A. Barbee, D.J.B. Barbee and Captain Fergus Kyle founded the Summit School . . . — — Map (db m119669) HM |
| On West Hutchison Street at Moore Street, on the right when traveling south on West Hutchison Street. |
| | Established 1868 by educator O.N. Hollingsworth. A private school, it was coeducational and offered military training to boys. So-named because it was a Coronal (crown) atop this hill. In 1870 the Rev. R.H. Belvin bought school, but sold it to the . . . — — Map (db m76900) HM |
| On Lee Street east of South LBJ Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
| | During the first half of the 20th century, San Marcos, like most communities across the United States, segregated its school facilities. Mexican-American children were first taught in a school building previously used by the community’s . . . — — Map (db m149929) HM |
| On South 6th Street at Bungalow Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South 6th Street. |
| | Born in Massachusetts. Came to Texas, 1888, as Hemphill County's first public school teacher. Often saw Indians darken the schoolroom windows trying to watch her classes recite.
Married Will C. Isaacs in 1892.
Founder and guiding spirit of . . . — — Map (db m55767) HM |
| Near South Prairieville Street. |
| | North Carolina-born John Matthews McDonald (1827-1883) came to Texas in 1848 and lived first at Larissa, Cherokee Co. and then Mound Prairie, Anderson Co., where his brother Murdoch earlier settled. Two years later, he moved to the young town of . . . — — Map (db m31730) HM |
| Near South Prairieville Street. |
| | Alderman on Athens' first city council (1901). La Rue (Town 13 mi. SE) was named for him.
Educator, merchant, civic leader, banker, humanitarian, prohibitionist, democrat, historian. Married March 16, 1892, Stella Elvira Parsons. They had . . . — — Map (db m31726) HM |
| On First Street near Waco Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The public school system in Abbott began in 1885 when a one-story frame schoolhouse was constructed on the east side of town. It housed 140 pupils and three teachers. A two-story brick structure, built at this site in 1911, served the Abbott school . . . — — Map (db m59999) HM |
| On South First Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Born in Moody (McLennan Co.) on October 24, 1900, L.C. (Luke) McKamie earned degrees from Southwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin and Baylor University. L.C. and his wife, Beulah (Boots), came to Abbott in 1926, he as . . . — — Map (db m62899) HM |
| On 300 block of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | One of first public junior colleges in Texas. Established 1923, as a part of Hillsboro Public School System. Peak attendance was 410 students during 1939-40. School closed August 31, 1950, after voters defeated maintenance tax proposal twice. . . . — — Map (db m62299) HM |
| On U.S. 62/82 1.4 miles north of County Route 200, on the right when traveling north. |
| | First public school in Hockley County; named for a wild prairie flower. In 1902 homesteaders had begun farming here. By 1909 their children needed education, so the parents hauled lumber by wagon from Big Spring (about 100 mi. S), donated labor, and . . . — — Map (db m73524) HM |
| On Pittsburgh Street at North Crook Street, on the right when traveling west on Pittsburgh Street. |
| | Approximately ten years after settlers began moving to this area, Hood County was formed from part of Johnson County in 1866. Cresson was platted in the late 1880s, and surveyor Madison Jones later deeded land at this site for school purposes. . . . — — Map (db m69510) HM |
| On North 4th Street (U.S. 287) at Spring, on the left when traveling north on North 4th Street. |
| | In 1886 the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, under the leadership of the group's secretary the Rev. Richard Allen, began planning for the establishment of a black girls' school in Texas. After a . . . — — Map (db m128933) HM |
| On State Highway 7 near County Road 4700, on the right when traveling west. |
| | By the late 1850s Eli Coltharp lived beside Cochina Bayou. He opened a store and post office on the stage route west of Nacogdoches. The farm area called Coltharp Hill boasted a gin, gristmill, blacksmith and millinery shops. A school building . . . — — Map (db m29567) HM |
| On State Highway 7, on the left when traveling west. |
| | A symbol of Black America's pride in education, plus crusade of Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), a Chicagoan who in 1913 began to fund school buildings for Negroes. By 1920, when this one-teacher structure was built at Ratcliff (4 miles east), . . . — — Map (db m29552) HM |
| On State Highway 7 at Main Street (Farm to Market Road 357), on the left when traveling west on State Highway 7. |
| | The town of Kennard was founded in 1903 by the Louisiana and Texas Lumber Company and platted on 160 acres. Land agent Alexander McTavish also acted as Kennard's first postmaster. The town served as a terminus for the Eastern Texas Railroad, a line . . . — — Map (db m29553) HM |
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