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Education Topic
By Mike Stroud, September 15, 2012
IOOF Home Memorial Bell Tower, Watkins Carter Hamilton Architects, Inc., Houston Texas
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On West 2nd Avenue near North 43rd Street. |
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Erected A.D. 1987
By the Ex-Students Association
to commemorate the hundreds
of students
who lived, studied and prepared
for adulthood near this site,
and to honor the
Odd Fellows and Rebekas
of Texas
who made our home . . . — — Map (db m62810) HM |
| On Ford Chapel Road (County Road 2004) 0.6 miles north of U.S. 190, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The family of John H. and Margaret Ford came to Texas prior to 1880. Establishing farms and homes, the family helped settle this area of Newton County. A community cemetery was begun on the land of J. D. and Ida J. Ford. Although the cemetery . . . — — Map (db m137262) HM |
| On North Rusk Street (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Formerly W. H. Ford Male & Female College (1889-1906). Named for Secretary of the Southwest College Company. President Joseph Syler and his wife were the teachers.
High-school level, as were many early Texas "colleges"; founded . . . — — Map (db m128589) HM |
| Near Homer K Taylor Drive at College Drive. |
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Jacqueline Cochran, one to the most famous women pilots of the twentieth century, persistently lobbied U.S. Army Airforce General Henry "Hap" Arnold to establish a flight training program for women during World War II. Hard-pressed for pilots . . . — — Map (db m88710) HM |
| On North Upper Broadway at Lipan Street, on the right when traveling south on North Upper Broadway. |
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This site and the Corpus Christi Cathedral property were donated to the Diocese by the Kenedy family in 1938.
Construction of the Cathedral started in 1939 and it was dedicated in 1940. The former Kenedy home, located where the Cathedral now . . . — — Map (db m118392) HM |
| On Lipan Street west of South Carrizo Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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The Corpus Christi Independent School District hired Miss Rose Dunne to teach English and academics to the city's Mexican American students in a year-long experimental program in 1896. Miss Dunne and her pupils were so successful that in 1901 the . . . — — Map (db m118075) HM |
| On U.S. 385 at Route 233 Spur, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 385. |
| | Founded in 1939 by Cal Farley, champion athlete and successful businessman. Boys Ranch was a natural result of Mr. Farley's years of working with underprivileged boys, and the outgrowth of Kids, Inc. and the Maverick Boys Club, two excellent youth . . . — — Map (db m91773) HM |
| On West John Avenue east of Fifth Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Schools for Orange County’s black children were held in churches and private homes as early as the 1870s. In 1887 a black school was opened in the Duncan Woods community, and another was soon established in Orange. Known as Orange Colored School, . . . — — Map (db m116259) HM |
| On Second Street at West Turrett Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Second Street. |
| | As early as the 1870s, Orange County's African American children attended school in private homes and churches. The Orange County commissioners established 17 school districts in 1887. Schools included the Duncan Woods No. 3, located in the Duncan . . . — — Map (db m116303) HM |
| On Simmons Drive (Business State Highway 90) south of West Turrett Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A native of Waxahachie, Texas, Emma Shirley Henderson Wallace (1876-1968) attended school at Prairie View College before becoming a teacher in 1896. She taught in Tyler, Ellis and Jefferson Counties before moving to Orange in 1901 to become one of . . . — — Map (db m116194) HM |
| On West John Avenue west of North Third Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Six months after the news of the Emancipation reached Texas in 1865, the Louisiana-Texas-Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for African Americans, known as the Mississippi Conference, was organized on Christmas Day. In 1868, . . . — — Map (db m116290) HM |
| Near Jackson Avenue near South Border Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | A native of Talladega, Alabama, Samuel Sholars moved with his parents to Jasper County in 1858. A Confederate army veteran, Dr. Sholars received his medical degree in 1872. He practiced medicine in Orange, founded Sholars Drugstore, served as . . . — — Map (db m141709) HM |
| On Sixth Street near West Green Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Eastlake detailing decorates the porches and gables of this ornate Queen Anne style residence, built in 1893-94 for William Henry (1851-1936) and Miriam (Lutcher) (1859-1936) Stark. A financial and industrial pioneer, . . . — — Map (db m118244) HM |
| On Main Avenue west of Fifth Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A native of San Augustine County, William Henry Stark (1851-1936) lived in Burkeville and Newton before moving to Orange in 1870. Here he worked in the early area sawmills and became acquainted with every phase of the lumber industry. In 1881 Stark . . . — — Map (db m116243) HM |
| Near Grant Avenue (State Highway 16) 0.1 miles from Willow Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Born in Boston in 1912, Mary Jane Catherine Gentry became an accomplished educator, historian, author and world traveler. Her 1946 University of Texas Master’s thesis, written under supervision of Walter Prescott Webb, was entitled “Thurber: . . . — — Map (db m98397) HM |
| Near East Sabine Street at St. Mary Street. |
| | A native of Panola County, Margie Elizabeth Neal began her career as a teacher in 1893. She became editor and owner of the East Texas Register newspaper in 1904. A respected educator and leader in the woman suffrage movement, she was the first . . . — — Map (db m104958) HM |
| On West 8th Street at Euclid Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 8th Street. |
| | Friona has the distinction of being the first town in Texas to integrate its schools. The first school opened on this site in 1908 in a one-room frame building, with Roxie Witherspoon teaching 18 pupils. A two-story brick school finished in 1911 . . . — — Map (db m56076) HM |
| On North Spring Drive 0.2 miles west of U.S. 285, on the right when traveling south. |
| | About 1910 a railroad stop named Hovey was established about 40 miles west of here on the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad. By 1913 Hovey contained a depot, post office/general store, and several stock shipping pens. Hovey school was . . . — — Map (db m138959) HM |
| On North Rooney Street at East 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on North Rooney Street. |
| | Kentucky native Oscar Waldo Williams (1853-1946) graduated from Harvard with a law degree in 1876 and moved to Texas in search of a drier climate. He worked as a land surveyor as the South Plains opened for settlement and in 1884 accepted a job as . . . — — Map (db m138961) HM |
| On Katie Simpson Avenue at William Street, on the right when traveling north on Katie Simpson Avenue. |
| | Goodrich is one of the few existing area schools known to be created through the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Construction of the Jeffersonian style building began May 2, 1934 under architect Emory S. White when county commissioner . . . — — Map (db m117553) HM |
| On Loop State Highway 177, on the left when traveling south. |
| | On this site stood the Moscow and Female Academy. Operated after 1857 under Masonic auspices as the Moscow Masonic Academy until merged in the public school system. — — Map (db m35897) HM |
| On U.S. 59 south of Farm to Market Road 350, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Businessman and politician William Pettus Hobby was born near this Moscow site, the son of Eudora Adeline (Pettus)and Edwin E. Hobby, a state senator and judge. At age 17, William joined the staff of the Houston Post and rose to managing editor at . . . — — Map (db m35316) HM |
| On Funfest Boulevard at Comanchero, on the right when traveling south on Funfest Boulevard. |
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Cowboy, lawyer, state official and jurist. Born in Arkansas, Browning received only a few months formal education, but taught himself by reading at night by the dim light of a pine knot. At 16, he came with his family to Cooke County, Texas, . . . — — Map (db m88796) HM |
| On South Washington Street south of 22nd Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
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Architect Guy Carlander designed this administration building for Amarillo College. It was built in 1936-37 and later named for George Ordway, who with James Guleke obtained legislative authority to establish the school. The L-plan building . . . — — Map (db m91566) HM |
| On South Polk Street south of SW 12th Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | During the 20th century, Polk Street was home to three public schools. The first opened in 1900 to meet the needs of the rapidly-growing Amarillo community. Bounded by Polk, Tyler, 12th and 13th Streets, the Red Brick School house supplied space for . . . — — Map (db m91601) HM |
| On West 24th Avenue east of South Washington Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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The administration building and the gymnasium were the first two permanent structures built for Amarillo College. Originally known as Badger Gymnasium for the school's athletic teams, this facility was renamed to honor Dr. Natalie Russell, who . . . — — Map (db m91568) HM |
| On South Washington Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Established by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1899, St. Mary's Academy was originally located in Clarendon (60 mi. SE). In 1913 the institution was moved to Amarillo through the efforts of The Rev. David H. Dunn and the local . . . — — Map (db m91597) HM |
| On West Waco Street at South Abbott Street, on the left when traveling west on West Waco Street. |
| | Education for local children of Mexican descent dates from 1889, when the former Methodist church became a schoolhouse. The school, named for longtime principal Jesse Blackwell, served hundreds of Hispanic children up to ninth grade. Students were . . . — — Map (db m60796) HM |
| Near West Cemetery Road west of 23rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born in Belhaven, North Carolina on Dec. 31, 1900, Claud Stuart Johnston began teaching in Oklahoma after graduating from the University of North Carolina. Field work for the University of Oklahoma prepared Johnston for the Earth Science . . . — — Map (db m150172) HM |
| On 25th Street north of 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Renowned artist Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin to Francis and Ida (Totto) O'Keeffe. The family moved to Virginia, where O'Keeffe and her siblings attended school. She studied art at various schools before . . . — — Map (db m91475) HM |
| On 4th Avenue (State Highway 217) west of 20th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built in 1909 by Thomas P. Turk, this home was originally located at 402 Palo Duro Street. After the establishment of West Texas State University in 1910, it was moved here to serve as a residence for faculty and students. Mary E. Hudspeth . . . — — Map (db m55976) HM |
| On 20th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | As a graduate of Texas Christian University and the University of Michigan, Dr. Douglas Alfred Shirley (1882-1949) was a football coach and the president of Hereford College before moving to Canyon. During his tenure at West Texas State Normal . . . — — Map (db m150154) HM |
| On Market Street (U.S. 83) south of Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Tennessee native John Leakey (1824-1900) came to Texas in 1847, settling for a time in Henderson County where he was a brickmason and rancher. He and his wife Nancy (Patterson) moved to Uvalde County in 1852 near present day Sabinal. A desire to . . . — — Map (db m111322) HM |
| On East 1st Street west of South Cedar Street (U.S. 285), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Outstanding and dedicated teacher; public benefactor.
Born in Lavernia, Texas. Came to Pecos, 1906, with husband Wylie Moffitt Cole. They had two daughters.
Widowed in 1912, started teaching career which lasted for 27 years. — — Map (db m61267) HM |
| On Commerce Street at East Empresario Street (Farm to Market Road 774), on the right when traveling north on Commerce Street. |
| | Dennis Martin O'Connor, II, was born October 31, 1906, into a South Texas pioneer family, being the eldest son of Thomas and Kathryn Stoner O'Connor. He was the great-grandson of Thomas O'Connor, who emigrated from Ireland with the Power-Hewetson . . . — — Map (db m34078) HM |
| On State Highway 70 at Farm to Market Road 282, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 70. |
| | Settlers came to this locality in 1876. The county was organized in 1889. Pioneer school district no. 5 originated by court order in 1890 to serve this area with schools known as Tallahone, Poole, and Wayside, taught usually in homes. In 1914, . . . — — Map (db m93737) HM |
| On State Highway 14 at Farm to Market Road 2413, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 14. |
| | T.W. Parker founded Bremond Colored High School in 1920 to educate young African Americans in the Bremond area. Professor Charles Love, Principal from 1925-1965, played such an integral part in the school by preparing the students that it was . . . — — Map (db m159104) HM |
| On East Decherd Street at North Owensville Street, on the right when traveling east on East Decherd Street. |
| | The city of Franklin housed a library of 1,000 volumes in its City Hall before 1913. In February that year, Franklin Mayor R. M. Cole (1848-1931) applied to the Carnegie Corporation of New York for funds to build a new library. The Carnegie . . . — — Map (db m119605) HM |
| On 8th Street north of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
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This native limestone library was built in 1909-11 with funds from New York industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Local banker Jo Wilmeth donated the land and the Rev. J. D. Leslie, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, served as . . . — — Map (db m72229) HM |
| On Old Sweet Home School Road (County Road 252) 0.2 miles north of County Road 253, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The need for education in this rural area was met in 1902, when a two-room school was started on Emil Helm’s farm (1.5 mi. NW). The name “Sweet Home” was chosen by Henry Kriegel, one of the first trustees. In 1922 the school was moved to . . . — — Map (db m96033) HM |
| On State Highway 153 at Farm to Market Road 382, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 153. |
| | Settled in 1880's. Named for C.R. Crews, Ballinger businessman. Mrs. Betty Sims was earliest voluntary teacher–mail carrier. School was built 1890 (with the Rev. Mr. Lockhart, first teacher). Post office established 1892 in Wise & Broughten . . . — — Map (db m79248) HM |
| On Poplar Street at N. Heights Street, on the right when traveling east on Poplar Street. |
| | In the fall of 1928, a Future Farmers Club was organized with 30 members of the vocational agriculture class at Winters High School. The same year, a national Future Farmers of America (FFA) Club was started in Kansas City, Mo. On April 10, 1930, . . . — — Map (db m95279) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 83) north of Dale Street (Loop Texas Highway 438), on the right when traveling north. |
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Founded on January 4, 1954
by Miss Myra Glover
Dedicated on October 13, 1963
Because she has given so generously of herself for the benefit of all,
the Citizens of Winters, Texas,
dedicate this library to Miss Myra Glover . . . — — Map (db m71705) HM |
| On U.S. 64 0.2 miles west of County Road 481, on the right when traveling west. |
| | An oil boom here in the early 1930s prompted the formal organization of the Gaston Independent School District in 1931 to cope with the community's rapidly expanding student population. The district chose Dallas architects Emory White and Howard . . . — — Map (db m105651) HM |
| On East Pine Avenue at Butler Street, on the right when traveling east on East Pine Avenue. |
| | Formally organized in 1848 in the small community known as "Fireman's Hill" (formerly "Coonskin"), Laurel Hill Baptist Church began with four members and the Rev. Joseph Warner Dossey Creath as its first pastor. The Rev. Mr. Creath came to Texas as . . . — — Map (db m118984) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2025 at Big Creek Scenic Road (County Highway 221), on the left when traveling north on Highway 2025. |
| | The Liberty Hill Church was founded on October 6, 1897. This building was moved here from a site northwest of the present location in 1905. It served as both church and school until 1924. The Hayman Cemetery Association now maintains the building . . . — — Map (db m158314) HM |
| On Voss Avenue (U.S. 77) at West Humphries Street, on the right when traveling south on Voss Avenue. |
| | As population increased in south central San Patricio County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, independent schools were established in a number of communities, serving students in isolated areas before the construction of a good road system . . . — — Map (db m32378) HM |
| On Elm Street at 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Elm Street. |
| | An important school of the coastal region, founded for scattered South Texas ranch children, by Thomas M. (1856-1943) and Alice Yantis Clark (1857-1913), of the family that founded Texas Christian University. The Clarks utilized 2-story "Hotel . . . — — Map (db m124473) HM |
| On Magnolia Street (County Route 60) 0.1 miles east of Main Street (County Route 666), on the left when traveling east. |
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Education in San Patricio began in 1830 on this site in the picket cabin of Catherine Hoy. In 1876 Saint Joseph's Convent was erected here. The Sisters of Mercy, having left Indianola after the Hurricane of 1875, came to run the Mother House and . . . — — Map (db m77425) HM |
| On Main Street (County Route 666) at Nopal Street (County Route 60), on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Location of noted St. Paul's Academy for Boys. Home of school owner Robert Dougherty (1827-1881), a refugee from 1840s Irish famine.
Educated at St. Mary's College, Kentucky, Dougherty worked as a journalist and merchant before settling in . . . — — Map (db m77422) HM |
| On Main Street (Route 666) at Magnolia Street (County Route 60), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Empresarios John McMullen and James McGloin brought Irish Catholic immigrant families to Texas about 1829 to form a new colony, San Patricio de Hibernia. Under the direction of the Rev. Henry Doyle, the colonists established Saint Patrick's Catholic . . . — — Map (db m77516) HM |
| On State Highway 16 near Momax Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Opened 1895 by noted educator Francis Marion Behrns. A 3-story native blue marble main hall and frame dormitory were built by interested local citizens. Courses included mathematics, natural sciences, Latin, oratory, commercial subjects, . . . — — Map (db m155536) HM |
| Near Central Street at N. Walnut Street. |
| | On this hill stood Albany’s first public school, a wooden building, erected 1884. It was replaced, 1909, by a stone structure which was enlarged – to the west, 1923, to the east, 1927, a gymnasium was added on the north, 1928. The school and . . . — — Map (db m85275) HM |
| Near County Road 184 0.1 miles west of Route 188, on the left when traveling west. |
| | On site acquired Aug. 18, 1877, for Fort Griffin Lodge No. 489., A.F.&A.M., chartered on Dec. 14, 1878. Stone was quarried nearby on Collins Creek. Volunteers built hall. School, civic affairs, church services of many denominations were held . . . — — Map (db m101586) HM |
| On S. 2nd Street (State Highway 6) at S. Main Street (U.S. 283), on the right when traveling east on S. 2nd Street. |
| | Bob Green was born on his family ranch about 17 miles northeast of this spot in 1924, and he died there just before Christmas in 2009. Bob was a noted local rancher, conservationist, historian, writer, public speaker, and musician. He was immensely . . . — — Map (db m85560) HM |
| On N. Avenue B at N. 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Avenue B. |
| | Founded on counsel of the Rev. French McAfee; named in honor of pioneer rancher, Barber Watkins Reynolds (d. 1882). The Reynolds Presbyterian Academy opened in 1898, with classes meeting in a vacant storehouse. A Richardsonian Romanesque-style . . . — — Map (db m94025) HM |
| Near West Ferguson Street east of North College Avenue. |
| | Gentry served as a U.S. Congressman and Texas Highway Commission Chair. He was instrumental in the development of Texas Farm Roads and the Interstate Highway System. He also was a benefactor to Tyler Junior College. — — Map (db m105740) HM |
| Near Bellwood Road west of South Peach Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Rev. Cornelius Moses Butler and Trustees of the East Texas Baptist Association founded East Texas Baptist Academy in 1905. The Association was created to improve educational opportunities for African American youth in and around the City of Tyler. . . . — — Map (db m91503) HM |
| On East Erwin Street east of North Spring Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | On August 25, 1895, Henry Miller Morgan was born in Tyler's St. Louis community to Henry and Alice Ingram Morgan. He attended school in the St. Louis community, completing his education at East Texas Academy, which later became Butler College. He is . . . — — Map (db m91360) HM |
| On East Erwin Street east of North Spring Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Henry M. Morgan was born in Smith County, Texas. Mr. Morgan furthered his education at East Texas Academy, later named Butler College. He received a LLB degree from Summerville Law College, Dallas, Texas,and also studied at Wiley College.
Mr. . . . — — Map (db m91378) HM |
| Near West Erwin Street east of South College Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Senator Pollard served Texas as a Representative for three years and then as Senator for ten years, supporting legislation for oil and gas and the creation of Texas Tech University. — — Map (db m111865) HM |
| On East Amherst Street at Bain Place, on the left when traveling east on East Amherst Street. |
| | Thomas G. Pollard was an attorney and legislator whose work improved the lives of East Texans. While in college, Pollard married Edna Martin, with whom he reared three children, and was elected as a State Representative (1919-21). After being . . . — — Map (db m91523) HM |
| On West Elm Street at South College Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Elm Street. |
| | Five Tyler Women’s clubs, the First Literary Club, Bachelor Maids, Quid Nunc, Sherwood Club and Athenian Club, collectively known as the Federated Women’s Clubs of Tyler, worked several years to form a series of libraries for this growing East Texas . . . — — Map (db m91471) HM |
| On South College Avenue south of West Erwin Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1894, C.L. and Noah Adair opened the Adair Normal School to provide a University-level education, but the school closed in 1896. In 1899, a charter was filed with the Secretary of State's office for Tyler Commercial College. The college used a . . . — — Map (db m91469) HM |
| Near North College Avenue at West Erwin Street. |
| | Once considered the largest business training school in America, the college educated students in subjects ranging from business to petroleum geology and cotton classing. — — Map (db m105555) HM |
| Near South Baxter Avenue north of East Fifth Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Tyler Junior College was established in 1926 during the formative years of the junior college movement in Texas. This institution began as an extension of the Tyler public school system with school superintendent G.O. Clough serving as its first . . . — — Map (db m33549) HM |
| On South Broadway Avenue at West Dobbs Street, on the right when traveling south on South Broadway Avenue. |
| | The Woman's Building Association, a branch of the Tyler Woman's Forum, was chartered in 1928 to direct the construction of this facility. When completed in 1932, it provided meeting rooms, an auditorium, and a library for the Woman's Forum and other . . . — — Map (db m91542) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 16E 0.2 miles west of County Road 369, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Starrville was originally part of the I.W. Hall survey and, by 1849, the town had become a stop on the Dallas-Shreveport road. In 1852, reverend Joshua Starr bought the land and began selling town lots. During the summer of 1862, Starrville was the . . . — — Map (db m92267) HM |
| On North Britton Avenue at 3rd Street (Canales Brothers Street), on the right when traveling south on North Britton Avenue. |
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In 1884 the Rev. R. M. Olivier, O.M.I., asked the Sisters of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio to start a school in Rio Grande City. Three nuns were sent here and by 1885 were teaching 100 day students in a 3-room school. The Sisters of the . . . — — Map (db m119502) HM |
| On North Water Avenue at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Water Avenue. |
| | Married Kidie Itasca Ellis of Edwards County January 19, 1895. Recognized adaptability of Angora goat to Edwards Plateau-imported stock from the Carolinas and stud billies from Turkey and South Africa. Was often called father of Angora goats in . . . — — Map (db m119249) HM |
| On NW 3rd Street at North Mabie Avenue, on the right when traveling west on NW 3rd Street. |
| | Formal education began for students of Happy, Texas when the original settlement, two miles east, moved to this townsite in 1906 in response to the newly laid Santa Fe Rail Line. Sarah Ann Rose taught local students in a one-room frame schoolhouse . . . — — Map (db m91351) HM |
| On West Houston Street at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling east on West Houston Street. |
| | Serving the African-American students of Arlington, Booker T. Washington School was a vital institution in the city. It had its roots in Arlington’s first black school, which was in place by the 1890s. The school served the growing African-American . . . — — Map (db m70463) HM |
| On Church Street near Green Way, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This congregation grew from worship services conducted here in the 1880s on land donated by Dr. Azle Stewart, for whom the town was named. Organized in 1890, the Fellowship met under a brush arbor until 1893, when the first sanctuary was . . . — — Map (db m147198) HM |
| Near Morris Dido Newark Highway (Highway 1220) north of Dido Hicks Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Dido community was one of the first established in Tarrant County. In 1848, settlers homesteaded in this part of Peters Colony, establishing a community along a stage route from Fort Worth to Decatur. Dido School organized in 1854, with . . . — — Map (db m147091) HM |
| On South Main Street at Yellow Rose Trail, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | In 1913, patrons of three area elementary schools – Euless and Tarrant in the Euless District and Evatt (Crossroads) in the Evatt District – successfully petitioned Tarrant County Commissioners Court to merge and create the Euless Common . . . — — Map (db m117437) HM |
| On West 7th Street at Taylor Street, on the left when traveling east on West 7th Street. |
| | Born in Wise County, Texas, on December 11, 1879, Amon Giles Carter left home at an early age and worked at a variety of odd jobs around the country before his arrival in Fort Worth in 1905. Carter became the advertising manager of the “Fort . . . — — Map (db m52831) HM |
| On Main Street north of East 6th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | From his arrival in Fort Worth in 1905 until his death, Amon Carter was the city’s most vigorous booster and champion. At his death, it was said that more than half of the city’s workers were employed by businesses Carter helped establish. As the . . . — — Map (db m52283) HM |
| On Throckmorton Street at West 6th Street, on the left when traveling north on Throckmorton Street. |
| | City’s pioneer congregation, organized by the Rev. A.M. Dean, who with hymn book and revolver came in 1855 to the riotous six-year-old hamlet on the Trinity. He held services (at present Belknap and Houston Streets) in a log house built for Post . . . — — Map (db m52834) HM |
| Near North Houston Street (Business U.S. 287) near West Belknap Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Site of the first school established
by John Peter Smith
Classes held in
abandoned Fort Hospital
in this block — — Map (db m52517) HM |
| On East Weatherford at North Grove Street, on the right when traveling east on East Weatherford. |
| | Completed in 1930, this building was constructed to serve as the headquarters of the Texas State Teachers Association. Noted Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson designed the structure, which features Renaissance Revival styling. In 1949 the . . . — — Map (db m126301) HM |
| On 12th Street at Throckmorton Street, on the left when traveling east on 12th Street. |
| | The first Catholic School in Fort Worth, St. Ignatius Academy was organized by the sisters of St. Mary of Namur in 1885. The first classes were held in a house purchased from Jacob Smith. This four-story limestone structure, used for classrooms and . . . — — Map (db m52505) HM |
| On East Weatherford Street at Commerce Street (Business U.S. 287), on the left when traveling east on East Weatherford Street. |
| | Texas Christian University and Fort Worth's partnership dates to 1910 although the connection began in 1869 when Ida Addison, and Randolph Clark established TCU's forerunner academy in the area known as Hell's Half Acre. The rowdiness of the area . . . — — Map (db m121907) HM |
| On West Kennedale Parkway (Business U.S. 287) at Crestview Drive, on the left when traveling south on West Kennedale Parkway. |
| | Known for its farming and brick manufacturing, the town of Kennedale was not officially incorporated until 1947. However, the town's citizens recognized early the need for educational facilities for area families. To accommodate their need, the . . . — — Map (db m105033) HM |
| On McLeroy Boulevard at Bluebonnet Street, on the right when traveling east on McLeroy Boulevard. |
| | Jarvis J. Green settled here in 1882 and named the site for his former
home of Saginaw, Michigan. The Fort Worth and Denver and Santa Fe railroads later crossed here, and in 1892 the first school opened. It was a tuition school on McLeroy . . . — — Map (db m146874) HM |
| Near N. 8th Street at Treadaway Boulevard (Business U.S. 83), on the left when traveling west. |
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Historical Marker
This marker honors Abilene’s educational era of Colored–Negro–Black schools from the 1890’s to 1969. The Abilene Public School Board moved the Abilene Colored School to this site at North 8th and Treadaway in . . . — — Map (db m86152) HM |
| On Campus Court at College Drive, on the right when traveling north on Campus Court. |
| | This school, formed to provide a Christian education for all grade levels, was founded in 1906 by A.B. Barret, an early educator and preacher for Texas Churches of Christ. It was first called Childers Classical Institute in honor of Col. J.W. . . . — — Map (db m86512) HM |
| On N. 9th Street at Ash Street, on the right when traveling west on N. 9th Street. |
| | The first public school for African Americans in Abilene was established in 1890. Located in the 200 block of Plum Street, the one-room school was named the Abilene Colored School. Its first class consisted of 22 students and one teacher.
In . . . — — Map (db m78835) HM |
| On N. 1st Street at Graham Street, on the right when traveling west on N. 1st Street. |
| | Abilene Christian University began as an educational institution on this block known as the West End residential area. In 1906, Allen Booker Barret, a Tennessee educator and preacher, and five trustees purchased land and a house from Col. John W. . . . — — Map (db m85792) HM |
| On Jennings Drive at Delaware Road, on the left when traveling west on Jennings Drive. |
| | On January 21, 1963, Dyess Elementary was the first school in the Abilene Independent School District to integrate all students. African American military families living on Dyess Air Force Base were previously forced to send their children to the . . . — — Map (db m100832) HM |
| Near Cockerell Drive 0.1 miles south of E. N. 7th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A philanthropic African American woman greatly improved Abilene’s minority neighborhoods. Eugenia Pickard was born in Georgia about 1877. She moved to Texas in the early 1900s and settled in Abilene. Here she owned several properties and made them . . . — — Map (db m79785) HM |
| Near Hickory Street north of Ambler Avenue. |
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(Front Side)
Organized as Abilene Baptist College by cattlemen, preachers, and Sweetwater Baptist Association in 1891.
Named for New York pastor James B. Simmons, after he donated funds for completing the first building, . . . — — Map (db m87070) HM |
| On Beech Street at N. 7th Street, on the left when traveling north on Beech Street. |
| | Born in Georgia to Rebecca (Norwood) and William W. Parramore, James Harrison Parramore moved with his family to Gonzales County in 1849. James attended Gonzales College before joining the Confederate army. He married Mary Jane Goodson in 1866; they . . . — — Map (db m86513) HM |
| Near Cottonwood Street 0.1 miles north of N. 7th Street. |
| | Born in present Oklahoma, James Winford Hunt grew up on the Texas high plains. A newspaper publisher for several years, he became a Methodist minister in 1903. While a pastor in Abilene, he convinced the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist . . . — — Map (db m78333) HM |
| On N. 7th Street 0.1 miles west of Treadaway Boulevard (Business U.S. 83), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The early community support system for citizens of color in Abilene included Mt. Zion Baptist Church, organized in 1885, and the first area school for Black children, which opened in 1890 with 22 pupils. Because of African Americans’ continuing . . . — — Map (db m81284) HM |
| Near Sayles Boulevard at S. 14th Street. |
| | Between the years 1840 and 1920, the Methodist Church founded nearly eighty colleges in Texas. Four colleges in the Northwest Texas Conference had closed for various reasons by 1920, when the Rev. James Winford Hunt was appointed commissioner of a . . . — — Map (db m87010) HM |
| On N. 6th Street at Cottonwood Street, on the right when traveling east on N. 6th Street. |
| | From its earliest days, education for Mexican Americans in Texas has varied from none at all to apparent equality. The Republic of Texas in 1839 and 1840 established laws governing a system of schools. As these institutions took shape, Mexican . . . — — Map (db m80887) HM |
| Near Cedar Street at N. 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This site was set aside for use as a school by Stoddard Johnston, a newspaperman who platted the town of Abilene in the early 1880s. While the first schoolhouse was under construction in the spring of 1881, classes were held in a tent pitched . . . — — Map (db m94651) HM |
| Near Hickory Street north of Ambler Avenue. |
| | In the late 1890s, Mr. George Bennett, president of Acme Pressed Brick Company, donated funds for the purchase of this bell. For two decades, this bell swung from the bell tower of the Old Main building, serving as a timepiece for what was then . . . — — Map (db m87071) HM |
| On West Street at Vine Street, on the left when traveling south on West Street. |
| | Founded 1885 by Presbyterian Church. Institution previously operated as a high school. In peak year, over 300 pupils, many from distant places, attended.
First president was W.H. White. College had greatest success under J.M. Wagstaff. . . . — — Map (db m74717) HM |
| On U.S. 82/380 at County Route 121, on the left when traveling east on U.S. 82/380. |
| | Early classes in the Tokio Area were held in the ranch house of the J Cross Ranch near the turn of the century. In 1911, a school building was constructed near the center of town (about 300 feet N), and classes were relocated. Larger school . . . — — Map (db m71596) HM |
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