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By William Fischer, Jr., March 31, 2010
The Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | There is something in the nature of man that will not tolerate the unexplored. Always he finds his perimeter of ground too small, and restless stirrings prod his feet until he has gazed from every peak.
Following this elusive music hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m30215) HM |
| Near East Travis Street west of North Saint Mary's Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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County leaders purchased land on the west bank of the San Antonio River in 1859, intending to build a new courthouse and jail. Their plans changed and the property was sold in 1866 to a miller, Jacob Laux, who dammed the river and built a . . . — — Map (db m119162) HM |
| Near North St. Mary's Street 0.1 miles north of West Crocket Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Irish immigrant John Twohig built his house here on the San Antonio River in the late 1840s. A suspended footbridge connected the house with his business on the opposite side of the river.
Twohig became known as the “breadline . . . — — Map (db m119550) HM |
| | From this headquarters site in the 1870s, the brothers J. T. and Sam Ealy Johnson started thousands of cattle up trails to Kansas and other shipping or market points. To the west, at Williamson's Creek, and at Deer Creek (southeast) the Johnsons had . . . — — Map (db m35352) HM |
| On Avenue F at Elm Street, on the left when traveling south on Avenue F. |
| | E. Babe Smith was instrumental in the founding of Pedernales Electric Cooperative in the late 1930s. His vision, along with that of Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson and others, brought electric power to the farms and ranches of the Texas Hill Country. . . . — — Map (db m31095) HM |
| On Nugent Avenue (State Highway 356) at Pecan Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Nugent Avenue. |
| | Built by Johnson City founder James Polk Johnson (1845-1885), this structure has housed a variety of businesses and served as a community gathering place. In addition to serving as a community hall, opera house, and meeting place for churches and . . . — — Map (db m31126) HM |
| On South Avenue F south of East Elm Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | By the 1930s, many residents of cities across the U.S. were benefiting from the common use of electricity. However, a vast majority of rural areas lacked electric service, which compounded depression-era problems for farmers whose crop returns were . . . — — Map (db m126764) HM |
| On Northwest Fulton Street at Northwest Napp Street, on the right when traveling west on Northwest Fulton Street. |
| | Named for Maj. Gen. Johann de Kalb - a hero of the American Revolution - upon suggestion (1836) of David Crockett, a visitor on his way to fight in Texas War for Independence. Other Texas heroes traveling through here were James B. Fannin and Wm. . . . — — Map (db m96648) HM |
| On James Bowie Drive 0.1 miles east of North McCoy Boulevard (Texas Highway 8), on the right when traveling east. |
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Named for James Bowie (1799-1836), who fought for Texas freedom from 1819, when he joined the Long Expedition, to 1836 — when he died in defense of the Alamo.
Inhabited before 1800 by agricultural Indians, charted 1819 for . . . — — Map (db m96141) HM |
| On State Line Avenue at Walnut Street, on the left when traveling north on State Line Avenue. |
| | Founded when Texas & Pacific railroad platted townsite and held sale of lots on Dec. 8, 1873, to open regional shipping point. Strategically located on famed Indian trail from the Mississippi to Mexico, site had already been named (for its . . . — — Map (db m96563) HM |
| On N. Brooks Street (State Highway 36) at W. Smith Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Brooks Street. |
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(South Face of Monument)
Henry Smith was born in Kentucky, May Twentieth 1788, came to Texas in 1827 and settled in what is now Brazoria County which he regarded as his home until his death. He was severely wounded in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m90101) HM |
| On Austin Street (County Route 300E) at Front Street (County Route 300B) when traveling south on Austin Street. |
| | Founded 1823 as Brazos River landing for Josiah H. Bell's plantation. Townsite of Marion laid out in 1824. Later named East Columbia. Army enlistment point and ferrying dock during Texas Revolution. Key river port and trade center during Republic of . . . — — Map (db m89323) HM |
| On Jaggard Road (County Road 703) 0.1 miles south of Austin Street (County Road 300E), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Near site of Dance Gun Shop. Started on Brazos River in 1850 by brothers J.H., George, and David Dance. Shop produced guns which helped arm the Confederacy during Civil War, 1861-65. The firearms were noted for precision. Shop also made machinery . . . — — Map (db m49712) HM |
| On Front Street (County Route 300B) at Austin Street (Route 300E), on the left when traveling east on Front Street. |
| | During a brief and troubled time in her life, Carry Amelia Moore Nation (1846-1911) operated the "Old Columbia Hotel" on this site about 1880. She later achieved fame as a hatchet-wielding crusader against the use of alcoholic drink and tobacco. . . . — — Map (db m89328) HM |
| On West Park Avenue at West Broad Street, on the right when traveling south on West Park Avenue. |
| | The Freeport Sulphur Company was instrumental in the founding and early development of the city of Freeport and the region. It was incorporated on July 12, 1912, and then organized the Freeport Townsite Company with the purpose of developing a city . . . — — Map (db m96295) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Born near Austinville, Virginia, as was her brother Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), Emily moved with her father Moses Austin (1761-1821) and mother Maria Brown Austin (1768-1824) to Missouri in 1798. The family operated lead mines there and . . . — — Map (db m90628) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | A native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in 1808. He joined the mercantile business of his relatives Samuel and John Perry, and became a partner in 1818.
While living in Potosi, Perry met and . . . — — Map (db m90627) HM |
| On Burnett Street east of 8th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Named for a Mexican general. Early as 1532 a thriving village. Port of entry in Republic of Texas. Strategic fort in Civil War. Industrial area, cattle and cotton shipping point, 1870-1900. Fashionable summer colony, 1884 and afterwards. Largely . . . — — Map (db m96307) HM |
| Near State Highway 332 at Bluewater Highway (County Road 257). |
| | This complex of barge canals and natural channels—most valuable waterway in America—stretches 1,116 mi. from Brownsville, Texas, to St. Mark’s, Florida. Is longer, carries more tonnage than Suez and Panama canals. Is a vital link in . . . — — Map (db m90133) HM |
| On East 26th Street west of North Texas Avenue (Local Road 68), on the right when traveling west. |
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Came to Texas from Tennessee in 1839, and joined "minute men" protecting north frontier from Trinity to Brazos River. Moved to Brazos County; served 1842-1853 in County offices: Deputy Clerk, County Clerk, Surveyor, Chief Justice. Taught school, . . . — — Map (db m119644) HM |
| Near East 26th Street at North Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
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Native of Missouri. Member of prominent family who were Texas statesmen, planters, developers. Grandson of Moses Austin, who obtained from Mexico charter for American Colony in Texas, but died before making settlement. Nephew of Stephen F. . . . — — Map (db m119643) HM |
| On West Holland Avenue (U.S. 67/90) at North 6th Street, on the left when traveling east on West Holland Avenue. |
| | Born in Wharton County, John Riley Holland as a young man moved to Brady (McCulloch Co.) to become a rancher. He married Mary L. Fuller in 1881; the couple had two children, Crystal and Clay. By 1884, the Hollands moved to Presidio County near . . . — — Map (db m61070) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 170 0.7 miles west of SE Longdraw, on the right when traveling west. |
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Mercury, or Quicksilver, is derived from a red-colored ore known as cinnabar.
Cinnabar (sample at left) was used by Native-Americans as a durable pigment, and there are many places in Big Bend where traces of ancient drawings . . . — — Map (db m111500) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 170 at Terlingua Ghost Town Road, on the left when traveling east on Route 170. |
| | With the Mother-Ore Cinnabar strike in 1890, Terlingua became the world's quicksilver capital, yielding 40 percent of nation's need by 1922.
Its name from Terlingua (three tongues) creek nearby, was coined by Mexican herders. Comanche, Shawnees . . . — — Map (db m60861) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 689. |
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| On TX 256, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Briscoe County pioneer William E. Schott (1870-1941) was born in Ohio and moved to North Texas in 1885. Still legally a minor, he came to this area in 1890 and filed a claim for the first of his later extensive landholdings. In 1891 he overcame . . . — — Map (db m151696) HM |
| On West Buck Street at South Echols Street, on the right when traveling east on West Buck Street. |
| | On January 24, 1903, a group of local businessmen under the direction of J. J. Lane and C. C. Nelms met for the purpose of establishing a National Bank. The thirty original stock subscribers who attended pledged $25,000 in organizational capital and . . . — — Map (db m150939) HM |
| On State Spur 308, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Briggs State Bank was chartered on May 27, 1909. Constructed that spring, this limestone and brick building is typical of a commercial architecture style once popular in Texas. It features a three-bay front with central entry and transoms, and . . . — — Map (db m27432) HM |
| On South Pierce Street at East Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north on South Pierce Street. |
| | Completed about 1883, this two-story limestone structure is representative of other commercial buildings located on the Courthouse Square in the 1880s. It was built for local financier Dr. W. H. Westfall and Captain Brandt Badger (b. 1839), a . . . — — Map (db m27398) HM |
| On 112 N US-281 just from 1st St., on the right when traveling south. |
| | The potential of water power on the Colorado River led town developer Gen. Adam R. Johnson and Farmers Alliance members to build a cotton mill on this site in the 1890s. The two-story stone factory, 300 ft. long and 100 ft. wide, was erected for the . . . — — Map (db m27599) HM |
| On Main St. at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Main St.. |
| | Ernst Gustav Michel (1865-1930), a native of Germany, and his wife, Lillie Agnes, opened a drugstore at this site in 1891. After fire destroyed the first store in 1905, Michel built a 3-story edifice here. The first floor housed the drugstore and . . . — — Map (db m27635) HM |
| On U.S. 183 0.1 miles north of Hickory Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Tennessee native Andrew Lee Brock (1830-1904) moved to Caldwell County in 1848, and he married Rebecca Montgomery Wayland. Two years later, Rebecca's father gave the couple a parcel of land on Boggy Creek as a wedding gift, and Brock built a log . . . — — Map (db m156052) HM |
| On North Magnolia Avenue (U.S. 183) at East Austin Street, on the right when traveling north on North Magnolia Avenue. |
| | One of the great benefactors of Texas. Born in Brockton, Mass. Had business careers in shoe manufacture and rubber planting. On retirement, came here and in wildcat operation brought in Luling oil field, 1922. By 1926 had 215 producing wells. Gave . . . — — Map (db m159725) HM |
| Near South Laurel Avenue at South Magnolia Avenue (Texas Highway 80), on the right when traveling south. |
| | John and James Meriwether and Leonidas Hardeman in 1874 built gristmill and sawmill at this site, with a stone dam across the San Marcos River. Bob Innes, John Orchard, J.K. Walker, and Fritz Zedler, as Luling Water Power Co., bought mills in 1884, . . . — — Map (db m76908) HM |
| On San Marcos Highway (State Highway 80) at Stairtown Road (County Route 671), on the right when traveling east on San Marcos Highway. |
| | Discovery well of Luling Field, a major Texas oil area. Wildcatter E.B. Davis drilled on land owned by R. Rios. Well came in Aug. 10, 1922, after 3 dry holes had been drilled in same area. Magnolia (now Mobil) Oil Co. bought field 1926. By 1969, . . . — — Map (db m76906) HM |
| On State Highway 316 at Zimmerman Road, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 316. |
| | A Tennessean, Angelina Peyton came to Texas in 1822. With her husband, J.C. Peyton, she operated an inn in San Felipe, capital of the Austin colony. Peyton died in 1834; in 1836 the widow married Jacob Eberly. She and Eberly had a hotel in Austin by . . . — — Map (db m120710) HM |
| Near South Ocean Drive 0.1 miles south of Channel Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Between 1844 and 1887, Indianola grew to become a cosmopolitan port city that was second only to Galveston. Indianola became a port for trade and was the eastern terminus of the Chihuahua Road that traveled overland from the mines of Chihuahua city . . . — — Map (db m120703) HM |
| On State Highway 35 0.3 miles west of Whatley Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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After Texas was annexed into the United States in 1846, part of what was once De Leon’s Colony was organized as Calhoun County, giving the county access to valuable cropland and bays—the most important being modern-day Matagorda . . . — — Map (db m117439) HM |
| On South Ann Street at West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on South Ann Street. |
| | In the mid-twentieth century, Calhoun County was beginning an unprecedented period of growth. Howard G. Hartzog, Sr. was an active community leader who guided the county as a private citizen, county judge and as a state representative by diligently . . . — — Map (db m120672) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1079 at County Road 429, on the left when traveling west on Road 1079. |
| | W.F. Griffin opened a bank about 1911 in this small frame building. With Griffin as a director, Paul Ramsey served as the first president. His duties included teller, cashier, loan officer and custodian. When the railroad bypassed Cottonwood, . . . — — Map (db m79976) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 1178 0.2 miles north of County Road 214. |
| | Born in Alabama, moved to Texas 1839. Married Frances Monteith and had nine children. Was first doctor in Brown County, 1865; and in Callahan County, 1874; owned general store; planted county’s first orchard here in Tecumseh. — — Map (db m78968) HM |
| On East St Charles Street at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on East St Charles Street. |
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English:
Built 1877-1890 for Manuel Alonso, the Alonso Building (Los Dos Cañones) has wrought iron railings and doors reminiscent of French Creole architecture.
It was one of several buildings built by immigrants from Spain. The first . . . — — Map (db m118522) HM |
| On East St Charles Street at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on East St Charles Street. |
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Spanish-born Manuel Alonso (1846-1922) constructed the one-story residence on this site in 1877 and added the two-story mercantile building by 1890. His "Los Dos Cañones" mercantile was a popular gathering place for local residents. French and . . . — — Map (db m118520) HM |
| On East Elizabeth Street (Business U.S. 77) south of East 12th Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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Built in 1911 by the architectural firm H.C. Cooke & Co., for Pauline Bollack, a German immigrant from Bavaria, this three story structure has an attractive ornate façade. At the time, it was one of the largest buildings in town . . . — — Map (db m128843) HM |
| On East Washington Street (Business U.S. 77) at East 13th Street, on the right when traveling north on East Washington Street. |
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Founder of Brownsville and partner in firm of M. Kenedy and Company, which opened the Rio Grande to steamboat navigation and controlled much of the commerce of Northern Mexico, 1848-1868.
This house, erected about 1850,
was the birthplace of . . . — — Map (db m117849) HM |
| On East Adams Street at East 11th Street, on the left when traveling south on East Adams Street. |
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Established 1880-1894 by Miguel Fernandez, a wealthy Spanish merchant, this was a bone and hide yard built to cater to the Texas Gulf Coast cattle industry. Built in the Border Brick style, it is one of the few remaining . . . — — Map (db m119297) HM |
| On East Monroe Street at East 11th Street, on the left when traveling south on East Monroe Street. |
| | English: Built 1893-1894 for Henry M. Field, the commercial and residential complex covers half a block. The two-story gallery, spindle cornice and railings indicate that the building is a mix of Border Brick style and French Creole . . . — — Map (db m131197) HM |
| On East 11th Street at East Monroe Street, on the left when traveling east on East 11th Street. |
| | English: This complex, which includes several buildings, was built in the late 19th century by H.M. Field. Andres Pacheco purchased the site in 1919. The corner store – residence is an excellent example of the Spanish colonial . . . — — Map (db m131199) HM |
| On East Madison Street at East 10th Street, on the left when traveling north on East Madison Street. |
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A native of Spain, Adrian Ortiz (1860-1957) emigrated to Brownsville before he was 18 and lived with relatives who trained him as a merchant. He built this structure in 1892 to house his mercantile operation, La Madrileña (native of Madrid), an . . . — — Map (db m117995) HM |
| On East Madison Street at East 10th Street, on the left when traveling north on East Madison Street. |
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Built in 1892 by Santiago McCoy and Modesto Estevan Adam for Adrian Barreda Ortiz, a native of Madrid, Spain, it is an example of an L-plan mercantile store. The architecture is a mix of Victorian and Border Brick style. The . . . — — Map (db m117998) HM |
| On East Elizabeth Street (Business U.S. 77) south of East Tenth Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Built in 1948, designed by the firm of Pettigrew & Worley, it was part of the interstate movie theater chain founded by Karl St. John Hoblitzelle.
Interstate was an influential vaudeville and later movie theater . . . — — Map (db m119301) HM |
| On East 12th Street north of East Washington Street (Business U.S. 77), on the left when traveling south. |
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Enrique Manautou came to Texas from Mexico in 1902.
With area commerce bolstered by the arrival of the railroad and Mexican Revolution refugees, he began a string of dry goods stores in the lower Rio Grande Valley in 1913. Manautou moved to . . . — — Map (db m118647) HM |
| On East Adams Street at East 11th Street, on the left when traveling south on East Adams Street. |
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Known as “El Almacen,” this combination store-warehouse was built in the 1880s. At the rear, a brick wall enclosed a bone and hide yard where ranchers traded cattle hides for food and supplies. Features of the . . . — — Map (db m119298) HM |
| On East Madison Street at East 12th Street, on the right when traveling south on East Madison Street. |
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Built in 1882-1883, designed by the firm J.N. Preston and Son, it is the first building specifically built as the county jail. It is an example of the Border Brick style. In 1912 it was sold to the brothers Jose & Joaquin . . . — — Map (db m119398) HM |
| On East Madison Street north of East 12th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Built in 1883, this Spanish Colonial style structure served as the Cameron County Jail until 1913, when Jose and Joaquin Fernandez purchased the property.
They converted the building into a store, with living quarters to the . . . — — Map (db m119399) HM |
| On East Adams Street south of East 11th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Built beginning 1877 for Victoriano Fernandez, the Border Brick style structures were built in stages, possibly accounting for the varying heights. The last of the three buildings was completed in 1886.
They were designed as a . . . — — Map (db m119300) HM |
| On East Elizabeth Street (Business U.S. 77) south of East 12th Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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Erected 1850 for Don Jose San Román, native of Biscay, Spain - importer, steamboat owner, merchant, investor in city lots. He and successor, Feliciano San Román, backed the Rio Grande Railroad.
Fulgencio Lopez was last of San Romans in charge . . . — — Map (db m119400) HM |
| On East 11th Street at Market Square Street, on the left when traveling north on East 11th Street. |
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Built in 1928, the commercial building was designed by Baltazar Torres, a local builder and architect. From 1945 until the mid-1980’s it operated as Whitman’s Army Store and pawnshop.
The three metallic spheres suspended from the . . . — — Map (db m119299) HM |
| On West Harrison Avenue (State Highway 206) at South West Street, on the right when traveling west on West Harrison Avenue. |
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In 1902 developer Lon C. Hill purchased 17 square miles of school lands from Cameron County. He paid $13,837.50. The semi-arid land was part of the Concepcion de Carricitos Spanish Land Grant to the brothers . . . — — Map (db m119474) HM |
| On East Queen Isabella Blvd (State Highway 100) at North Garcia Street, on the left when traveling east on East Queen Isabella Blvd. |
| | The beacon for the commerce of the Rio Grande
Erected by the United States Government in 1852
Extinguished during the Civil War
Discontinued, 1888 - 1895
Permanently discontinued, 1905
Erected by the State of Texas . . . — — Map (db m156329) HM |
| On East Maxan Street at North Garcia Street, on the right when traveling east on East Maxan Street. |
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Built of brick brought from New Orleans by schooner, the beacon’s 16 mile range guided ships into the harbor and to the Rio Grande, bringing commerce to SW Texas. Darkened during the Civil War, it was used as a lookout by both Union and . . . — — Map (db m156332) HM |
| On South Sam Houston Boulevard (State Highway 345) south of Robertson Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Designed by Austin architects Endress and Walsh and built by contractor L. Fleming, the San Benito Land and Water Company building was completed in 1910 at a cost of $14,386. Thirty-foot pine beams and locally made brick were used to construct . . . — — Map (db m119523) HM |
| On Quitman Street (Texas Route 11) at South Texas Street, on the right when traveling east on Quitman Street. |
| | David Harper Abernathy was born in 1858 in Arkansas. He moved with his family to Pittsburg in 1864. After learning business in Nashville, Tennessee, David returned to help Run his father's dry goods store. He was a major leader in town and was . . . — — Map (db m139316) HM |
| On Fulton Street at Market Street, on the left when traveling west on Fulton Street. |
| | Baptist minister and inventor Burrell Cannon (1848-1922) led some Pittsburg investors to establish the Ezekiel Airship Company and build a craft described in the biblical book of Ezekiel. The ship had large, fabric-covered wings powered by an engine . . . — — Map (db m139367) HM |
| On Quitman Street (Texas Route 11) at Rusk Street (Texas Route 238), on the right when traveling east on Quitman Street. |
| | Constructed in the 1890s, this building began as a one-story commercial structure. W. L. Garrett (1867-1931) bought the property in 1902 for his mercantile business and in 1923 added a second story. In addition to Garrett's store, the building also . . . — — Map (db m139360) HM |
| On Quitman Street (Texas Route 11) east of Moreland Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born in Georgia to Hardy and Drucilla (Neal) Pitts, William Harrison Pitts moved his plantation household to this area by 1854. He purchased 200 acres and built a home near this site. A settlement began to spring up, and a post office was . . . — — Map (db m139325) HM |
| On Broadway at West 1st Street, on the right when traveling south on Broadway. |
| | Founded in 1904 as a private bank by John Walter Knorpp (1867-1952), member of an established banking family of Missouri, New Mexico, and Texas, and Eugene Sherwood Blasdel (1878-1930), oil and grain business developer of this region. In 1905 . . . — — Map (db m100358) HM |
| On State Highway 207 4 miles south of State Highway 136, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In October 1923, W. T. Willis, J. E. Trigg, and H. D. Lewis, partners in one of Texas' largest drilling firms, broke ground at the S. B. Burnett 6666 Ranch with the first rotary drilling rig used in the Texas Panhandle. Success of this drilling . . . — — Map (db m93760) HM |
| On State Highway 207 4 miles south of State Highway 136, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Panhandle's first oil well, Gulf Burnett No. 2, was struck by the Gulf Production Company on May 2, 1921, on the 6666 Ranch of S. B. Burnett. The prediction of oil in this area by U.S. geologists in 1904 and the discovery of natural gas nearby . . . — — Map (db m93761) HM |
| On Euclid Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Second commercial bank opened in the Panhandle of Texas. Oldest in continuous service. Founded by James Christopher Paul, pupil of Sam Houston's son, lawyer Temple Houston. Early settlers throughout the High Plains area were among the first . . . — — Map (db m150735) HM |
| On Main Street at West 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Published since 1887. Oldest newspaper in the Texas Panhandle, second oldest business in the area. Founded by H.H. Brookes. Principal owner 1926-58, David M. Warren, oil man, banker, a Regent of the University of Texas. Don and Norene Peoples . . . — — Map (db m150737) HM |
| On Euclid Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Among first landowners in area. In 1898 started ranch 25 miles to the north. Ran country store, post office, phone exchange. Moved 1915 to Panhandle. The 1924 discovery of oil on their ranch led to the founding of Borger. They gave land to every . . . — — Map (db m150734) HM |
| On U.S. 385, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Encompassing land in ten counties of the Texas Panhandle. The XIT Ranch was established through the exchange of public lands to finance construction of the state capitol. In 1887, it was divided into seven divisions, the largest of which, the . . . — — Map (db m153247) HM |
| On Second Street north of Leo Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | For 90 years, starting in 1905, Nazareth residents purchased goods here. The original wood-framed structure, built by Fred Heidgerken with living quarters above, opened its main floor to home shopping needs and the storing and selling of fresh meat . . . — — Map (db m91122) 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 |
| Near Interstate 10 at milepost 815, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A veteran of the War of 1812, James Taylor White (b.1789) migrated to this area from Louisiana in 1828. As a rancher, he developed one of the largest herds of Longhorn cattle in southeast Texas.
On White's ranch in June 1832, area colonists . . . — — Map (db m121266) HM |
| On Miller Street (State Highway 61) at Washington Avenue (State Highway 61), on the right when traveling west on Miller Street. |
| | Berriman Richard Garland (1840-1918), a native of Indiana, saw the need for fresh water for rice crops in east Chambers County. Garland and A. L. Williams began in 1902 acquiring land and constructing this irrigation canal. It started at the mouth . . . — — Map (db m121261) HM |
| Near State Highway 65 3.2 miles east of State Highway 61, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Although oil production of major value began in Chambers County in 1916, this prolific Anahuac field was discovered on March 3, 1935, with completion of Humble Oil & Refining Company's A. D. Middleton No. 1 (1.8 mi. SE). The camp which housed Humble . . . — — Map (db m86624) HM |
| On Feeder Road to Intersate-10 0.3 miles west of Wallisville Liberty Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | French trader Joseph Blancpain established a trading post in this vicinity in August 1754. He had been living in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he was the owner of a mercantile store.
With a small group of men, Blancpain arrived in August and . . . — — Map (db m117185) HM |
| On U.S. 84 at Farm to Market Road 747, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 84. |
| | In operation from 1908 to 1912, the Mewshaw State Sawmill at this site produced 35,000 board feet of lumber daily and was staffed by convict laborers from the nearby Rusk Penitentiary. The village of Maydelle later developed on the rail line that . . . — — Map (db m128987) HM |
| On County Road 4401 at State Highway 204, on the right when traveling west on County Road 4401. |
| | In 1901, a new townsite was laid out on the Texas & New Orleans Railroad. Promoted by brothers Lee D. and William T. Guinn, it was named Hubb for county surveyor Hubbard S. Guinn. It was renamed Ponta (an adaptation of the Latin Ponte, which . . . — — Map (db m107325) HM |
| On 50 Park Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Birthplace of James Stephen Hogg, son of Lucanda McMath Hogg and Joseph Lewis Hogg. Born March 24, 1851. Died March 3, 1906. First native Texan to serve as governor. Inspirer of the passage of the Railroad Commission Law, Stock and Bond Law, Alien . . . — — Map (db m40474) HM |
| On East 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Wyatt Thomas Norman and William Harrison Shook, both Cherokee County natives, opened a law office on the Courthouse Square in 1898. George Gibson became a partner in 1918. He later moved to Jacksonville and opened a branch there. Wyatt T. Norman's . . . — — Map (db m41085) HM |
| On U.S. 69 south of Farm to Market 343 (State Highway 343), on the right when traveling south. |
| | New Birmingham was a boom town nearby in the late 1880s built around local iron ore operations. The furnaces, capable of producing 50 tons of iron daily, were named "Tassie Belle," after the wife of the town founder A. B. Bevins, and the "Star and . . . — — Map (db m30033) 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 North Bridge Street at West Ikard Street, on the right when traveling south on North Bridge Street. |
| | Founded 1860, but abandoned to marauding Indians, 1863. Settlers returned in 1870 and installed a grist mill. Developers surveyed townsite in 1874; school, church, shops, and hotel were built. Post office was established and Fort Sill-Fort . . . — — Map (db m98010) HM |
| On North Main Street at West Gilbert Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| |
It was at or near this spot
in the year of our Lord 1876
that the first registered
Hereford cattle set their
hooves in Texas and there-
after revolutionized the
beef cattle industry of the
United States of America.
This . . . — — Map (db m98011) HM |
| On State Highway 158 at U.S. 277, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 158. |
| | Eastern gateway to Permian Basin, in Coke County called Oso and Broncho in early 1880's. Formally named for English novelist Charlotte Bronte, in 1890, incorporated 1907.
Basic agricultural economy, predominately ranching. Site of major oil . . . — — Map (db m77860) HM |
| On Chadbourne Street at W. 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on Chadbourne Street. |
| | A pioneer ranching center, settled about 1880. Early land owners included S.M. Conner, W.G. Jameson and W.R. Walker. Dr. J.E. Reed for 50 years was only physician here. R.B. Allen was outstanding civic leader. Post office, named for peak nearby, . . . — — Map (db m96019) HM |
| On State Highway 208 at Ranch to Market Road 1672, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 208. |
| | Sun Oil Company’s well – No. 1 Allen Jameson – was staked in Sept. 1946 and struck oil Nov. 17. Intermittent drilling had gone on in Coke County for 30 years, but this discovery began a county-wide oil boom. Drilled by the Dallas . . . — — Map (db m83082) HM |
| On Ranch to Market Road 2742 at Ranch to Market Road 2059, on the right when traveling south on Road 2742. |
| | The Cedar Hill area, settled by stock-farming homesteaders about 1890, was named for the nearby cedar-covered elevation. A one-room school built in 1891 was located about 100 yards north of the cemetery, which remains. However, no post office or . . . — — Map (db m83086) HM |
| On State Highway 208 at Ranch to Market Road 1672, on the left on State Highway 208. |
| | A pioneer ranching center, settled about 1880. Early land owners included S.M. Conner, W.G. Jameson and W.R. Walker. Dr. J.E. Reed for 50 years was only physician here. R.B. Allen was outstanding civic leader.
Post office, named for peak . . . — — Map (db m83081) HM |
| Near Sam Houston Street north of Avenue C, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Stonemason T.T. Perry arrived in Santa Anna about 1890 and, using the rock from the twin peaks above the town, helped carve the history of the town in stone. Perry fashioned many of the landmark buildings in Santa Ann where he worked and was buried . . . — — Map (db m94578) HM |
| Near Sam Houston Street north of Avenue C, on the right when traveling north. |
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(Panel One)
Thomas T. Perry
(1853-1943)
Thomas T. Perry was born March 12, 1853 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He came to San Antonio, Texas, as a young man, learning the craft of stone while masonry working for the Southern . . . — — Map (db m94577) HM |
| On East 15th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This was one of several brick buildings erected on Mechanic Street after an October 1895 fire. S. J. And Nancy Mathews came to Plano in 1893 and opened a store across the street before relocating here in 1906. Mathews Department Store sold dry . . . — — Map (db m149772) HM |
| On East 15th Street at J Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East 15th Street. |
| | After a building they shared was destroyed by fire in 1895, the Plano National Bank (est. 1887) and the I.O.O.F. (Odd Fellows) Lodge (est. 1870) erected this commercial building here in 1896. In 1936 the structure was redesigned by . . . — — Map (db m149947) HM |
| Near West College Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here in 1941, with the Hon. Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, in attendance, a migratory labor camp was dedicated. With the coming of World War II later in the decade, however, Federal officials converted the site for use . . . — — Map (db m150147) HM |
| On Milam Street (State Highway 52 Spur) at Walnut Street (U.S. 90), on the right when traveling south on Milam Street. |
| | History is preserved in this structure. At founding (1919), this institution, in erecting its bank, retained a wall of 1857 Boedecker Building that had housed many ventures, including city's first bank (1875). In 1969 rebuilding, Columbus State Bank . . . — — Map (db m130347) HM |
| On Front Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Front Street. |
| | In 1824 the Mexican government granted to Elizabeth Tumlinson and her heirs the land and water rights to this area in the center of Stephen F. Austin's colony. The town of Columbus developed from a small frontier community. A fire in May 1883 . . . — — Map (db m28807) HM |
| On Travis Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Travis Street. |
| | Known as first drugstore in Republic of Texas. Founded 1844 by Dr. John G. Logue (1815-1861), who came here after graduation (1842) from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. A partner of his for a time was Dr. John H. Bowers, physician (1836) to . . . — — Map (db m76891) HM |
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