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By Jim Evans, October 11, 2020
Current J. Levy Funeral Home and Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Broadway at Kempner Street, on the right when traveling west on Broadway. |
| | Joseph Levy (1844-1922) with his brother Bernard "Ben" Levy (1849-1908) established the J. Levy & Bro. livery business in Galveston in 1868. Raised in the family livestock business in the French region of Alsace, the Levy brothers came to America . . . — — Map (db m157711) HM |
| On Church Street 0.1 miles west of 11th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The East End Historic District, which initiated development in the area immediately east of Galveston’s Downtown Business District, saw its busiest period of construction during the last two decades of the 19th century. Many of the city’s . . . — — Map (db m142535) HM |
| On 20th Street south of Harborside Drive (State Highway 275), on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1838, Col. Ephraim McLean was granted wharf privilege by the Galveston City Company provided he start construction of a wharf at once, which he did at the foot of 18th Street. Shortly after the wharf was completed, McLean left Galveston to fight . . . — — Map (db m130399) HM |
| On Avenue K east of 43rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Leon Dyer was born Feist Emanuel Heim (Haim) on Oct. 2, 1807 in Mayene, Germany, to John Maximilian and Isabella (Babette) Nachmann Dyer. The family immigrated to the U.S. around 1812 and settled in Baltimore where they began a meat packing . . . — — Map (db m127579) HM |
| On Strand Street east of 24th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On July 8, 1869, the press reported the recent completion of the Merchants Mutual Insurance Company Building: "It is unlike any other in the external appearance, being finished in the French style with a Mansard roof. The front is of iron and brick, . . . — — Map (db m130422) HM |
| On Strand Street east of 23rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Situated between two wharves and close to the Customs House, this site was an ideal location for early Galveston businesses. Retail and wholesale merchants began trading here in hardware, jewelry, real estate, crockery, tobacco, shoes, boots, . . . — — Map (db m127854) HM |
| On Kempner Street (22nd Street) at Postoffice Street (Avenue E), on the right when traveling north on Kempner Street (22nd Street). |
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Charles Hodgeson Pix was a member of a Texas pioneer family that came to Galveston from England in 1838. He was one of the early English merchants in Galveston who were importers of English goods direct from London. He began business at #6 Strand . . . — — Map (db m118999) HM |
| On Avenue L 0.1 miles east of 35th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This Greek Revival cottage was built in the 1860s by W. G. Boepple on land he bought from Valentine Poole, a local cattle dealer who again became the owner in 1872. In 1886 the home was sold to the estate of "Galveston News" editor Willard B. . . . — — Map (db m143551) HM |
| Near Moody Avenue south of Winnie Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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The revival of the economic, political, social and religious institutions in Galveston County following the Civil War, was more rapid than anywhere in the south. Galveston emerged as the largest city in Texas and with its natural seaport, became . . . — — Map (db m118300) HM |
| On 23rd Street north of Mechanic Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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The three row buildings at 213-217 Tremont, their exteriors now restored, were constructed in 1870 by Rice, Baulard & Company, a major supplier of paints, oils, varnish and window glass in Texas and Louisiana in the 1800's.
Victor Baulard . . . — — Map (db m118998) HM |
| On 22nd Street (Kempner Street) south of Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Samson Heidenheimer, pioneer Galveston merchant, had this building erected in 1877 on the site of the Grand Southern Hotel. The Grand Southern was a four-story forty-room Victorian Hotel of brick construction.
In 1877, a fire originating on . . . — — Map (db m128844) HM |
| On Avenue P near 36th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born the son of a ship captain in Rhode Island, Samuel Williams was apprenticed to his uncle in Baltimore after 1810 to learn business skills. After 1816 he lived in Buenos Aires, where he learned Spanish and its related culture. By 1819 he was . . . — — Map (db m58097) HM |
| Near Avenue K at 40th Street. |
| | (Front)
In memory of
Samuel May Williams
Born in Providence, R. I.
October 4, 1795
Died in Galveston, Texas
September 13, 1858
His wife
Sarah Scott Williams
Born in Kentucky
December 7, 1807
Died in Galveston, Texas . . . — — Map (db m127525) HM |
| On Moody Avenue (21st Street) south of Church Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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The cornerstone for St. Mary’s Cathedral was laid in 1847, the same year that the Catholic Diocese of Galveston – which included all of Texas – was established.
Father J.M. Odin, the first Bishop of Galveston, traveled to Europe and . . . — — Map (db m118950) HM |
| Near Moody Avenue at Avenue G. |
| | Independent lawyers and representatives from 46 Texas law firms called a meeting in 1882 to create a statewide association. They organized the Texas Bar Association at the Electric Pavilion in Galveston (south of this site) on July 15.
J.H. . . . — — Map (db m50052) HM |
| Near Sealy Avenue at 24th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Service to the community by the late George Sealy (1880-1944), Galveston financier and civic leader, and his wife Eugenia (1901-1987) was commemorated by the dedication of this pavilion in their memory. The pavilion is a gift to the people of . . . — — Map (db m56212) HM |
| On Strand Street east of Kempner Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The original First National Bank of Galveston Building, designed by P M. Comegys for T. H. McMahan, Esquire, was three-story and erected in 1867 of pressed brick from Baltimore. The Strand front and all the door and window surroundings were of iron, . . . — — Map (db m130400) HM |
| On Strand Street west of 20th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Built 1855-1859. First commercial building in Galveston. Housed the first headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston Engineer Office, established February 25, 1880. From these offices, the first District Engineer, Maj. Samuel M. . . . — — Map (db m119196) HM |
| On Broadway at 27th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Broadway. |
| | Family residence, W.L. Moody, Jr, built about 1894, and for many years home of Mr. Moody, prominent financier and philanthropist who established the Moody Foundation. Late Victorian architecture, said to have been Texas residence built on steel . . . — — Map (db m52697) HM |
| On Strand Street west of Kempner Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | "The rush at the Menard or Central Wharf, now known as Pier 21, during the late 1860's and the early 1870's, with the big fleet of 'red' Morgan ships discharging cargo and passengers, with the river boats loading and unloading, was so great that a . . . — — Map (db m130384) HM |
| On Mechanic Street east of 24th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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The present Tremont House is the third Galveston hotel to bear the name. The island's first Tremont House was built by the firm of McKinney and Williams in 1839 on the southwest corner of Postoffice and Tremont Streets.
An impressive two-story . . . — — Map (db m117389) HM |
| On Strand Street west of 23rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Thomas Jefferson League (1834-74) had this building constructed in 1871, putting the final touches on the structure when a new galvanized iron cornice was installed on October 8, 1872, after a storm damaged the new building at the corner of . . . — — Map (db m119199) HM |
| On Kempner Street (22nd Street) at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on Kempner Street (22nd Street). |
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The United States National Bank started in 1874 when the Island City Savings Bank was established with a charter to operate for 50 years. In 1887 the bank was failing and called on Mr. Harris Kempner to help out the financial crisis. Mr. Kempner . . . — — Map (db m119201) HM |
| Near Mechanic Street west of Kempner Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Oldest continuous law firm in Texas. Founded Nov. 13, 1846, by William Pitt Ballinger (1825-1888), who on that day received first law license issued by state of Texas, through first judicial district court. A veteran of the Mexican War, he later . . . — — Map (db m143565) HM |
| On 23rd Street at Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling north on 23rd Street. |
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In 1873 John Parker Davie had erected on this corner a four-story sixty-room hotel. Originally the Cosmopolitan, it was renamed the Washington the year after the famous old Washington Hotel at 21st and Mechanic Street burned down in the fire of . . . — — Map (db m119001) HM |
| On Sealy Avenue 0.1 miles west of 13th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1895, local banker William Cooke Skinner (1870-1953) and his wife, Adele (Preston) Skinner (1874-1966), bought this parcel for a home for their young family. Charles William Bulger (1859-1922), noted Texas architect, designed the two-story . . . — — Map (db m142536) 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 Market Street 0.1 miles from 23rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Famed for a long career of dynamic leadership in Galveston business, civic affairs, and philanthropy.
Born in Freestone County; son of William Lewis and Pherabe Elizabeth Bradley Moody. Educated at Virginia Military Institute, he later . . . — — Map (db m142496) HM |
| | Born in Connecticut. Moved to Texas in 1829. Took part in Texas Revolution, participating in Siege of Bexar, 1835. Served as aide to Stephen F. Austin, "The Father of Texas" (a distant relative), Gens. Edward Burleson and Sam Houston. Commander at . . . — — Map (db m127631) HM |
| On Cedar Drive at Bayou Road, on the right when traveling west on Cedar Drive. |
| | Frank Bell Jr. (1893–1963) was the son of early La Marque settlers Flavery and Frank Bell, Sr. Although he received little formal education, he was able to achieve business success and became a respected civic leader in La Marque’s African . . . — — Map (db m5107) HM |
| On State Highway 6 at Clark Street on State Highway 6. |
| | The railroad communities of Arcadia, Alta Loma, and Algoa, established in the 1890s, formed the nucleus of the Santa Fe area at the turn of the 20th century. Citrus and fig production, truck farming, and a burgeoning daily industry dominated the . . . — — Map (db m52465) HM |
| On Loop State Highway 197, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Minnesota investors and brothers Jacob R. and Henry H. Myers and Augustus B. Wolvin formed the Texas City Improvement Company in 1893 and developed a port facility and townsite here. By 1897 the company had built a rail spur line linking its port . . . — — Map (db m52772) HM |
| On Texas City Port Boulevard (Loop State Highway 197) at Dock Road, on the right when traveling north on Texas City Port Boulevard. |
| | The first oil refinery built in Texas City was established in 1908 by the Texas City Refining Company. Contractor J. C. Black and more than 100 craftsmen constructed the refinery. Processing equipment included eleven stills, storage tanks, and a . . . — — Map (db m36158) HM |
| Near U.S. 84 0.8 miles east of County Road 165. |
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Site of 1911-1914 dynamiting to produce rain, carried on by C. W. Post, Texas farm colonizer and cereal foods millionaire.
After reading that rain often accompanies cannonading in war, Post planned "battles" to relieve droughts. He . . . — — Map (db m88799) HM |
| On South Avenue L at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Avenue L. |
| | Internationally known creator of Post Cereals, advertising genius, inventor and innovator, founder of Post City in 1906. Through the purchase of the Curry Comb Ranch and adjacent land approximating 225,000 acres he began his dream of building . . . — — Map (db m88804) HM |
| On South Avenue F at East 7th Street, on the left when traveling south on South Avenue F. |
| | Established 1912 by C. W. Post, creator of Post Cereals and a philanthropist. Mill was a part of Post's dream of diversified income for Garza County farmers and prosperity for town of Post.
Mill--one of world's first to process cotton from raw . . . — — Map (db m110756) HM |
| On Langes Mill Road 0.5 miles east of Ranch to Market Road 783, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Established in 1849 by Doss brothers. Operated 1859-1878 by William F. Lange; 1878-1888 by Julius Lange. Its products were famed throughout the region. One of the last of the old burr mills in Texas; one of few in as perfect a state of preservation. . . . — — Map (db m91745) HM |
| On State Highway 16 0.2 miles south of Horseshoe Bend, on the right when traveling south. |
| | By 1848, Carl Hilmar Guenther (1826-1902), master millwright, had completed his apprenticeship in Germany and immigrated to the U.S.. In search of opportunities and a good grist mill site, he journeyed south from Wisconsin to New Orleans, and then . . . — — Map (db m135095) HM |
| On West Main Street (U.S. 290) 0.1 miles from South Orange Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Four front rooms with outside stair to attic built 1849 by German settler Henry Kammlah I smokehouse and rooms at rear added 1875. Old world technique of wall plaster over woven twig supports used in interior. Henry Kammlah II and wife Amelia, . . . — — Map (db m157158) HM |
| Near East Main Street (U.S. 290) 0.2 miles west of Heritage Hills Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
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At the height of activity at Fort Martin Scott, the post accommodated up to three hundred soldiers. Of the fort’s twenty buildings, the sutler’s store was among the most important to the soldiers. The sutler was a civilian merchant, licensed . . . — — Map (db m118502) HM |
| Near Ranch Road 1 at Lower Albert Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | First kiln, eastern Gillespie County. Built 1874 by Andreas Lindig, trained in his native Germany in quicklime making. On his homestead, he found rock to be hauled to this site by ox-wagon, using 7 loads of rock for each “batch” of . . . — — Map (db m90811) HM |
| On U.S. 87 at Farm to Market Road 821, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 87. |
| | On Nov. 9, 1925, this wildcat well "No. 1 H.R. Clay" drilled by Fred Hyer, began pumping oil in a venture that hinted at vast oil resources in West Texas.
The well on Clay's land hit pay dirt at 1,508 feet. Soon oil land speculators developed a . . . — — Map (db m137607) HM |
| On South Commercial Street at South Courthouse Square, on the right when traveling south on South Commercial Street. |
| | The town of Goliad began to grow in 1889 with the arrival of the locomotive. The railroads created the ability to receive larger supplies at a lower cost. Lumber, brick, stone and other materials that were formerly shipped by wagon were now . . . — — Map (db m132544) HM |
| On South Commercial Street at East Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south on South Commercial Street. |
| | The "Goliad Advance-Guard" was created by the merger of two newspapers. The "Guard" began in 1867, when Richard Wayne Davis bought the "Intelligencer" and changed its name. His son, R. T. Davis, published the paper from 1871 until 1892. A young . . . — — Map (db m132548) HM |
| On North Railroad Street (U.S. 90) at South Avenue E (State Highway 97), on the right when traveling east on North Railroad Street. |
| | In 1875 and 1876, when the Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad built through Gonzales County, this town was laid out to serve as a shipping point for the surrounding agricultural and ranching area. Hopkinsville, a thriving community five . . . — — Map (db m6978) HM |
| On First Street at Gray Street, on the left when traveling west on First Street. |
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First Restored Station
on Old Route 66
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Build and Leased
To Phillips in 1929
— — Map (db m100357) HM |
| On West Kingsmill Avenue at North Russell Street, on the right when traveling west on West Kingsmill Avenue. |
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Designed by Amarillo architects W.R. Kaufman & Son, this structure was erected in 1931 to house the offices of the Combs-Worley ranching and oil interests and Pampa professions and businesses. Modern art deco architectural influences appear on . . . — — Map (db m55852) HM |
| On North Cuyler Street at East Foster Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Cuyler Street. |
| | Founded in 1906, this institution was organized under a state charter and was named First State Bank. It became known as First National Bank after it received a national charter in 1907. B.E. Finley served at the bank's president for many years, . . . — — Map (db m55844) HM |
| On South Cuyler Street south of West Foster Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
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The Burnett No. 2, located on the 6666 Ranch in Carson County, and owned by Burk Burnett, was the first oil well drilled in the Panhandle Field. The ranch had been purchased by the White Deer Lands in 1903. Excitement ran rampant in Gray County, . . . — — Map (db m111525) HM |
| On Houston Avenue (State Highway 120) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Houston Avenue. |
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This monument commemorates the restoration in the year 1985 of the original Katy Park, built in the early 1900's and honors the many dedicated Denisonians and others who made the achievement possible. Their names appear here along with these . . . — — Map (db m72895) HM |
| On Houston Avenue (State Highway 120) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Houston Avenue. |
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In 1865 the Union Pacific Railway Southern Branch was incorporated to build a railroad from the St. Louis-Kansas City area to the Gulf of Mexico. In 1870, with construction completed to the border of Indian Territory, the line was renamed the . . . — — Map (db m72898) HM |
| On Main Street near the railroad tracks east of Houston Avenue (Texas Highway 120), on the left when traveling east. |
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On December 24, 1872, a Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad train carrying 100 passengers arrived here in the newly established railroad town of Denison. Its arrival marked the culmination of years of effort by the Katy to construct a rail . . . — — Map (db m72862) HM |
| On Main Street at Crockett Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
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Ernst Martin Kohl (1857-1935), former German Navy captain who came to Denison in 1885, built the first floor of this structure in 1893 to house a grocery store and saloon. He added the top three floors in 1909-11 as his family's residence. In . . . — — Map (db m72853) HM |
| On Lamar Street (State Highway 56) at Crockett Street, on the right when traveling east on Lamar Street. |
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Former Missourian and Civil War veteran Rufus Gaines Hall established a Sherman dry goods store in 1868. The company prospered, in part because it sent 30 notion wagons to sell supplies to settlers on rural farms across 13 counties in North . . . — — Map (db m73390) HM |
| On Travis Street north of Lamar Street (Texas Highway 56), on the left when traveling north. |
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Opened law practice here, 1884. Became an assistant attorney general of Texas, 1893. Won election, 1897, to Railroad Commission; served 26 years — 16 years as
chairman. The commission had been created in 1891 to regulate shipping rates . . . — — Map (db m73237) HM |
| On Travis Street at Pecan Street, on the left when traveling north on Travis Street. |
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In the 1870s, a joint stock company was organized to construct a hotel in Sherman. One of the largest stockholders was Judge C.C. Binkley, a community leader for whom the hotel would be named. Binkley was also president of the Merchants and . . . — — Map (db m73402) HM |
| On Lamar Street (State Highway 56) near Travis Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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[Millstone marker text is damaged]
Here passed
Marcy's California Trail 1849
Butterfield Trail 1858
Rededicated [November 22,] 2013
Moved and restored by
Love Monument Company
in cooperation with
Judge Drew Bynum
and . . . — — Map (db m73220) HM |
| On Charles K. Devall Memorial Highway (U.S. 259) south of Danville Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Also known as New Danville, this rural community was established around 1847, and reportedly named by S. Slade Barnett and family in honor of their former hometown of Danville, Kentucky. Located along the intersection of major roadways to Marshall, . . . — — Map (db m138890) HM |
| On West Commerce Avenue west of North Main Street (U.S. 271), on the right when traveling west. |
| | On April 7, 1931 this wildcat well drilled by Selby Oil and Gas Co. of Tulsa, OK. came-in at 1000 barrels an hour. Located in the Sabine River bottom a mile south of town, it connected Gladewater to the vast East Texas Oil Field stretching from . . . — — Map (db m139134) HM |
| On North Kilgore Street near North Henderson Boulevard (Business U.S. 259), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded 1872 with coming of the I.G.N. Railroad. Named for site donor, a Confederate colonel, Constantine B. Kilgore, State Senator and U. S. Congressman.
Geographical center of huge East Texas oil field. World's greatest concentration of steel . . . — — Map (db m138956) HM |
| On South Kilgore Street at East South Street, on the left when traveling south on South Kilgore Street. |
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Led in the town's economic development following the 1930s oil boom. Prosperity in the midst of the Great Depression influenced the board of directors to build this structure in 1937. Designed by Henderson architect James L. Downing, who used art . . . — — Map (db m138970) HM |
| On West North Street north of North Longview Street. |
| | This bungalow style residence was constructed in 1920 for Lou Della (Thompson) Crim (b. 1868), on the former site of the Hearne Hotel. The farm she owned at Laird Hill (4 mi. S) was part of an oil exploration project headed by her son Malcolm, later . . . — — Map (db m138967) HM |
| On North Commerce Street at East North Street, on the left when traveling north on North Commerce Street. |
| | The town of Kilgore was platted by the International Railroad Company after it purchased land for a townsite from C. B. "Buck" Kilgore, who had donated a 200-foot railroad right-of-way in 1871. Kilgore, a resident of Danville (4 mi. E), recognizing . . . — — Map (db m138965) HM |
| On East Main Street at North Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | Part of fabulous East Texas oil field discovered in 1930. This 1.195-acre tract had first production on June 17, 1937, when the Mrs. Bess Johnson-Adams & Hale No. 1 well was brought in.
Developed before well-spacing rules, this block is the . . . — — Map (db m96134) HM |
| Near North Green Street at East Methvin Street. |
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To serve the growing population (2,034 residents by 1900), a volunteer fire department was organized in 1855. Like many other volunteer fire departments of that era, it was a hobby and social club for young civic leaders. The department was based . . . — — Map (db m89193) 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 Fredonia Street at Bank Street, on the right when traveling south on North Fredonia Street. |
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Along with the abundance of natural resources, the growth of commercial agriculture and the distribution capability of the railroad, the establishment of banking supplied the final ingredient needed to solidify the development of Longview's . . . — — Map (db m89067) HM |
| On North Fredonia Street near East Tyler Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | May 23, 1894–A bloody day in early Longview. Bill Dalton, leader of armed gang presented a note for money at First National Bank. A gunfight erupted when Sheriff Jack Howard, City Marshall Mat Muckleroy and citizens resisted. Three local men-- . . . — — Map (db m89022) HM |
| On East Whaley Street at North Green Street, on the right when traveling west on East Whaley Street. |
| | In response to the East Texas oil boom, Delta Drilling Company was founded in 1931 by Bob Stacy, Sam Dorfman, and Joseph Zeppa. Originally housed in an apartment at this site, the firm moved to Tyler in 1937. Delta drilled many of the oil wells . . . — — Map (db m89020) HM |
| On North Fredonia Street at East Bank Street, on the right when traveling north on North Fredonia Street. |
| | Built in 1910 to house the Citizens National Bank, this structure is the only example of classical revival commercial architecture in Longview. Designed by noted architect and educator Samuel J. Blocker, the Everett Building was constructed by . . . — — Map (db m89023) HM |
| On North Green Street at East Methvin Street, on the left when traveling north on North Green Street. |
| | The area's industrial development was greatly enhanced in 1950 when the Texas Eastman petrochemical plant located near Longview. What originally was intended as a small butyraldehyde plant became the city's biggest employer and the second largest . . . — — Map (db m89272) HM |
| On East Marshall Avenue 0.1 miles east of American Legion Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This east Texas landmark established by John "Johnny" Cace, Jr. has served the area since 1949. Johnny was the son of a Yugoslav immigrant who grew up on the island village of Prvic Luka and spent his childhood fishing and boating in the Adriatic . . . — — Map (db m89031) HM |
| On South Center Street at West Cotton Street, on the right when traveling south on South Center Street. |
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When George Addison Kelly came to East Texas in 1852 at the age of twenty, he saw possibilities in the manufacture and sale of cowbells to supply wagoners and traders. Resolving to make the bells resonance better, he made a journey to . . . — — Map (db m89064) HM |
| Near East Methvin Street at North Green Street. |
| | By 1872, Longview received nationwide attention by serving as temporary head of the nation's Southern rail line. Business, population and construction were stimulated by wagon traffic from a large area since Longview provided the closest rail . . . — — Map (db m89154) HM |
| On North Green Street at East Methvin Street, on the left when traveling north on North Green Street. |
| | The Kelly Plow Works was reportedly the only non-sawmill industry in the county other than an ice factory. The Kelly plant, supposedly the first chartered industry in Texas, had relocated to Longview from Marion County in 1882. Kelly became well . . . — — Map (db m89246) HM |
| On North Green Street at Hoover Street, on the right when traveling south on North Green Street. |
| | The last decade of Longview's first hundred years was a time of historic and fundamental change. In 1962, the "slant hole" scandal brought unfavorable national attention to the East Texas Oil Field. (This illegal process actually pioneered . . . — — Map (db m89276) HM |
| Near North Green Street at East Methvin Street. |
| | What eventually became the Santa Fe line running south from Longview Junction was begun in 1877 by the locally capitalized Longview and Sabine Valley Railroad Company. As railroads opened virgin forests to harvest, 20 steam-powered sawmills were . . . — — Map (db m89188) HM |
| On North Green Street at East Methvin Street, on the right when traveling south on North Green Street. |
| | By 1920, Longview boasted 9 1/2 miles of paved streets, concrete sidewalks, electric street lights, municipal garbage collection and a paid fire department with the state's first two pumping trucks. In 1920, the Longview Rotary Club was organized as . . . — — Map (db m89262) 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 |
| Near North Green Street at East Methvin Street. |
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Greater Longview developed around two focal points, each based on a separate depot on the Texas & Pacific track. The downtown depot was on the west side of Fredonia Street while the Junction depot was near the site of the original International . . . — — Map (db m89192) HM |
| On North Green Street at East Methvin Street, on the right when traveling south on North Green Street. |
| | Thanks to discovery of the East Texas Oil Field, Longview's population nearly tripled during the next decade, to 13,758 by 1940. While the rest of the nation suffered during the Great Depression. Longview's citizens, businesses and industry, schools . . . — — Map (db m89264) HM |
| On South Fredonia Street at East Tyler Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Fredonia Street. |
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On April 7, 1870, O.H. Methvin deeded one hundred acres of farmland to the Southern Pacific Railroad. The uptown depot was constructed immediately north of the rail track on Fredonia Street.
In 1872, the Texas & Pacific took over the . . . — — Map (db m89171) HM |
| On North Green Street at East Methvin Street, on the right when traveling south on North Green Street. |
| | Although J. Garland Pegues had established the City Garage (later Pegues-Hurst Ford), all roads leading in and out of Longview remained dirt wagon tracks. Railroads continued to be the city's lifeline. In 1910, there were 18 daily passenger trains. . . . — — Map (db m89260) HM |
| On South White Oak Road (Farm to Market Road 3272) 0.2 miles south of West Center Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Formally organized in 1910, White Oak Baptist Church traces its history to an earlier congregation founded in the sawmill town in 1889. Pastor Robert Marsh led the congregation in 1910. Three years later, M. C. and Ada (Dickinson) Satterwhite joined . . . — — Map (db m139095) HM |
| On South Main Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1834 by Henry Fanthorp as a home for his bride, Rachel Kennard. Enlarged for hotel purpose. Served as first mercantile establishment and first post office (1835) in the region. Here Kenneth Lewis Anderson, Vice-President of the Republic of . . . — — Map (db m118940) HM |
| On South Main Street (Loop State Highway 429) at Buffington Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. |
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Civil War military concentration point for troops and ordnance. Rich farm land.
By 1861 densely populated. Favored secession by 907 to 9 vote. Sent 5 cavalry, 4 infantry companies to Confederate Army.
Arms and ordnance works at Anderson . . . — — Map (db m118976) HM |
| | Born in Tennessee. In 1828 he and family joined Robertson's Colony, bound for Texas. Arrived in 1830, probably having stopped to "make a crop" along the way.
Lived in present Grimes County; was granted a third of a league of land in Robertson's . . . — — Map (db m118939) HM |
| On East Washington Avenue (State Highway 105) at Brule Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Washington Avenue. |
| | Eliza Johnson (d.1876) had this building constructed in 1874 following a fire which destroyed several structures on the block. It was made of limestone rubble to comply with a city ordinance requiring all new construction to include fireproof . . . — — Map (db m159666) HM |
| On East Washington Avenue (State Highway 105) 0.1 miles north of Craig Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built by Ira M. Freeman, 1856; Way Station and Hotel for passengers on several stage lines through city.
Two-story pine building housed many travelers, among them, Sam Houston. Important visitors, officers stayed here in Civil War. Coaches and . . . — — Map (db m159583) HM |
| On West Washington Avenue (State Highway 105) at 10th Street, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Avenue. |
| | A native of Connecticut Lewis J. Wilson (1832–1895) moved with his parents to Grimes County in 1851. His father Samuel opened a general merchandise business in Anderson. Lewis managed the store until 1861 when he left to serve in the Civil . . . — — Map (db m159676) HM |
| On West Washington Avenue at 10th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Washington Avenue. |
| | Local Architect, Contractor and Stonemason James Davern and his brother-in-law C.C. Camp built this commercial edifice in the 1880s. Constructed of cement-covered stone rubble, it was remodeled with renaissance revival detailing in the 1890s, . . . — — Map (db m159645) HM |
| On West San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 78) at South Cunningham Street, on the right when traveling east on West San Antonio Street. |
| | The town of Marion began in the 1870s as a marketing and shipping point on the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio rail line. It grew steadily and, in the early twentieth century, began to develop as an important commercial center for the area. A . . . — — Map (db m153960) HM |
| On East Court Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South Austin Street (State Highway 123), on the right when traveling east on East Court Street. |
| | Cabeza de Vaca traveled the "River of Nuts" which was the Guadalupe. He was the first European to record the existence of pecans. He noted they were good food and recognized alternate bearing. He was held captive for 9 years on the "River of Nuts" . . . — — Map (db m158355) HM |
| On Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Fritz W. Struve (1877-1959) came here from Burnet County in 1912, 3 years after city was founded, started a grocery store; was joined by brother Ben F. (1879-1947) in 1918. Family operated wide variety of businesses vital to the early economic . . . — — Map (db m152061) HM |
| On FM 179, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Early settlers to Hale County referred to the territory west of Hale Center (9 mi. E) as the Center Plains community. A cemetery and a schoolhouse, established to serve the vast area, were located at this site on property donated by William S. . . . — — Map (db m152057) HM |
| On East 5th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Founded by George Emmett Green (1875-1960), whose work revolutionized Texas agriculture. Mechanically-gifted, Green mastered water well development, worked as pattern maker and draftsman in pump factories, and operated a plant of his . . . — — Map (db m91275) HM |
| On FM 400, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Attracted by the availability of inexpensive land and a healthful climate, the families of J. T. Matsler, S. M. Pearson, W. P. Long, J. H. Calvert, J. V. Neil and others began settling this part of Hale County about 1890. They engaged in ranching . . . — — Map (db m152055) HM |
| On 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Built in 1927 to provide lodging for railroad travelers, salesmen, and ranchers who came to town on business, the Hotel Turkey also served as a symbol of the growth business leaders hoped would characterize the young railroad settlement. The hotel . . . — — Map (db m151699) HM |
| On Highway 91 Spur east of Farm to Market Road 1167, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The townsite of Medicine Mound had long been a thriving village when brothers-in-law Lon L. Cobb and Ira Lee Hicks arrived in the area with their families in 1927 and opened a general merchandise store. The store sold such items as work clothes and . . . — — Map (db m104917) HM |
| On Crocker Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Established in 1902, the Hooks Abstract Company is thought to be the oldest continuously operating business in Hardin County. Named for its major investor J.B. Hooks, the company initially provided land ownership research for oil and timber . . . — — Map (db m45029) HM |
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