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By Jim Evans, May 9, 2013
Homesite of William Scott (Point Pleasant) Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Bayway Drive 0.7 miles south of Park Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A native of Virginia, William Scott (1784-1837) was a planter, merchant, and stockraiser in his native state and in Kentucky, where he relocated about 1806. He and his family moved briefly to Louisiana in the early 1820s before coming to Texas with . . . — — Map (db m65243) HM |
| On San Jacinto Avenue 200 miles south of Decker Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Ross S. Sterling entered the oil business in 1909, when he invested in the Humble oil field north of Houston. Two years later he formed the Humble Oil Company with five partners: Walter W. Fondren, Charles B. Goddard, William Stamps Farlish, Robert . . . — — Map (db m64396) HM |
| On Lynchburg Road 0.1 miles west of Crokett Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Lynchburg Town Ferry, founded in 1822 by Nathaniel Lynch, crosses the Houston Ship Channel downstream of the confluence of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou. In 1829, the authorities at San Felipe de Austin requested that Lynch move his . . . — — Map (db m53534) HM |
| On Bellaire Boulevard at Newcastle Drive, on the right when traveling west on Bellaire Boulevard. |
| | Teas Nursery Company traces its history to 1843, when John C. Teas (1827-1907) began selling apples out of his back yard in Indiana. After moving the business to Missouri in 1868, Teas became a nationally prominent horticulturist.
In 1908 his . . . — — Map (db m125890) HM |
| On Lamar Street 0.1 miles west of Bagby Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | After the Civil War, African Americans faced difficulties finding insurance or securing loans. In the 1870s, Jamaican immigrant Henry Cohen Hardy came to Houston, where he was an educator. Hardy established the Ancient Order of Pilgrims in 1882 to . . . — — Map (db m62302) HM |
| On Valentine Street at West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling south on Valentine Street. |
| | Augustus Chapman Allen was born to Roland and Sarah (Chapman) Allen in Canaseraga, New York on July 4, 1806. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute at Chittenango, New York, where he taught mathematics until 1827. That year, he became a . . . — — Map (db m59588) HM |
| On Baker Street 0.2 miles south of Interstate 10 Frontage Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The settlement that became Barker developed on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in the late 1890s. G.T. Miller applied for a post office in 1898. It occupied a corner of his store, which also was used as a saloon. The structure was damaged in . . . — — Map (db m159206) HM |
| On Webster Street at Caroline Street, on the right when traveling east on Webster Street. |
| | Completed in 1924, this apartment building is a good example of multi-family housing constructed in the south end of downtown Houston after World War I. Successful businessman Benjamin Cohen (1875-1951) hired noted Houston architect Alfred Finn to . . . — — Map (db m30199) HM |
| On Texas Avenue at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Texas Avenue. |
| | Busy Corners The intersection of Texas Avenue and Main Street has always been a busy one. As Houston grew, the four corners were surrounded by stores, offices, hotels, and movie theaters, which attracted people from near and far. In 1884 . . . — — Map (db m140376) HM |
| | Considered by many as the "Mother of Houston," Charlotte Marie Baldwin Allen was a leader in Houston during a time when women had few rights and fewer opportunities. She was born in Onondaga County, New York, and was the daughter of Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m122984) HM |
| Near Caroline Street south of Oakdale Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1916-17, this Georgian Revival house was the home of William L. Clayton (1880-1966), founder of Anderson, Clayton, & Co., a cotton trading firm. A leader in public service as well as business, Clayton was a principal architect of the . . . — — Map (db m125878) HM |
| On Heights Boulevard at East 18th Street on Heights Boulevard. |
| | A native of Binghamton, New York, D.D. Cooley moved to Omaha, Nebraska as a young man. In 1887 he joined the American Loan and Trust Company. The Company bought a tract of land northwest of Houston in 1891 and sent Cooley and other representatives . . . — — Map (db m157783) HM |
| On East 16th Street at Harvard Street, on the left when traveling east on East 16th Street. |
| | Constructed in 1910, this was the home of prominent business, civic, and political leader David Barker (1868-1967) and his wife, Pauline (1878-1902). The house was completed during Mr. Barker's third year as mayor (1907-1913) of Houston . . . — — Map (db m157809) HM |
| On Barker - Clodine 0.3 miles south of Cypress - Chase, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Marks LH7 Ranch was established by E.H. and Maud Marks in 1907 near Addicks, three miles from here. In 1917, they moved the ranch to this 640 acre site. The LH7 Ranch grew to become one of the largest ranches in Southeast Texas.
The LH7 . . . — — Map (db m159188) HM |
| On Travis Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Prominent real estate developer, publisher, statesman and banker Jesse H. Jones opened the Gulf Building in 1929 with Gulf Oil, National Bank of Commerce, and Sakowitz Brothers as primary tenants. Alfred C. Finn designed the 430-foot high Art . . . — — Map (db m116995) HM |
| | Gustav (Gustaf, Gustave) August Samuelson (1832-1919) was one of 13 children born to Johannes Samuelson and Anna Petersdotter of Forserum, Sweden. At the age of 16, he emigrated from Sweden, arriving in Houston with a group of other Scandinavians on . . . — — Map (db m122988) HM |
| On Preston Street west of Smith Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | At the age of 17 Horace Dickinson Taylor left his native Massachusetts with his brother, Edward, after the sudden death of their parents. They settled in Independence, Texas, in 1838, and in 1848 the Taylor brothers moved to Houston where they . . . — — Map (db m116812) HM |
| On Travis Street at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south on Travis Street. |
| | Founded in 1874 to facilitate trade in the expanding cotton market. This Victorian renaissance revival edifice, designed by Eugene T. Heiner, was built in 1884-85 by contractors Max Kosse and James S. Lucas. The exchange room and galleries were . . . — — Map (db m59561) HM |
| On Heights Boulevard at Katy Freeway Service Road (Frontage Interstate 10 Frontage Road), in the median on Heights Boulevard. |
| | Representatives of the American Loan and Trust Company of Omaha, Nebraska, came to Houston in 1890 to scout locations for land development. Under the leadership of O.M. Carter, D.D. Cooley, and others, company directors purchased 1,756 acres of land . . . — — Map (db m122957) HM |
| | South Carolina native Irvin Capers Lord (1827-1914) came to Houston with his family in 1854. A machinist by trade, he was co-owner of Lord and Richardson's Eagle Iron Works. In 1858 he was elected alderman, representing the First Ward until 1863 . . . — — Map (db m123013) HM |
| | Born in England in 1845, James Robert Cade immigrated to the United States in mid-1869, arriving in Harrisburg, Texas, in 1873 with his new bride, Annie Mortimer, also of English descent. James Robert previously trained in England as a railroad . . . — — Map (db m123020) HM |
| | James Sherwood Lucas (1836-1888) and his son Alfred T. Lucas (1863-1922) immigrated to the United States and became influential brick masons and contractors who helped develop the city of Houston. James Lucas was born in Nottingham, England, to . . . — — Map (db m122992) HM |
| On Barker - Clodine 0.3 miles south of Cypress - Chase, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Emil Henry Marks (1881-1969), a descendant of Prussian immigrants was orphaned at an early age and reared by his maternal grandparents in Addicks, Texas, and later by relatives in Pattison, Texas. Marks registered the LH7 cattle brand in 1898. He . . . — — Map (db m159176) HM |
| Near North Main Street south of Girard Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This building was constructed to house the activities of Houston's merchants and manufacturers during the post-World War I economic boom. Its location provided access to water, rail, and truck transportation of goods. Completed in 1930, the M & M . . . — — Map (db m119467) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1960 0.3 miles east of Moonshine Hill Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Early reports of natural gas seepages in this area were not uncommon in the late 19th century. James Slaughter noticed such natural occurences near the San Jacinto River in 1887. Several years later, with S. A. Hart, he set up a drilling operation . . . — — Map (db m122933) HM |
| On Congress Street at Travis Street, on the right when traveling east on Congress Street. |
| | Platted 1836 by surveyors Gail Borden, Jr., and Moses Lapham as "Congress Square." It was intention of city fathers Augustus C. and John K. Allen to have permanent Capitol of Republic of Texas located here. However, this was never realized and . . . — — Map (db m61082) HM |
| On Preston Street east of Main Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Republic Building Completed in 1907 by the original owner, Allen Paul, the Republic Building characterizes the Chicago School of commercial architecture which was prevalent during the early twentieth century. The architectural firm of . . . — — Map (db m140372) HM |
| On North Hutcheson Street at Hutcheson St. and Freund St. on North Hutcheson Street. |
| | Portland Cement Association
Safety Trophy Award
Trinity Portland Cement Company
Houston Texas Plant for a
Perfect Safety Record in 1929
Reawarded for a Perfect Safety Record in
1945, 1947, 1959 — — Map (db m83582) HM |
| On Hermann Drive north of Caroline Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Southend Water Pumping Station City of Houston Historical Significance Until 1919, the City of Houston provided water from only one source, the Central Water Plant. Around 1915 plans were made to add three new water pumping stations: Southend . . . — — Map (db m141264) HM |
| On Main Street south of Preston Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | State National Bank Building
Entered in the National Register of Historic Places 1982 — — Map (db m140323) HM |
| On Rusk Street east of Bagby Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A native of Stoke St. Gregory in Somersetshire, England, T.W. House emigrated to the United States in May 1835. A baker by trade, he soon was employed by the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans. By 1838 he had moved to Houston and established the . . . — — Map (db m116813) HM |
| On Rusk Street at San Jacinto Street, on the left when traveling east on Rusk Street. |
| | T. W. House, Jr., was the third of eight children born to Thomas William (1814-1880) and Mary Elizabeth (Shearn) (1822-1870) House. T.W. House, Sr., was an English immigrant who established the T.W. House Bank in 1838 and became mayor of Houston in . . . — — Map (db m116848) HM |
| Near Caroline Street north of Calumet Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Mississippi native William Lockhart Clayton (1880-1966) left school early to become a court reporter. His skill attracted an executive of the American Cotton Company, and he moved first to St. Louis then to the New York office the following year. He . . . — — Map (db m125879) HM |
| On East Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This structure was erected in 1914 by William R. (Bill) Pangburn. He made his own cement bricks using San Jacinto River sand hauled by horse and wagon. The building has housed a drygood store, drug store, post office, cafe, dance hall and a variety . . . — — Map (db m122999) HM |
| On Independence Parkway, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A pioneer ferry of Texas under Mexico and the Republic. Established at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River, 1822, by Nathaniel Lynch, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Usual charges at ferries like . . . — — Map (db m125910) HM |
| On Bayridge Road east of South Magnolia Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Designed by prominent Houston architect Joseph Finger, this house was built in 1927 as the summer home of Houston business leaders Wade (1872-1941) and Mamie (1878-1957) Irvin. They owned a number of companies, and Wade was the founder and president . . . — — Map (db m68242) HM |
| On Gatebrook Drive at Bay Area Boulevard, on the right on Gatebrook Drive. |
| | This is the only surviving gatepost to the former 2,000 acre William States Jacobs Ranch. Dr. Jacobs (1871 1951) was a fourth generation Presbyterian preacher, philanthropist, civic leader and active supporter in establishing Houston as a deep . . . — — Map (db m145377) HM |
| On Kelly Avenue at Zeugner Drive, on the right when traveling south on Kelly Avenue. |
| | In 1941, as the United States prepared for eventual entry into World War II, the U.S. Army Ordnance Department approached Monsanto Chemical Company of St. Louis about operating a local plant for production of explosives. Initially called Longhorn . . . — — Map (db m110849) HM |
| On North Washington Avenue 0.1 miles north of Ginocchio Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Italian-born Charles Ginocchio arrived in Marshall in 1871. He owned several properties near the T & P Railroad Depot, including the site of a notorious 1879 shooting that left Maurice Barrymore wounded and fellow actor Ben Porter Dead. In 1893-96 . . . — — Map (db m110872) HM |
| On West Houston Street at North Wellington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Houston Street. |
| | The original inhabitants of this area were the Caddo Indians. Anglo settlers, mostly from the southern U.S., began arriving in the 1830’s. Many obtained Mexican land grants in 1835, and population increased following Texas Independence in 1836.
The . . . — — Map (db m110883) HM |
| On West Houston Street at South Wellington Street, on the left when traveling east on West Houston Street. |
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(front)
Home Town of Texas Confederate
James Harper Starr
1809 - 1890
Connecticut-born. Came to Texas 1837. A doctor in Nacogdoches. Secretary of the Treasury and Army Surgeon, Republic of Texas. At start of Civil War . . . — — Map (db m124003) HM |
| On West Houston Street at North Wellington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Houston Street. |
| | Two years after Harrison County was created by The Republic of Texas Congress in 1839, landowner Peter Whetstone offered property for a courthouse, a church, and a school in an effort to persuade county officials to locate the seat of government in . . . — — Map (db m110879) HM |
| On West Grand Avenue (U.S. 80) at North Wellington Street, on the right when traveling west on West Grand Avenue. |
| | Texas had very few factories in 1861 when she joined the Confederate States of America and went to war on the issue of States’ Rights. Some of the manufacturing plants necessary to supply military goods were thereupon established in and around . . . — — Map (db m110899) HM |
| On East Houston Street at North Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Houston Street. |
| |
left side:
The first telegraph office in the State of Texas
was established at this location on
February 14, 1854.
The Texas and Red River Telegraph Company
merged several times finally becoming
Western Union Telegraph . . . — — Map (db m110885) HM |
| On North Washington Avenue 0.1 miles north of Ginocchio Street. |
| | Marshall’s first railroad was conceived as a connection to Red River Steamboat Traffic. Twenty miles of track were laid northeast to Swanson’s Landing on Caddo Lake by 1858.
In 1871, the U.S. Congress authorized the Texas and Pacific Railway . . . — — Map (db m110873) HM |
| On North Front Street at West Center Street, on the left when traveling north on North Front Street. |
| | For generations this site was the commercial and social heart of the community. Wallace Alexander "Lex" Word (1896-1982) was born in Kyle to William Alexander and Mamie (Sledge) Word, but tragically his father died two months before Lex was born. . . . — — Map (db m149506) HM |
| On Goforth Road (County Highway 157) at Huber Ln, on the right when traveling west on Goforth Road. |
| | Once the center of cotton-producing activity in Hays County, Goforth became a ghost town during the 1920s. The community was established in the 1870s by James Taylor Goforth (1849-1915), who operated a general store at this site. Goforth's store . . . — — Map (db m149518) HM |
| On West Hopkins Street at Johnson Avenue, on the right when traveling south on West Hopkins Street. |
| | This house was constructed in 1908 by Mead & Eastwood lumber Co. for Augusta Hofheinz (1849-1903), who owned and operated a hotel he constructed in San Marcos in the late 1870s. Their son, Walter (1880-1943), supervised its construction. . . . — — Map (db m155407) HM |
| On West Grove Street west of South Guadalupe Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Local farmers Henry Kellerman, J. H. Barbee, A. H. Fleming, I. B. Rylander, and J. H. Williams purchased this site in 1908. Through their efforts the Farmers Union Gin Company was established here under the leadership of Oscar Calvin Smith. The . . . — — Map (db m149916) HM |
| On North Edward Gary Street near East Hopkins Street (State Highway 80), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Ed J. L. Green (1841-1924) came to San Marcos in 1859 from Arkansas. He saw the need for a bank, bought the lots on the south side of the Courthouse Square in 1878, and erected a large two-story rock building. "Green's Bank" opened May 6, 1879. He . . . — — Map (db m149840) HM |
| Near East Sessom Drive at Ed J.L. Green Drive. |
| | Located on land that was granted to Juan M. De Veramendi in 1831, this tract was purchased by Edward Burleson (1793-1851) in 1844. A native of North Carolina, Burleson moved to Texas in 1830. Settling first in Bastrop County. He commanded forces . . . — — Map (db m157431) HM |
| On Lime Kiln Road (County Road 225) 0.4 miles from Post Road (County Road 140), on the left when traveling north. |
| | This site near the source of the San Marcos River was part of the Thomas J. Chambers grant of 1834. The tract was sold in 1848 to Gen. Edward Burleson (1798-1851), military and political leader in early Texas, who built a cabin nearby. A later . . . — — Map (db m149827) HM |
| On Cape Street (County Road 299) west of River Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | William A. Thompson brought his family and slaves to Texas from Louisiana in 1850. They established plantations in Caldwell and Hays counties. With slave labor, the family built a mill on the San Marcos River near this site. Construction and . . . — — Map (db m149931) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Drive near South Fredericksburg Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The son of former slaves Joe and Elizabeth Cephas, Ulysses Cephas was born in San Marcos. He was trained at an early age to carry on the blacksmithing trade of his father. Known as "Boots" to his friends and family, Cephas eventually owned his own . . . — — Map (db m149882) HM |
| On FM 2266 3.5 miles east of U.S. 60, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Begun 1891 by blacksmith J. C. Studer who came from Kansas in 1886. His occupation inspired Anvil brand and name of ranch. Ran only purebred cattle after 1919. Drew top cattle buyers. Spread grew from two sections to 5,000 acres. Famous for . . . — — Map (db m153576) HM |
| On East Main Street east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Famed hunter. In 1870's killed buffalo on this square; was one of the first men to hunt commercially.
Came to Texas in 1874. In 1887, helped to survey the townsite here, where he became lifelong resident, operating a livery stable and wagon . . . — — Map (db m55750) HM |
| On U.S. 60 north of 6th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A leader in America's finance and transportation. Born here, in house built by lawyer Temple Houston, son of Republic of Texas President Sam Houston.
His grandfather was traildriver, pioneer rancher; his father, president of the first bank in . . . — — Map (db m55743) HM |
| | Clint W. Murchison, Sr. was born April 11, 1895, in Tyler to John W. and Clara (Williams) Murchison. His grandfather, T.F. Murchison, was one of the earliest settlers to arrive in Athens and established the first bank in Henderson County in 1890. . . . — — Map (db m155140) HM |
| Near South Prairieville Street. |
| | Alderman on Athens' first city council (1901). La Rue (Town 13 mi. SE) was named for him.
Educator, merchant, civic leader, banker, humanitarian, prohibitionist, democrat, historian. Married March 16, 1892, Stella Elvira Parsons. They had . . . — — Map (db m31726) HM |
| Near Larue Street east of Dean Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born in Athens on April 25, 1891, Sid Williams Richardson became known as the "Billionaire Bachelor." When he was 16, Sid traveled to Louisiana, to purchase cattle with money he saved. A natural trader and negotiator, Richardson sold the calves . . . — — Map (db m155141) HM |
| On State Highway 22 near Farm to Market Road 1243, on the right when traveling east. |
| | One of earliest grist mills in Hill County. Built (1868) by Dr. Jas. T. Harrington, who also founded town of Brandon. Corn meal, basic to settlers' diet, was ground here. Dr. Harrington built a dam on White Rock Creek near here as a water source for . . . — — Map (db m62719) HM |
| On East Pearl Street (Business U.S. 377), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Pressed tin detailing decorates this stone structure, erected in 1886. Kerr's Opera House, which featured Vaudeville acts, dramatic productions, and musical programs, occupied the top floor until 1911. The lower floor housed various businesses, . . . — — Map (db m138162) HM |
| On East Bridge Street at North Crockett Street, on the right when traveling west on East Bridge Street. |
| | Carl Severin Schultz was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1876. After marrying Nelsina Vestermann (b. 1871), he came to the United States and settled in Granbury. Schultz had several professions, including ownership of a soft drink factory. He later . . . — — Map (db m138191) HM |
| On Gilmer Street at Connally Street, on the right when traveling south on Gilmer Street. |
| | The oldest banking institution in Sulphur Springs, City National Bank was organized in 1889. The first board of directors included J. J. Dabbs, John T. Hargrove, J. F. Carter, J. A. B. Putnam, W. B. Womack, W. A. Dabbs, and S. W. Summers. A . . . — — Map (db m119781) HM |
| On Church Street south of Houston Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Deed records indicate that a newspaper was being published in Hopkins County as early as 1854. It was known as the "Texas Star" and was located in Tarrant, which then served as county seat. In 1855, the printing presses were purchased by William . . . — — Map (db m119745) HM |
| On Texas Route 154 0.4 miles south of County Road 4761, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Eldridge Hopkins, for whose family Hopkins County was named in 1846, donated this site for the county seat. Named for Gen. Edward H. Tarrant (1796-1858), Texas Ranger and Mexican war veteran, Tarrant Post Office was established in March 1847. A . . . — — Map (db m119766) HM |
| On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 7) east of South 5th Street (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling east. |
| | A typical late 19th Century Texas commercial building, with cast iron front and pressed tin ornamentation. Erected for bank developed in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915). To aid his customers, Mayes in 1880s took care of cash and . . . — — Map (db m121248) HM |
| On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 7) at South 5th Street (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling east on East Goliad Avenue. |
| | Founded about 1881 as sideline in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915), who aided customers by keeping cash and currency in his safe, issuing loans and credits.
In 1892 H.F. Moore (1854-1926) came here from . . . — — Map (db m121247) HM |
| On North 4th Street (U.S. 287) at East Houston Avenue (Texas Highway 21), on the right when traveling south on North 4th Street. |
| | This corner of the town square was developed as a law office after state legislator and Houston County Judge S.A. Miller (1805-1893) purchased it in 1840. In 1891, Rudd Crawford Spinks (1856-1938) bought the site and built a two-story brick building . . . — — Map (db m120965) HM |
| On East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21) at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on East Houston Avenue. |
| | James H. Collard, a surveyor, opened a general store on this site in 1837. Four years later he sold the business to Thomas Collins (1800-1869). Members of the Collins family ran the store until 1890 when William Berry (b.1856) constructed the . . . — — Map (db m120964) HM |
| On State Highway 21 0.7 miles east of Farm to Market Road 3187, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built as a home by Joseph D. Rice, Sr., who came to Texas in 1828.
In 1838 it was designated as a stopping place for the stage coach from Nacogdoches to Crockett. — — Map (db m121249) HM |
| On South 4th Street (U.S. 287) near East Goliad Avenue (Texas Highway 7), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Crockett native William Van McConnell (1855-1919) built this Victorian commercial structure soon after he purchased the site in 1891 from Maj. J.C. Wooters, a former mayor of the city. Known for his wit and his Irish stories, McConnell opened a . . . — — Map (db m120966) HM |
| On State Highway 7 near County Road 4700, on the right when traveling west. |
| | By the late 1850s Eli Coltharp lived beside Cochina Bayou. He opened a store and post office on the stage route west of Nacogdoches. The farm area called Coltharp Hill boasted a gin, gristmill, blacksmith and millinery shops. A school building . . . — — Map (db m29567) HM |
| On State Highway 7 at Main Street (Farm to Market Road 357), on the left when traveling west on State Highway 7. |
| | The town of Kennard was founded in 1903 by the Louisiana and Texas Lumber Company and platted on 160 acres. Land agent Alexander McTavish also acted as Kennard's first postmaster. The town served as a terminus for the Eastern Texas Railroad, a line . . . — — Map (db m29553) HM |
| On Highway 19 3 miles north of Highway 1280, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Houston County Coal and Manufacturing Company was formed in 1900 for the purpose of mining lignite. Near this site, a slope mine was opened and a company town named Wooters was established. Company founders were A. H. Wooters, D. A. Nunn, G. . . . — — Map (db m155413) HM |
| On State Highway 7 0.5 miles west of Farm to Market Road 227, on the left when traveling west. |
| | R.M. Keith, agent for Central Coal & Coke Company in Kansas City, Missouri, began purchasing the virgin pine timberlands of this region in October 1899. Lumber for construction of a new mill was cut by a small sawmill purchased from local landowner . . . — — Map (db m29527) HM |
| On South Main Street north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1884, a most unlikely fellow bought a lot and had built on it a structure of native limestone to house Big Spring’s first meat market. Joseph Heneage Finch, the Seventh Earl of Aylesford, Warwickshire, England (forced out of his country in the . . . — — Map (db m86637) HM |
| On South Main Street north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1900, James Currie, a rancher in Glasscock County, Texas, constructed a place of business at 117 Main Street, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas on property he purchased from Martha Hope of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1897.
From that time until . . . — — Map (db m86635) HM |
| On West 4th Street (Business Interstate 20) at South Main Street, on the right when traveling east on West 4th Street. |
| | Chartered on April 19, 1890, the First National Bank of Big Spring opened for business on the first floor of a two-story building at the northwest corner of Second and Clinton (now Main) streets with an initial capital of $50,000. The post office . . . — — Map (db m86643) HM |
| On South Main Street south of West 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1881, as Big Spring was being established, Joseph Fisher (1845-1906), born in Austria, opened a general store in a tent. William (1855-1932), a brother, joined him in 1883. They had a trade territory as large as four New England states. Their . . . — — Map (db m86634) HM |
| On East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Joseph Heneage Finch (b.1849), an English nobleman, left his ancestral home in 1883 after a scandalous divorce. Attracted by cheap land and good hunting, the Earl of Aylesford came to Texas and settled on six sections in Howard County. His . . . — — Map (db m120476) HM |
| On U.S. 62/180 3.4 miles east of Ranch to Market Road 1576, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (English)
Over one million years ago a large, shallow lake occupied this area. Salt deposits left behind as the lake dried up became an extremely important resource to the people of the El Paso Valley.
Salt was considered sacred to . . . — — Map (db m128276) HM |
| Near Frijole Ranch Road 0.6 miles north of U.S. 62, on the right when traveling north. |
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This West Texas ranch home is the most complete remnant of early farming and ranching enterprise in the Guadalupe Mountains. Two pioneer ranchers, the Rader brothers, settled here in the 1870’s with a few cattle. Their home, which consisted of . . . — — Map (db m114377) HM |
| Near East Brown Street 0.3 miles east of Sierra Blanca Avenue (Ranch to Market Road 1111). |
| | One of the many fearless stage drivers who traveled on the Ben Ficklin Overland Mail Line from San Antonio to El Paso. On this dangerous route, threatened by wild Apaches, Fransal regularly drove his mule-drawn stage.
He served as a Texas . . . — — Map (db m60760) HM |
| On Pecan Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Pecan Street. |
| | The events leading up to the incorporation of the city of Commerce can be traced to the 1853 establishment of Josiah H. Jackson's general store about one and one-half miles northeast of this site. The village that developed around his store was . . . — — Map (db m120030) HM |
| On Park Street south of Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A Tennessee native and former Arkansas legislator, William Jernigin (1819-80) came to Hunt County in 1856. A pioneer merchant in the nearby village of Cow Hill, he moved to this vicinity in 1872 and opened a mercantile store (1 blk. . . . — — Map (db m119793) HM |
| On Lee Street (State Highway 302 Spur) at Oak Street, on the left when traveling east on Lee Street. |
| | This financial institution was chartered by the state of Texas on December 17, 1886, as the Greenville Building and Loan Association. The formation of the association came as a second railroad line was constructed to Greenville, signaling the . . . — — Map (db m119710) HM |
| On Lee Street (Texas Route 302) 0.2 miles east of Houston Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Once world's largest inland press. Set record for most bales pressed in 10-hour day (Sept. 30, 1912), when 2,073 bales were handtrucked, pressed, and loaded in rail cars at rate of 3 a minute.
Before invention of lifts and . . . — — Map (db m119739) HM |
| On Highway 207 at Lantelme Lane, on the right when traveling north on Highway 207. |
| | The southeastern Texas oil field, Spindletop, erupted on January 10, 1901, launching an oil boom in the state. This prompted many corporations and individuals to begin drilling for oil in Texas. By the 1920s, the rush reached the Texas Panhandle. . . . — — Map (db m150741) HM |
| On County Road 22 0.1 miles north of Farm to Market Road 281, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Famed cattleman Charles Goodnight established one
of the first ranches in the Texas Panhandle, the JA
Ranch, in 1876. Later that year Thomas S. Bugbee established the first cattle ranch in Hutchinson County.
As a result of soaring beef . . . — — Map (db m155144) HM |
| On East Main Street at South Kaysee Avenue, on the right on East Main Street. |
| | Named for John Henry Kirby, attorney, railroad builder, and timber, lumber, and oil king. With R. P. Allen, Kirby founded the town when their railroad-- Gulf, Beaumont, & Kansas City-- reached this point. Since 1904 city has also been terminus of . . . — — Map (db m136881) HM |
| On State Highway 118 at Prude Guest Ranch Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 118. |
| | Andrew Prude purchased three sections of land here in 1897 from J.F. Taylor, and established the A.G. Prude Ranch. Soon he moved his wife Ora to a small log house on their property on Limpia Creek. In 1900 he completed a wooden frame house for their . . . — — Map (db m128292) HM |
| On Arbor Lane at French Road, on the left when traveling north on Arbor Lane. |
| | Built 1845 by John J. French (1799-1889), merchant and tanner who came from Connecticut and New York to Texas in 1830s. Served as home and store, with tannery nearby. Early settlers came to “French Town” to trade tallow, hides, corn, and . . . — — Map (db m60304) HM |
| On Franklin Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Franklin Street. |
| | The city of Beaumont, 41 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, was served from its founding in 1837 by schooners and sternwheelers navigating the Neches River. The three-foot depth of Sabine Lake between the river's mouth and the Gulf limited . . . — — Map (db m118629) HM |
| Near Pacos Street 0.1 miles east of 3rd Street. |
| | Beaumont Rice Mill, founded 1892 by J. E. Broussard, was developed after first commercial planting of rice in Texas in 1863. Earlier crops, due to dependence on rain, were dubbed “providence rice.”
Broussard, pioneer grower and . . . — — Map (db m76242) HM |
| Near Jimmy Simmons Boulevard (University Drive) at East Cardinal Drive (Business U.S. 96), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Discovery well of the Spindletop Oil Field and the first important well on the Gulf Coast. It blew in on Jan. 10, 1901, flowing 100,000 barrels of oil a day from a depth of 1020 feet. The oil production which resulted made Beaumont a city and the . . . — — Map (db m64411) HM |
| On State Highway 87 1.4 miles south of State Highway 82, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Part of the huge transportation complex that moves petroleum to world markets. Traffic in oil tankers and barges in Texas mushroomed two months after the state's first oil gusher, "Spindletop," roared in. On March 11, 1901, the first boat to . . . — — Map (db m118630) HM |
| On Procter Street south of Shreveport Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Frank Trost, the photographer of record on the day the Lucas Gusher erupted in the Spindletop Oil Field, came to Port Arthur in 1895 from Kansas City, Missouri, where he had been involved in real estate. He opened a photography studio at this site . . . — — Map (db m150445) HM |
| Near Stillwell Boulevard near Procter Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | John W. Gates (1855-1911), a noted financier and philanthropist, set aside land at this site for a public library. In 1917, through the efforts of his widow Dellora (1855-1918), this classical revival library was completed. It was designed by the . . . — — Map (db m150536) HM |
| On Stilwell Boulevard east of Procter Street. |
| | John Warne "Bet a Million" Gates (1855-1911), a native of Illinois, was instrumental in the early growth of Port Arthur. A prominent businessman and financier noted for his promotion of barbed wire, he became a leader in the development of the city . . . — — Map (db m150901) HM |
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