In 1876, the Texas Legislature formed Hall County. Named for Warren D. Hall, Republic Texas Secretary of War, Hall County comprises of 885 square miles of rolling plains and broken terrain. The red and black sandy loam soils support a variety of . . . — — Map (db m288517) HM
Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created • Organized
August 21, 1876 • June 23, 1890
Named in honor of
Warren D.C. Hall
1788 – 1867
Member of
The San Felipe Convention in 1832
Second in Command of the Texans . . . — — Map (db m96346) HM
North Carolina native Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall was an early immigrant to Texas who took part in several military expeditions against Spain and Mexico. He served as acting Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas at the time of the Battle of San . . . — — Map (db m127530) HM
Morningside High School — Class of 1953 Paul Quinn College — Bachelor of Science — Class of 1957 Winning Football, Basketball, and Track Coach 1957-1976 Two State Track Championships — Morningside High School State Track Championship — Memphis High . . . — — Map (db m288198) HM
In 1876, the Texas Legislature created Hall County, which organized in 1890 with Memphis as county seat. Two courthouses - a frame building facing the town square (1890-93) and a two-story brick building on this site (1893-1922) - preceded the . . . — — Map (db m100106) HM
Newlin Cemetery
A Texas Historical Cemetery
Settlement of this area of Hall County began in the late 1880's. The town of Newlin was founded as a station on the Fort Worth & Denver . . . — — Map (db m306135) HM
Memphis' oldest burial ground is the final resting place for many pioneer families and prominent community members. J.C. Montgomery, “Father of Memphis,” is buried in the oldest section. The cemetery started a few months before Memphis . . . — — Map (db m100107) HM
On first ranch in Hall County, started in 1880s by pioneer cattlemen T.S. Bugbee and O.H. Nelson. This residence was built about 1884. A nearsighted owner, J.K. Zimmerman of Kansas City, was wary of surprise visitors, and put in only one outer door. . . . — — Map (db m245709) HM
In 1913, William Hope "Coin" Harvey, who operated a resort in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, founded the Ozark Trail Association as a private highway organization. Several Texas and New Mexico counties joined the effort, and the line went . . . — — Map (db m100104) HM
In 1900, Sanford Hill Lacy (1838-1928), his wife Nancy "Nanie" (Hornbeck), (1864-1892) and sons Albert (1874-1943), Porter (1876-1937), Fred (1878-1934) and Walter (1880-1940) moved to Turkey Creek, just south of the area that would become the town . . . — — Map (db m310972) HM
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