Entries Containing All of the Phrases «hardeman county» AND «texas»

By Mark Hilton, July 22, 2016

Hardeman County Courthouse

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1 ► Texas, Hardeman County, Quanah — 12782 — Hardeman County Courthouse —

Hardeman County was created in 1858 and named for early Texas legislators Bailey and Thomas Jones Hardeman. It was not organized, however, until 1884 when the population had increased enough to have a formal county government. The community of . . . — — Map (db m96822) HM

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2 ► Texas, Wood County, Mineola — 11663 — William Jesse McDonald — (September 28, 1852 - January 15, 1918) —

Born in Mississippi, "Bill" McDonald moved with his family to Rusk County, Texas, about 1866. During Reconstruction, McDonald was tried for treason after a conflict with Union authorities but was acquitted. He established W. J. McDonald and Co., one . . . — — Map (db m139048) HM

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3 ► Texas, Hardeman County, Quanah — 460 — Quanah Commercial Historic District —

Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m278021) HM

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4 ► Texas, Travis County, Austin, Blackshear-Prospect Hill — 14277 — Thomas Jones Hardeman —

Born in Tennessee January 31, 1788 Died in Bastrop County, Texas January 11, 1854. His wife Eliza De Witt Hardeman Born Sept. 17, 1809 Died Feb. 8, 1863. Reverse Member Second Congress Republic of Texas; Chief Justice . . . — — Map (db m25650) HM

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5 ► Texas, Foard County, Crowell — 4856 — Site of Old Pease City —

Founded in 1880 by Benjamin E. Lower, John Wesley and wife, first settlers. Lower became the first postmaster, 1880; Mrs. Wesley was second, 1882. Place was named for Pease River and E.M. Pease, Texas Governor (1853-57 and 1867-69). Second group . . . — — Map (db m81440) HM

6 ► Texas, Hardeman County, Quanah — 2371 — Hardeman County Jail —

This native stone jail building was begun in 1890, when Quanah become Hardeman County Seat, and competed in March 1891. The lower floor housed the sheriff's office and living quarters, while the second floor held prisoner's cells. Malon C. Owens . . . — — Map (db m96824) HM

7 ► Texas, Hardeman County, Quanah — 11929 — W. P. A. Sanitation Project —

In 1937 the State of Texas and Hardeman County worked with President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration in an attempt to provide much-needed employment to indigent citizens and replace unsanitary privies with improved facilities. The . . . — — Map (db m104919) HM

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8 ► Tennessee, Hardeman County, Whiteville — 4C 4 — Hardeman County/Fayette County —

(obverse) Hardeman County Established 1823: named in honor of Thomas Jones Hardeman Captain in War of 1812; colonel of Tennessee militia in the fighting before New Orleans; quartermaster, Jackson’s Natchez expedition, 1812. . . . — — Map (db m63088) HM

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9 ► Texas, Hardeman County, Quanah — 13960 — Old Mounds Cemetery — Historic Texas Cemetery —

This cemetery served residents of the original site of the community of Medicine Mound in southeast Hardeman County. The settlement took its name from mounds that rise abruptly from the otherwise flat topography of the county; one mound contained . . . — — Map (db m104921) HM

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10 ► Texas, Hardeman County, Quanah — 446 — Quanah, Acme and Pacific Depot —

Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m278015) HM

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