In 1928, the county constructed a two-room schoolhouse with Ms. Ruby C.
Todd, a Jeanes Supervisor of Negro Schools, serving as teacher. The school
provided a 7th through 12th grade education for Black students. In 1935,
the school added five new . . . — — Map (db m302617) HM
Just 150 yards to the south was located the old
Hale and Murdock Furnace the only ironworks
in Alabama to escape Union attack during the
Civil War.
Built in 1859 by Harrison Hale and Abraham
Murdock, manufacturers and merchants from
Columbus, . . . — — Map (db m302618) HM
In April 1886, railroad prospectors were traveling up the Butahatchie Valley in Lamar County, Alabama, Moscow beat, and securing right of way for a railroad to be built that would connect Birmingham, Alabama and Memphis, Tennessee. In November . . . — — Map (db m96472) HM
P.L. Chism’s devotion to education was unsurpassed. From the time of his youth, through his many years as a teacher, principal, superintendent and supervisor, he never stopped challenging himself and others for education. Purvey Lee Chism was born . . . — — Map (db m128938) HM
Side 1{Map of Early Toll Gate Area
Hamilton, Alabama
County Seat Location}
Captain Albert J. Hamilton, Judge Terrell's son-in-law, petitioned the Alabama legislature for a new county seat election. Toll Gate won the . . . — — Map (db m96793) HM
One of eight children, Travis Clack Henderson was born in Alabama on June 24, 1836 to John Henry and Minerva Bernard Henderson. In 1856, he moved to Paris, Texas, and established himself as a farmer. He joined the local militia in 1860. During the . . . — — Map (db m112218) HM
The historic Gachet home is situated at the crossing of Towns and old Alabama Roads, called Milner Cross Roads. This road was also an Indian trail.
Benjamin Gachet, a French nobleman, fled from a San Domingo revolution and settled in what is . . . — — Map (db m24892) HM
The Ninth Texas Cavalry consisted of about 1,000 mounted volunteers from Grayson, Tarrant, Hunt, Hopkins, Cass, Red River, Titus, and Lamar counties. They gathered about 15 miles northwest of here at Brogdon's Springs on October 2, 1861, and . . . — — Map (db m73243) HM
This church and cemetery, dating back to the first years of Texas statehood, were established between 1846 and 1848. The church, First Church of Christ in Lamar County, was founded by Elder Thomas Barrett of Titus County. Instrumental in the . . . — — Map (db m300506) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
