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12859 Alonzo Marion Story A. M. Story Intermediate School Alonzo Marion Story Alonzo Marion Story (1882-1966) was born in New Orleans to parents John and Mary Story. He attended public schools and graduated ... 8730 Anderson Campground FM 837, just west of FM 315, east of Brushy Creek United Methodist Church Located on a spring near Brushy Creek community, this area was first settled in the 1850s. In 1873 it was set aside for use as a religious campground ... 8731 Anderson County about 5 mi. NE of Palestine on US 79 Created March 24, 1846, from Houston County. Organized July 13, 1846 with Palestine as the county seat. Named in honor of Kenneth Lewis Anderson, ... 8732 Anderson County Courthouse courthouse square, corner of Lacy and Church Created by the Texas Legislature on March 24, 1846, Anderson County was named for former Republic of Texas Vice President Kenneth L. Anderson. The ... 17255 Anderson County in the Civil War SW corner W. Oak and N. Jackson streets After the creation of Anderson County in 1846, most settlers came from Southern states, shaping the county's destiny in the Civil War. When Texas ... 8733 Anderson County Poor Farm about 2.5 mi. south of Palestine on S. Sycamore Rd. (FM 322) Although county records show some attempts to care for the poor as early as the 1860s, property for a poor farm was not purchased until 1884. Various ... 8734 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church 907 E. Murchison St. According to local tradition this congregation traces its origin to informal services held in various homes in Palestine as early as 1856. Although ...

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8742 C. S. A. Iron Works roadside park on west side of SH 155, 7 mi. north of Palestine Nearby, between old towns of Plentitude and Mound Prairie, John Billups as early as 1847 used Anderson County ore for iron to manufacture cotton ... 8741 Campbell Cemetery US 287, about 6 mi. south of Palestine on CR 155 Typical of a number of small family cemeteries located throughout the state of Texas, this graveyard was established by the Campbell family, who ... 20002 Captain Steven L. Bennett Veterans Memorial Park, NE corner W. Spring and N. Howard streets. Born in Palestine on April 22, 1946, Steven Logan Bennett grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana. He graduated from Youngsville High School in 1964 and ... 8771 Captain William Kimbro city cemetery off E. Market St., Palestine In Memory of Commanded a company at San Jacinto; came to Texas in 1831; born in Tennessee; died in Anderson County, September 14, 1856. 16582 Christopher Columbus Rogers Palestine Visitors Center Born in Palestine in June 1850, Christopher Columbus Rogers was a noted and controversial lawman. Although his family moved to a rural area, Rogers ... 8766 Col. G. R. Howard House 1011 N. Perry St., Palestine Built 1851 by Col. G. R. Howard, merchant and public official. Owned by family until sold to city, 1965, for a museum. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, ... 16925 Col. Homer Garrison, Jr. Anderson County Courthouse Annex, W side N. Mallard St. between E. Murchison and E. Lacy streets. Marker faces building entrance. Born in Kickapoo (Anderson Co.) in 1901, Homer Garrison was the son of Mattie (Milam) and Homer Garrison, Sr. The family moved to Angelina County, ... 8743 Concord Baptist Church and Cemetery 2 mi. north of Palestine on FM 3309, 8 mi. north on CR 404 Three families named Fitzgerald moved to Texas in the 1840s and purchased land at Mound Prairie Creek, eleven miles north of Palestine. The area ... 17153 Crawford Cemetery Crawford Cemetery, FM 2022 NE side, 0.1 mi. SE of FM 1817 and 100 feet NE of FM 2022. Marker is just inside main gate. Established c. 1878 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2011

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8747 Fields Chapel Methodist Church and Cemetery about 11 mi. east of Palestine on US 84 Pioneer settlement began in this vicinity in the late 1830s and early 1940s. This area was the location of several camp revival meetings. The Rev. ... 17177 First Baptist Church of Elkhart First Baptist Church, W. Parker St. (SH 294), N side 0.2 mi. W of Hemby St. After the Civil War, the Cromwell family moved to Elkhart in Anderson County. Finding no organized Baptist church in the community, J.W. Cromwell ... 12552 First Baptist Church of Palestine 801 N. Sycamore St. First Baptist Church can trace its history to 1851, five years after Palestine was founded as the Anderson County seat. Elders McKane and Zachariah ... 8748 First Christian Church 113 E. Crawford Organized in 1847 under leadership of lawyer Joseph A. Clark (founder and administrator of college now T.C.U.) and John F. Taylor, a farmer. Both ... 8793 First Gravesite of Cynthia Ann Parker about 6 mi. north of Brushy Creek off FM 315 on Millnar Rd. in Foster Cemetery Captured from Ft. Parker by Indians, 1836. Recaptured by Texas Rangers in 1860. Mother of Quanah Parker, war chief of Comanches. First buried here. ... 8750 First Methodist Church of Palestine 422 S. Magnolia This church began with Methodist classes organized by John Wilson in 1840 and held in this area at the home of John Box. Louisiana Catherine "Aunt ... 8751 First Presbyterian Church 410 Avenue A Organized Nov. 3, 1849, with 18 charter members, by the great pioneer leaders, Revs. Daniel Baker and John May Becton, home missionaries. This Gothic ... 8749 First United Methodist Church of Elkhart Corner of Parker & Church St. The First Methodist service held in this area was in 1840, when a group of citizens formed a small congregation that met in private homes. In 1878 ... 8752 Fort Houston about 2 mi. from Palestine off US 79S on FM 1990 just past tracks, behind Palestine Concrete A fort and stockade built about 1836 on the public square of the town of Houston (then in Houston County), as a protection against the Indians, by ... 8753 Fort Houston Intersection of US 79 and FM 1990, 2 mi. south of Palestine, .25 mi. north of Ft. Houston on FM 1990 just past tracks (site one-fourth mile south) A stockade and blockhouse of the Republic of Texas. Built in 1835-1836 to protect settlers who founded Houston, a pioneer ... 8754 Fort Houston Cemetery Harcrow Road, west of Loop 256, Palestine In 1835, Joseph Jordan and William S. McDonald donated about 500 acres of land in this area for the town of Houston, later known as Fort Houston. ... 8755 Frankston City Park City Park, Main at Elm on SH 155, Frankston In 1900 the Texas & New Orleans Railroad built a line through this area and plotted a townsite here on land owned by Frankie Miller. The town was ... 8756 Frankston Railroad Depot SH 155, Frankston In 1900 the Texas & New Orleans Railroad, now part of the Southern Pacific line, platted the town of Frankston. The station was first called Frankport ... 15918 Frederick Douglass Elementary School Calhoun St., N side, 400 feet E of N. Moody St. For nearly a century, this site served African-American school children of Palestine’s Old Town community. The school board established the “First ... 8758 Freeman Farm 3 mi. south of Frankston on FM 19, then 2 mi. west on CR 323 William Franklin Freeman (1827 - 1892) and Elizabeth Ann Davis (1829 - 1856) were married in Alabama in 1846. After the birth of their first child ...

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12953 Jemison Quarters Cemetery CR 2801, 1.1 mi. SE of FM 2054 In 1847, settlers from Tennessee and Alabama moved to this area, naming the community Tennessee Colony. Elbert S. Jemison, believed to have come ... 7159 John and Laura Miller House 3 miles south of Frankston on FM 19 John and Laura Miller built this simple center passage house on this 500-acre site prior to 1870. They had come to Texas from Alabama several years ... 8776 John Byler Mallard, Judge City Cemetery, Palestine Born 1820 in Alabama. An honor graduate, University of Tennessee Law School. Married in 1844 Miss Susan Scott, Tippah County, Mississippi. In 1845 ... 8803 John H. Reagan Confederate Veterans Plaza, SW corner W. Oak and N. Jackson streets John Henninger Reagan, son of Timothy and Elizabeth Lusk Reagan, was born on October 8, 1818, in Sevierville, Tennessee. He joined the Republic ... 24315 John H. Reagan Reagan Park, near statue John Henninger Reagan, son of Timothy and Elizabeth Lusk Reagan, was born on October 8, 1818, in Sevierville, Tennessee. He joined the Republic ... 8815 John Starr House State Highway 19 Home of 1848 settler Starr and wife Susannah (sister of religious leader Daniel Parker, aunt of famed Indian captive Cynthia Ann Parker). Late Greek ... 8729 Judge William Alexander Old City Cemetery at the end of E. Market St. Born 1814 in Scotland. Settled in Palestine 1851. Trustee in first school. Practiced in Supreme Courts, Alabama, Texas. Was a partner of John H. ... 8768 Judson Baptist Church from Cayuga go north 1 mi. on FM 59, then east .25 mi. on FM 2961, then north on CR 491A to church This congregation was organized in 1854 when the Fosterville Baptist Church divided its membership to better serve the growing population of Anderson ... 8769 Judson Cemetery south of Cayuga via US 287 2 mi., then 1 mi. north on CR 476 to cemetery entrance This graveyard traces its origin to the establishment of Judson Missionary Baptist Church of Christ on September 20, 1854. The church served the ...

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11659 Magnolia Cemetery 10.3 miles northwest of Elkhart on SH 294 As is often the case with early African American cemeteries because of the status of Africans and African Americans in pioneer and plantation society, ... 12774 Mary Kate Hunter Palestine Mall, outside northwest entrance to Palestine Public Library (November 8, 1866 - April 15, 1945) Born just outside Palestine in 1866 to Nathaniel and Jennie (Beeson) Hunter, Mary Kate Hunter played a significant ... 24215 Massey Lake School marker pending marker pending 8777 McClure-McReynolds-Fowler Home 921 N. Perry St., Palestine Built in 1849 by Judge Alexander E. McClure (1815 - 1870), who came from Tennessee to Texas in 1840 and lived for a number of years at Old Fort Houston. ... 12630 Micham Main Anderson County Courthouse square Little is known about this Anderson County pioneer until he married Elizabeth Van Winkle in Crawford County, Illinois, in 1820. The Mains lived in ... 8736 Miles Bennett in Pilgrim Cemetery, about 3.8 mil. SW of Elkhart on FM 861. Supplemental marker gives death date as Nov. 28, 1887. A soldier in the Army of Texas, 1836. Born in Indiana, July 26, 1816; died November 24, 1849. His wife Laura Jordon Bennett; born August 28, 1830; ... 8781 Mound Prairie Cemetery from Palestine take SH 155 north 8 mi., then FM 321 west for .5 mi. to cemetery road The earliest marked graves in this cemetery date to the late 1850s, although settlement of the Mound Prairie community occurred much earlier. Mound ... 8782 Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church 913 E. Calhoun, Palestine Freedmen organized this African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1873. The first sanctuary, a frame building at Mulberry and Birch streets, was shared ... 8783 Mount Vernon United Methodist Church about 12 mi. north of Palestine off SH 155 in Pert, west on 2267 1 mi. to CR 463, then south into church Early denominational records indicate that this congregation was in existence as a mission church as early as 1880. In 1896, A. L. and Susanna Herrington ... 18193 Mt. Moriah Baptist Church the marker will be seven feet from the entrnce of the church building on the right side (the right as you enter the church) The first members of this historically African American Church congregated from the Beulah community and the South Sycamore area in the 1870s, often ... 8780 Murdoch McDonald corner of Front and Neches St., Neches Murdoch McDonald was born in North Carolina on February 16, 1810, the son of Scottish immigrants. About 1832 he went to Georgia, where he met Dr. ... 8784 Muse Cemetery 9 mi. east of Slocum on SH 294, then .5 mi. north on CR 1229 The oldest marked grave in this cemetery is that of Mary E. Gilmore, who died February 6, 1859, at the age of six months. The oldest section of the ...

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8788 Palestine Carnegie Library 502 N. Queen St., Palestine Outgrowth of 1853 effort by Judge John Graham Gooch to see circulating library established in Palestine, at first lending his own books. Original ... 8789 Palestine Fire Department 611 Avenue A, Palestine Palestine, founded 1846, acquired fire department when International & Great Northern Railroad extended line here in 1872. Early fire-wagon was horse-drawn ... 8790 Palestine High School 400 Micheaux Ave., Palestine A public school system in Palestine was established in 1881 under control of the municipal government. The first classes were held at the old Palestine ... 8791 Palestine Lodge No. 31, A. F. & A. M. NW corner of Queen and Debard, Palestine Established on November 21, 1846, the Palestine Masonic Lodge is one of the oldest organizations in Anderson County. Established by 22 charter members ... 12564 Palestine Post Office and Federal Building 101 E. Oak St. Land at this site was purchased in 1907 from St. Philip's Episcopal Church for a new post office for Palestine. Architects Deacon Armiger and Dunplap, ... 8792 Palestine Salt Works C. S. A. corner of E. Market and US 287, Palestine (Courthouse grounds) Located 6.5 miles southwest. During the Civil War this salt works was assigned to produce salt for the Confederacy at a fixed price of eight dollars ... 8805 Paul L. Rutledge, Sr. about 2.4 mi. east of US 79/84 and SH 294 intersection in Magnolia Cemetery, 5 mi. from Tucker (1904 - 1961) A graduate of Prairie View A&M College, prominent educator Paul Rutledge, Sr., also attended Tuskegee Institute and Atlanta University. ... 8796 Pennybacker-Campbell-Wommack House 814 S. Sycamore at W. Angelina, Palestine "Silk Stocking Row" Victorian residence built in 1890. Noted as family home of Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker (1861-1938), teacher, author of widely-used ... 17710 Pilgrim Hill Baptist Church Pilgrim Hill Baptist Church, SW corner Lowe and Larry streets In 1880, Reverend Richard Henry Boyd helped organize the Pilgrim Hill Baptist Church. Two years later, the church joined Zion Hill District Baptist ... 8798 Pilgrim Predestinarian Regular Baptist Church FM 861, W side 1.5 mi. SE of FM 319 Organized in Crawford County, Illinois by Elder Daniel Parker in 1833 with the following charter members: Daniel Parker, Pheby Parker, Patsey Parker, ... 8799 Pilgrim Predestinarian Regular Baptist Church 0.5 mi. west of Elkhart on SH 294 Organized in Illinois in 1833 by Daniel Parker. Members moved to Texas. First meeting in Stephen F. Austin's Colony, January 20, 1834. Log church ... 13948 Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, NW corner S. Fulton and W. Burkitt streets Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church organized in 1892 to serve residents of the area of Palestine known as South End. Following the Civil War, many African ... 8800 Pine Lodge Club House Off FM 1817 on private property. Map dot approximate. Built by business leaders who in 1880s patronized Mineral Wells Hotel at spa in Elkhart, a nearby resort. After wells failed, group moved here, organized ... 8801 Providence Church and Cemetery about 16 mi. SE of Palestine off FM 323 on CR 1223 On March 20, 1858, W. T. Miller deeded eight acres of land here "to trustees Lemuel Mullins, Chairman, D. Capp and Wm. Webb, for school purposes ... 17650 Purvey Lee (P.L.) Chism Anderson County Courthouse grounds, N side facing E. Lacy St. 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 ...

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18212 "Slocum Massacre" FM 2022, 0.6 mi. S of SH 294 Racial tensions in America in the early 20th century were sometimes punctuated by violent outbursts. One such occasion began near Slocum and Denson ... 8806 Sacred Heart Church 401 W. Oak St. at Queen, Palestine Successor to 1874 Church of St. Joseph, built on site given by International & Great Northern Railway, and destroyed by fire in 1890. This building ... 15231 Sadler, William T. Sadler Cemetery, 2.5 mi SE of Slocum, off FM 2022 Veteran of San Jacinto - Born in Tennessee July 27, 1797 - Died February 18,1884 - His wife Permelia Bennett Sadler - Born March 13, 1818 - Died ... 7158 Seven Oaks (Mallard-Alexander House) 407 E Kolstad Built in 1848 as the home of Judge John B. Mallard, first lawyer in Palestine. Became the home of Judge William Alexander of 1857. Alexander was ... 8757 Site of Four Pines School 2305 Salt Works Rd., Palestine In 1911 school trustees D. Barry, C. F. Everett, and W. L. Pickle purchased one acre of land here to establish a school. An old tobacco barn at this ... 13082 Site of Henry High School SH 94 at CR 130 Despite adverse conditions, African Americans in Texas in the late 19th century worked hard to provide their children with an education. Students ... 13794 Site of Knox Glass Company Plant Knox St., S. of W. Oak and N. of W. Reagan In 1941, Chester Underwood of Pennsylvania-based Knox Glass Bottle Co. called Jim Keller, a company representative in Texas, with plans for a new ... 12803 Site of Lincoln High School SE corner Swantz and McLellan streets. Marker reported missing June 2014, replacement marker pending installation June 2020. In 1891, the first high school for African American students in Palestine opened in the mission church on San Jacinto Street. Four years later, the ... 12954 Site of McKnight Plaza 100 Avenue A James B. McKnight moved to Anderson County in 1848. In 1876 and 1879, he bought land at this site from J.H. Mead. Here, he operated a saddlery and ... 8785 Site of Northeast Texas Christian Theological and Industrial College SH 155 ROW at intersection with Old Kickapoo Rd. (Old Brushy Creek Rd.), 0.2 mi. SW of Loop 256. Marker reported missing Mar. 2023. (about one mile north) Led by the Rev. A.J. Hurdle, the Northeast Texas Christian Missionary Convention of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ... 8786 Site of Old Magnolia SW corner of SH 294 and FM 1990 intersection, 11 mi. SW of Palestine (one-half mi.S) Founded in 1840s as a ferrying point on the Caddo Trace; later became a major landing for flatboats and steamers on the Trinity River, ... 13656 Site of Palestine Service Men's Club, World War II 400 block West Spring Street Since 1872, the railroad has been a defining aspect of Palestine. During World War II, with the town more than a hundred miles from the nearest military ... 8808 Site of St. Mary's Academy 418 Tennessee Ave., Palestine The arrival of the railroad in Palestine brought many workers, several of whom were Catholic who wanted religious instruction for their children. ... 8770 Site of the Kickapoo Battlefield about 2 mi. SE of Frankston on FM 19 - just before CR 318 Here General Thomas J. Rusk with 200 Texans on October 16, 1838, attacked a band of hostile Indians and allied Mexicans, molestors of frontier settlements, ... 8778 Site of the McClean Massacre about 8 mi. south of Palestine via FM 2419 to E. CR 185 Daniel McLean and John Sheridan, expert Indian fighters employed by the settlers as guides and protectors, were killed here in 1837. By holding the ... 12643 Site of Woodhouse School 2 miles southwest of Tucker on SH 294 Woodhouse School began with the consolidation of the Long Lake, Tucker and Magnolia schools into Consolidated Common School District No. 7. These ... 13031 South Union Missionary Baptist Church 807 S. Dorrance St In 1893, the Rev. Richard Henry Boyd (1843-1927), a native of Mississippi, organized the South Union Baptist Church of Palestine with 31 charter ... 24216 St. James Missionary Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 8816 St. Philips Episcopal Church of Palestine corner of Sycamore and Crawford St. (not visible to public) During the 1850s Mrs. Frances Henderson, wife of Governor J. Pinckney Henderson, helped found St. Philips as a mission. Upon the petition of the ... 8813 Stafford-Tucker Cemetery just west of junction FM 837 and FM 2961 on FM 2961, 4 mi. west of Bradford The family of Uriah Monroe and Elizabeth Hanks Stafford came to Texas in the 1840s. In 1851 their son, George Washington, married Susan Woolverton ... 8814 Starr Cemetery off US 287/SH 19 about 3 mi. north of Elkhart on cemetery road Family graveyard of the descendants of John Starr (1797 - 1872), Texas pioneer. First person buried here, Starr lies beside wife Susannah. Interred ... 11660 Swanson Cemetery Off SH 84 about 3 mi. E of Palestine, on Park Road 70 Micam Main of Illinois was granted a league of land by the Mexican government in 1835. One of the area's first brickmakers, Samuel M. Warden, died ... 17427 Swanson Cemetery

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8817 Tennessee Colony junction of FM 321, Spur 324 and SH 287, Tennessee Colony Founded in 1838 by settlers who came from the Old South by wagons, seeking fertile, watered farm lands. Later their cotton shipped from Magnolia ... 8818 Tennessee Colony Cemetery off Spur 324 about .5 mi. east of Tennessee Colony, marker just inside gate Settlers from the southern United States founded Tennessee Colony in 1838, years before the formation of Anderson County. One of their first community ... 12817 Tennessee Colony Order of the Eastern Star No. 102 Intersection of Spur 324, FM 321 and FM 645 Tennessee Colony Order of the Eastern Star No. 102 The first Order of the Eastern Star (OES) Chapter chartered in Anderson County, this organization ... 17131 Texas Fruit Palace, Anderson County Fair Anderson County Youth Livestock Association, US 287 N side 0.7 mi. W of SH 19 Soon after the Civil War, communities sponsored countywide activities that featured new farming equipment, and from this beginning county fairs developed. ... 8819 Texas State Railroad off US 84 on Park Road 70 about 3 mi. east of Palestine in state historical park. The Texas Prison System built a short rail line from the Rusk State Penitentiary to hardwood timber stands where charcoal was made for firing the ... 8739 The Bowers Mansion SW corner S. Magnolia and W. Bowers streets Originally house of merchant Henry Ash; built 1878; bought 1884 by Andrew L. and Nellie O'Connell Bowers, who had architect-builder W. W. Wainright ... 13178 The I&GN Railroad in Palestine Palestine, Main and W. Oak The I&GN Railroad in Palestine Established as Anderson County seat in 1846 by the Texas Legislature, Palestine grew steadily throughout the remaining ... 23246 The Pinery Settlement marker pending marker pending 17304 Timothy Stephen Smith Anderson County Courthouse grounds, N side facing E. Lacy St. (February 20, 1902 – April 30, 2000) Born the son of a runaway slave, Smith yearned for a better life. He attended Prairie View A&M College and received ... 12815 Tyre Masonic Lodge No. 198 Intersection of Spur 324, FM 321 and FM 645 Tyre Masonic Lodge No. 198 Until this Masonic Lodge was chartered in 1857, local Masons traveled to Magnolia Lodge No. 113 near the Trinity River. ...