Historical Markers of Texas

39 42nd Reunion of Hood's Texas Brigade Corner of parking lot Honored the late General John B. Hood, for whom Fort Hood was named. Meetings were in First Baptist Church. Transportation from Carnegie Library ...

45 A Memorial to Civil War Education in Texas 9th and College Streets, Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton Baylor University (including the "Female Department" later to become Mary Hardin-Baylor) had operated at Independence for 15 years before 1861. In ... 11720 African American Education in Belton Harris Community Center (formerly Harris High School), east side facing Alexander Street Bell County school districts were formed in 1854. The earliest record of public education for area African American students dates from 1882 when ... 113 Alexander's Distillery Center Circle, Salado. On this site in 1861-65, the William R. Alexander Distillery met a wartime need in Texas. May 28, 1862, Governor Francis R. Lubbock closed all Texas ... 18413 Alice Gray Hamblen 601 North Main Alice Gray Hamblen, born March 14, 1846, in Mississippi, and her husband, William Kroger Hamblen (1817-1902), moved to Salado in 1868 and quickly ... 135 Althea School From Bartlett, 3.9 mi. E on FM 487 E, 1 mi. S on Aubrey-Messer Road, 2.8 mi E on Alligator Road, 0.3 mi on Althea Loop. Reported missing Sep. 2007. Map dot approximate. Thompson F. Fowler and his family were among the earliest permanent settlers of this area. A rural community which built up around the family-owned ... 17799 Alvin Ailey Rogers City Hall, NE corner E. Mesquite Ave. (US 190) and N. Alvin Ailey St. (FM 437), facing N. Alvin Ailey St. Revered as a pioneer in modern dance, Alvin Ailey was an internationally-recognized choreographer credited for incorporating African American movements ... 17607 Anna Laura Cole Scott & White Medical Center, Brindley Circles Anna Laura Cole was born on October 27, 1909, in the farming community of Turney, Texas. Cole finished high school and attended Lon Morris College ... 205 Armstrong-Adams House Main and Thomas Arnold Streets, Salado. Dr. David H. Armstrong, who served as one of the first trustees of the Salado public free schools, and his wife, Julia, built this home between 1869 ... 214 Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr., M.D. at burial site in Hillcrest Cemetery (July 12, 1865-October 27, 1940) Born in Gainesville, Texas, Arthur Scott graduated from Bellevue Medical College in 1886. In 1892 he became Chief ... 215 Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr., M.D. Scott & White Medical Center, Brindley Circles (1865-1940) Born in Gainesville, Texas, Arthur C. Scott graduated from Bellevue Medical College in 1886 and won an internship at the Western Pennsylvania ... 251 Avenue D School City Hall, SW corner Avenue D and N. College St. Marker is on the NE corner of the building. Constructed to replace an earlier brick schoolhouse destroyed by fire, the present Avenue D School was built in 1923. C.J. Leinbach of Dallas designed ...

313 Bartlett Electric Cooperative 3.3 mi. N on SH 95. Moved Apr. 2006 from 104 E. Pietzsch St, Williamson Co. Although the town of Bartlett had regular electric service by 1905, farmers in the surrounding rural area were not supplied with electricity until ... 314 Bartlett Grammar School 300 W. Bell St. By the early 1900s Bartlett had become the railroad center of a prosperous cotton growing region. In 1903 the Bartlett Independent School District ... 357 Bell County Roadside park at Lampasas River bridge and IH-35 S. feeder road, 2 miles S. of Belton. Settlement began on Lampasas River, 1847. Created Jan. 22, organized Aug. 1, 1850. Named for Peter Hansbrough Bell (1812-1898), native of Virginia; ... 12460 Bell County Courthouse Bell County Courthouse grounds, N side facing Central Ave. Using arched passageways, round-arch and pedimented windows, a clock tower with columned gallery, and a rusticated limestone finish, Jasper N. Preston ... 358 Bell County Courthouses Bell County Courthouse grounds, SW corner, at NE corner of S. Main St. (FM 317) and Water St. Three Bell County courthouses have stood on this site--part of the 120 acres given by Matilda F. Connell Allen for the location of the county seat. ... 17122 Belton Farmers Co-op Gin One block south east of the Belton Courthouse, backing up to the Nolan Creek THE BELTON FARMERS CO-OP GIN, BUILT IN 1927 ALONG NOLAN CREEK, IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF A SURVIVING BRICK COTTON GIN IN CENTRAL TEXAS. IT WAS BUILT BY ... 16244 Belton Woman's Commonwealth 400 N. Pearl Street In 1867, Martha White McWhirter experienced a religious vision during which she felt she had been sanctified by God. She began to share her experience ... 15999 Bernard Moore Temple Temple Visitor's Center 380 Berry-Vickrey House Horsefeathers (2007) Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962 (medallion only) 391 Bethel Primitive Baptist Church 400 S. Gray Bethel Primitive Baptist Church originated in the Palo Alto Community, which was located about 3.5 miles northeast of present Killeen. Organized ... 409 Bird Creek Battlefield In median at intersection of Adams and S I-35 across from Church of Christ, Temple Named in honor of Captain John Bird who lost his life here May 26, 1839 With only 34 Texas Rangers he met 240 Indians at this point, and routed ... 410 Bird Creek Indian Battle Along greenbelt sidewalk 200 feet SE of Merritt Road and 200 feet NE of W. Nugent Ave. May 26, 1839 This marker commemorates the death of Captain John Bird, Sergeant William Weaver, Jesse E. Nash, H.M.C. Hall, Thomas Gay, and the heroic ... 18093 Blackburn Cemetery Corner of Traverse and Haven Drive. Although this cemetery is the last remnant of the Blackburn estate, it gives visitors a glimpse of the history of a long line of Texans who served ... 16863 Blackland Experiment Station, Substation No. 5 on the campus of Blackland Center, 808 East Blackland at main entrance BLACKLAND EXPERIMENT STATION, SUBSTATION NO. 5 THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZED BLACKLAND EXPERIMENT STATION, SUBSTATION NO. 5 IN 1909. THE TEXAS ... 18683 Boys Ranch of Copperas Cove 3130 Boys Ranch Road Between 1934 and 1949, more than a hundred boys escaped the harsh realities of the Great Depression at the Boys Ranch at this site. They came from ... 13433 Brown (Okay Community) Cemetery SW of Killeen, 1.4 mi W of SH 201 on Reeces Creek Rd; adjacent to Gray Army Airfield, Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport Elisha Ivy, for whom Ivy Mountain Road was named, established a home and store in this vicinity in the 1860s. In the 1870s, a community known as ...

6491 C. L. Walker Home 1206 N. Third St. Will Campbell, who constructed many early homes in Temple, built this residence in 1912 for C.L. Walker (1881-1940) and his wife Daisy (1884-1969). ... 13676 Capt. Milton Wesley Damron Baines St between Royal St and FM 2268 Milton Wesley Damron (1825-1887), an early settler and Salado public servant, was born in Tennessee and came to Texas as part of the Mercer Colony. ... 2343 Capt. Robert Bonner Halley Home N. Main St., E side between Carriage House and Van Bibber roads on private property RTHL medallion only 708 Captain Andrew Caddell Located in Caddel Cemetery (private), about 3 mi. SE of Belton off FM 1123 Fought at San Jacinto as a private. Later commanded a company of volunteers. Born in North Carolina October 12, 1795 died October 15, 1869. His wife ... 733 Carnegie Library Building 201 N. Main Completed in 1904, this brick library building was funded by a personal contribution from the noted New York industrialist and benefactor Andrew ... 22811 Carpenter Cemetery marker pending marker pending 18669 Cedar Knob Cemetery (HTC) Exit from IH 35 to FM 2484.Travel west about 8 miles. Cemetery is on north side of FM 2484. The first settlers on the Lampasas River Basin were servicemen who received land grants after gaining Texas’ Independence or men who came in search ... 842 Christ Episcopal Church of Temple NW corner of Calhoun & Main Founded as a mission in 1889, this fellowship achieved parish status in 1902 and began raising money to erect this church building. After a public ... 885 City Federation of Women's Clubs 201 E. Kings Cir. After Temple's first federation of women's clubs accomplished its goal of founding a library and disbanded in 1902, this organization was created ... 315 City of Bartlett at City Hall Settlers began moving to this area in the 1830s, when Texas was a republic, but the town of Bartlett was not established until the 1870s. The founders ... 887 City of Killeen Conder Park, corner of US Bus 190 and Conder, Killeen When the tracks of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad were extended from Temple to Lampasas in the early 1880s, a switching station was installed ... 4338 City of Rogers SE corner Elm and Mesquite streets. Marker reported missing Jan. 2010. Cotton boom town in 19th century. Founded 1881; named for John D. Rogers, Santa Fe Railroad official. By 1884 had post office, stores; at peak had ... 5224 City of Temple At Municipal Building on Main at First St., Temple Founded in 1881 on the Santa Fe line, Temple, like dozens of Texas towns, owed its beginning to the railroad and was, in fact, named for a Santa ... 905 Clark House 520 S. Main Built in the early 1890s, this house was deeded by prominent Belton businessman Peter Hammersmith to his son, John Peter, as a wedding gift in 1895. ... 909 Claudia Potter, M.D. at burial site in Hillcrest Cemetery (February 3, 1881-February 2, 1970) Born in Denton County, Claudia Potter was one of eight children of William T. C. and Laura Smith Potter. A graduate ... 4098 Claudia Potter, M.D. Scott & White Medical Center, Brindley Circles Born in Denton County on February 3, 1881, Claudia Potter was one of eight children of William Thomas Carr and Laura Elmira Smith Potter. Claudia ... 928 Cochran, Blair and Potts Department Store 221 E. Central Ave. Henry Mansfield Cook opened his first store in Centerville, Texas, in 1869, and in 1874 established the firm of H.M. Cook & Company with his son-in-law, ... 990 Comanche Gap At the intersection of Comanche Gap Rd and FM 2410, 2 miles SW of Nolanville. Marker reported missing Aug. 2008. Break in mountain chain from Lampasas River to Nolan Creek. Route to one of oldest Indian trails in Southwest, and escape point for Comanches after ... 23945 Comanche Hunting Grounds Battle marker pending marker pending 18315 Cora Anderson Negro Hospital 509 S. 9th St. Officially opened on May 17, 1953, Cora Anderson Negro Hospital offered medical services to the growing African American population of Temple and ... 16470 Corinth Missionary Baptist Church southwest corner at Avenue D and South 10th Stree Corinth Missionary Baptist Church has its roots in Temple Chapel Baptist Church, which organized around 1881 as one of the area’s earliest African-American ... 24028 Cornelius Carl "C.C." Sampson Marker pending. To be placed at Sampson-Howard Fine Arts Elementary School. marker pending 14710 County Line Baptist Church 11503 County Line Road 16437 Cultural Activities Center 3011 N. Third Street Organized in 1958, the Cultural Activities Center (CAC) in Temple is among the oldest multi-disciplinary arts organizations in Texas. During the ... 18936 Cyrus Maxwell Campbell Hillcrest Cemetery. Maxwell family plot is near the center of the cemetery. (September 14, 1839 - January 27, 1921) Born to Cyrus C. Campbell (1810-1883) and Rebecca Elizabeth Robbins (1818-1846), Cyrus Maxwell Campbell ...

15916 Dallas Cemetery Approx 0.6 miles north of Hackberry Road 3297 Daniel McKay From Bartlett, take FM 487 east about 7 miles, then go north on Donahoe Road about 2.25 miles to Donahoe Cemetery (200 yards west side of road). (October 16, 1814-October 9, 1889) Born in Maine. Came to Texas in 1834 with Sterling C. Robertson's Colony. Settled near Nashville. Participated ... 1179 Davis Mill At S. Main and Salado Creek, Salado. Built in 1864 by William A. Davis; first stone mill with carding machine in this vicinity. A sawmill and gin were added in 1866. French burrs, Leffel ... 11722 Dodd's Creek Bridge FM 2268 (N. Main Street) (Lenticular Truss Bridge) One of many patented truss designs developed by American inventors and engineers in the mid- to late-19th century, this ... 12393 Donahoe Community from Bartlett, take FM 487 about 7 miles east, then take Donahoe Rd. about 2 miles north Colonists settled in the late 1840s along the fertile Donahoe Creek. Samuel Gibbs Leatherman (1799-1888) arrived in 1854 and opened the first mercantile ... 12392 Donohoe Cemetery from Bartlett, take FM 487 east about 7 miles, then go north about 2.25 miles on Donohoe Rd., 200 yards west of road Established in the 1860s by pioneer settlers Samuel G. and Helen Leatherman, this cemetery served as the community burial ground for citizens of ... 11728 Dr. John S. and Mary McCelvey House 804 N. 11th St. Completed about 1906 for Dr. John S. McCelvey (1870-1964) and his fiancee, Mary Horne (1881-1960), this house was erected of concrete blocks cast ... 12600 Dr. Samuel J. and Charlotte H. Jones Salado Cemetery (Old Salado Graveyard) on Baines St. Educators Samuel Jackson (1858-1918) and Charlotte Hallaran (d. 1904) Jones taught at Salado College in 1884-1885. In 1890, the Joneses opened Thomas ... 13331 Dr. Welborn and Louisa Adeline Barton Old Salado Grave Yard, Baines Street A graduate of the medical department of Kentucky's Transylvania University, South Carolina native Dr. Welborn Barton (1821-1883) came to Texas in ... 24182 Durward and Jean Howard marker pending marker pending 23332 Dyess Family Cemetery marker pending marker pending

1336 Early Bell County Jail 210 N. Pearl In 1854, four years after the county was organized, a 2-story structure of logs was built on this site, to serve as the first Bell County jail. That ... 13796 Eighth Street Baptist Church 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. (8th St.) Soon after the establishment of Temple as a railroad town in 1882, the Rev. L.J. Mackey organized the Saint Love All Baptist Church. The early mission ... 1445 Ele B. Baggett Home 1019 N. Main Construction on this Queen Anne style home, which features sunbursts in the gables, elaborate corner brackets, and fish-scale shingles, was begun ... 16791 Elm Grove Baptist Church 6383 Elm Grove Road IN AUGUST 1911, A BAPTIST REVIVAL WAS HELD AT THE ELM GROVE SCHOOL, WHICH HAD SERVED AS A WORSHIP SITE FOR SEVERAL CHURCHES FOR APPROXIMATELY TWENTY ...

1572 Farmers Mutual Protective Association of Texas (RVOS) From Temple, take FM 53 east about 10 miles to junction of FM 53 and FM 320, marker is 1/2 mile north on FM 320. The Farmers Mutual Protective Association of Texas (Rolnicky Vzajemne Ochranny Spolek Statu Texasu) was organized in the community of Ocker (400' ... 1586 Fellrath Building SE corner of N. East St. and E. 1st Ave. Built for J.M. Spencer between 1881 and 1891, this building served in its early years as part of the Smith & Peyton Hardware and Buggy Shop and as ... 1591 Ferguson Home SW corner N. 7th Street and W. French Avenue. House is private property. Marker reported missing Nov. 2006. Built 1907 for James E. and Miriam A. Ferguson, each later elected twice to governor's office in Texas. Mrs. Ferguson was the first woman elected ... 1613 First Baptist Church of Bartlett NW corner of N. Emma and W. Bell Street, Bartlett. Originally known as Pecan Grove Baptist Church, this fellowship was organized in 1873 by the Rev. M.V. Smith, The Rev. H.I. Kimball, and the Rev. ... 1616 First Baptist Church of Belton 5th and N Main (SH 317) The First Baptist Church of Belton was organized in the summer of 1853 under the leadership of the Rev. Solomon G. O'Bryan and the Rev. David Fisher. ... 1645 First Baptist Church of Killeen 809 N. 4th St. This fellowship was established in 1873 as the Baptist Church of Christ at Palo Alto. In 1883, one year after Killeen was founded on the rail line, ... 11723 First Baptist Church of Salado 210 S. Main St. A Baptist revival was held on the banks of Salado Creek as early as 1854. By about 1860, members of area Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Church ... 1680 First Baptist Church of Temple (originally at 102 W. Barton Ave.) Originally known as Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, this congregation was organized on November 21, 1874, in the small Bell County town of Birdsdale ... 11724 First Christian Church of Temple 300 N. 5th When the Santa Fe Railroad organized Temple in 1880, it offered lots to any church that would erect a building on the site. In 1888 a group of Christian ... 1737 First Lutheran Church 1515 W. Adams Ave. When this church was organized by the Rev. Carl Kreutzenstein in 1886 for Temple's German-speaking Lutherans, it was named Bethlehem Evangelical ... 1798 First National Bank of Killeen 901 E. Central Texas Expressway; marker temporarily in storage before relocation (11/21/2022) Chartered on Feb. 27, 1901, the First National Bank of Killeen is the oldest continuously operated bank in Bell County. It first served a primarily ... 16872 First Presbyterian Church 2500 North Church St. On October 21, 1860, the Rev. Levi Tenney established a Presbyterian congregation in Belton with eight founding members. After meeting in several ... 1848 First Presbyterian Church of Temple 1st Street and French Avenue, Temple. The first church established in Temple, this congregation was organized on October 19, 1881, under the leadership of A.A. Black, with the assistance ... 1882 First United Methodist Church of Belton N. East St. at 3rd Ave, Belton Founded in 1850 when Bell County was created, this church was part of a circuit until 1869. By the 1880s, the membership had outgrown their original ... 1894 First United Methodist Church of Rogers Corner of Milam Street and Mesquite Avenue (US 190), Rogers. This institution originated in 1880 as Centennial Methodist Church in Gindale (now Leedale), before Rogers was founded; it moved into town in 1889. ... 1896 First United Methodist Church of Temple 102 N. Second St. The Rev. E.R. Barcus served as the first pastor of the congregation, organized in 1882, one year after the city of Temple was founded. The original ... 1954 Former Site of Scott & White School of Nursing Scott & White Medical Center, Brindley Circles The School of Nursing was founded in 1904 by Dr. Arthur C. Scott and Dr. Raleigh White, Jr., as a part of their Temple Sanitarium to provide professional ... 5920 Former Site of Y.M.C.A. Santa Fe Park (corner of Avenue C & S. First St.) In 1898, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad chartered a Young Men's Christian Association and, in 1899, erected a 3-story structure across the ... 1986 Fort Griffin 5 miles SE of Belton on FM 436 Site of a picket fort on Little River commonly called Fort Griffin; also known as Fort Smith and Little River Fort. Erected by Geo. B. Erath and ... 2044 Fowler House US 81, 1 mile north of Salado. Built 1872 by Josiah Fowler, a settler from Tennessee, Confederate veteran, co-editor of "Fowler's Arithmetic", and a college teacher. Recorded Texas ...

2161 George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D. Scott & White Medical Center, Brindley Circles (1886-1970) Born on a farm in Ellis County, George V. Brindley, Sr., graduated from the University of Texas Department of Medicine at Galveston in ... 11721 George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D. Hillcrest Cemetery (January 8, 1886 - October 7, 1970) Texas native George Brindley graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1911, and ... 279 George Washington Baines House Royal Street, Salado. Built in the 1860s, this house was the residence of the Rev. George Washington Baines (1809-83) from 1870 to 1883. A pioneer Baptist preacher, missionary, ... 2237 Grace United Methodist Church 601 S. Main Founded in 1882 to serve the area's German population, this congregation originally was known as the Friedens (Peace) Church of the Evangelical Association. ... 2267 Greathouse Cemetery From Temple, take FM 95 south 1.75 mile then go west on FM 93 about .25 mile to cemetery. The Rev. Early Greathouse (1810-1885) was ordained to the ministry in Georgia in 1846. He moved to Alabama in 1852, where he served in the state ... 15985 Green Oaks Farm 5880 Hartrick Bluff Road Historic Green Oaks Farm is part of the Maximo Moreno eleven league grant of 1834. Moses (1793-1858) and Barzilla Curry Griffin (1801-1873) received ... 12575 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Planing Mill 6870 S. IH-35 Built in 1912 at the Santa Fe rail yards in Temple, this planing mill was part of a complex of buildings that housed repair facilities for the railroad. ...

14567 Hermon and Margaret L. Aiken Salado Aiken Family Burial Plot in Old Salado Graveyard, Baines St. North of FM 2268 (Holland Rd.) New Hampshire native Hermon (Herman) Aiken worked in Illinois and Tennessee before moving to New Orleans. There, he served as a ship's captain taking ... 16320 Herrington Cemetery On FM 3481, 2.5 mi. S of its intersection with FM 2410 Herrington Cemetery John Granberry Herrington and his wife Elvira Jane (Collins) left Mississippi forTexas in 1873. Although other members of their ... 13843 Hill Cemetery South end of Dusty Lane, off Charter Oak (SH 817) Hill Cemetery Established 1852 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2005 16162 Hillcrest Cemetery Hillcrest Cemetery, SE corner N. 1st. St. and W. Shell Ave. Previously known as Williamson Branch Graveyard and Temple City Cemetery, Hillcrest Cemetery began as a rural family graveyard before eventually ... 2505 Hodge Cemetery north of W. Avenue R, Temple. (accessible through backyard of 3104 W. Avene R) Occupying less than one acre of land, this cemetery is named for J.W. Hodge (d.1920), who purchased the surrounding property in 1870. Burials had ... 15915 Holland Community 206 W. Travis Holland Community Present-day Holland has its origins in three different settlements. Settlers first came here during the 1830s to farm the area’s ... 2527 Home of Capt. A. J. Harris University of Mary-Hardin Baylor, Tenth Ave. north of Harris St., near Farris Hall State Senator, Confederate veteran, lawyer, teacher at Salado College. Birthplace of Harris' grandson, famous World War II General, Walton Harris ... 2535 Home of Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson Just south of Salado Creek on west side of I-35 Salado This house was built 1856-1860 by Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson 1820 . . . 1879 Texas pioneer, patriot, soldier and jurist, and one of the founders ... 5586 Home of Orville Thomas Tyler S. Main St., W side between Pace Park and Thomas Arnold roads 1810 . . . 1886 Pioneer Texan . County Judge . Member of the Legislature . President of the board of trustees of Salado College. Built in 1857 Erected ... 316 Home of Wellborn Barton N. Main Street (old US 81), Salado. Home of Wellborn Barton 1821-1883; Pioneer physician of this region. For many years a trustee of Salado College, built 1866. (John Hendrickson, Contractor) ...

17180 Immanuel Baptist Church attached to the North side of the Sanctuary front wall outside FORMED SHORTLY AFTER 1900, WEST SIDE MISSION FUNCTIONED UNDER THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND INITIALLY UTILIZED THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH’S ORIGINAL ... 2622 Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery 2300 Old FM 440, just south of intersection of Ronstan St. and FM 440, Killeen The first burial in this graveyard, that of Wilhelm Wolf, took place in 1891, two years after the German Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Congregation ...

1918 James A. Fletcher House 504 W. Nugent Ave. Bell County native James Andrew Fletcher (1858-1944) was a leading Temple businessman. In 1907, with his son Omar, he acquired a local business founded ... 2723 James H. Isbell South Cemetery, corner of Penelope and Ave E, Belton San Jacinto Veteran born in Tennessee 1814 died in 1858. His wife Amanda Isbell. Born April 8, 1819 died September 1, 1880. 16533 James Lowry Smith Old Salado Graveyard; Take US 81 to FM 2268 go north on FM 2268 to Baines Street go north on Baines Street. Cemetery is on Baines Street Salado college professor and principal James Lowry Smith was a progressive leader in education. He received degrees at Baylor and served in the Civil ... 2744 Jeff Hamilton University of Mary Hardin Baylor campus, near Luther Memorial Jeff Hamilton, Associate of Governor Sam Houston Born a slave in Kentucky, Jeff Hamilton was still a child when Sam Houston rescued him from purchase ... 2745 Jeff Hamilton East Belton Cemetery, Taylor's Valley Rd, Belton (grave is in middle - eastern part of cemetery) Jeff Hamilton (d. April 3, 1941) A Kentucky-born slave who was brought to Texas as a child, Jeff Hamilton became San Houston's personal servant, ... 3268 John and Ettie Mayfield House 400 W. Travis St. This was the home of John Henry Mayfield (1865-1954), his wife Ettie Monroe Alsobrook (1869-1957) and their three daughters. The Mayfields moved ... 2768 John Blackburn Log House on N. side of highway, at the Killeen Community Center John Churchill Gaines Blackburn (1832-1912) was born in Tennessee and came to Texas in 1853. He and his wife Mary Ann Chambers Blackburn (1831-1908) ... 3225 John Leggett Marshall From Temple, take FM 95 south about 1.75 mile, then go west on FM 93 about .25 mile to Greathouse Cemetery. (June 13, 1811-January 11, 1897) A native of Illinois, John Leggett Marshall came to Texas with his family in 1829. A farmer and blacksmith, he enlisted ... 1104 John Robert Craddock From Rogers, take FM 2184 SW about 4.8 miles to County Line Road, go SE on County Line Road about 1.4 mile then go 1 mile south on CR. Cemetery is about 150 yards on west side. John Robert Craddock came to Texas from Kentucky in June 1833. He served in the Republic of Texas Army in 1836 and fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. ... 18577 Joseph "Joe Tex" Arrington, Jr. Rogers City Hall, NE corner E. Mesquite Ave. (US 190) and N. Alvin Ailey St. (FM 437), facing N. Alvin Ailey St. Born to a sharecropping family in Rogers on August 8, 1935, Joseph Arrington, Jr., is considered one of the most influential, but underappreciated, ... 2855 Joseph Dennis Hodge Cemetery, north of W. Ave R, Temple. Joseph Dennis (Dec. 10, 1810-Oct. 19, 1894) Tennessee native Joseph Dennis came to Texas in 1849 with his wife, Isa (Seitz), and their children. ... 2856 Joseph Dennis Lands 5 miles south of Killeen on FM 3470 (Stan Schlueter Loop) between Onion and Trimmier Rds (on North side of 3470) In 1840 Joseph Dennis (1810-1894) and his wife Isa Seitze migrated from Arkansas to Milam County, Texas. When Bell County was organized in 1850, ...

16742 K.M. Jones Family Cemetery From intersection of Hwy 36 & Loop 363 from Temple, continue on Hwy 36 for 1.1 miles and turn right onto Old Howard Road. Travel 1.4 miles and turn left onto Pepper Creek Road. The K. M. Jones Cemetery is in afield 1/10 mile on the right in a clump of trees. K.M. JONES FAMILY CEMETERY THIS FAMILY BURIAL GROUND WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN KEETON McLEMORE JONES WAS BURIED HERE IN 1890. JONES WAS A FARMER, STAGE ... 14116 Kate Crawford and Zachary Clay Taylor 210 S. Main The Taylors were among the earliest Baptist missionaries to Brazil. Zachary Clay Taylor (b. 1851) was a pastor preparing for missions when he met ... 2939 Killeen Herald 1809 Florence Rd. W.E. Bennett began publishing the Killeen Herald in June 1890, eight years after the town of Killeen was founded. Later owners of the newspaper included ... 11725 King's Daughters Hospital 1901 SW H. K. Dodgen Loop The Temple Charter of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons, a Protestant ecumenical group, was formed in 1893 to provide medical ... 11726 King's Daughters Hospital School of Nursing 1901 SW H. K. Dodgen Loop Nursing training was implemented at King's Daughters Hospital from as early as 1897, and formal two-year classes began in 1903. In 1906, the hospital ... 17670 Knob Creek Lodge No. 401, A.F. & A.M. Temple Since June 4, 1875, the Knob Creek Lodge No. 401 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons has met continuously in Bell County and remained true to its ideals ...

3011 Lake Polk Park Sammons Community Center, affixed to building facing lake Soon after establishing the city of Temple, the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad Company built a dam on nearby Bird Creek to create a reservoir ... 3029 Lancaster Cemetery From Temple take FM 363 N to Lavendusky Dr. turn E, proceed to Dairy Rd, turn N. Cemetery is at intersection of Dairy Rd. and Munroe Ave Thomas Lancaster (1813-1867), a farmer and rancher who came to Bell County in 1851, set aside a plot of land on the west side of Little Elm Creek ... 3097 Little Flock Cemetery and Primitive Baptist Church From Temple, take FM 53 east about 1 mile to Cemetery Road and follow about .75 mile SE. On land donated by J.W. and Mary Moore, owners of a pioneer gristmill and cotton gin. First burial (about 1860) was a stranger who died on a wagon ... 11727 Little River-Wilson Valley Cemetery 1 mi. S of Little River on Wilson Valley Loop Wilson Valley community originally consisted of the seven Wilson brothers, their wives and children, and the Huckabee and Thornton families. They ... 17447 Little River-Wilson Valley Cemetery Little River Texas cemetery medallion 3103 Live Oak Cemetery 12 mi. S on FM 440, 1 mi. E on FM 2484 Although an inventory of marked gravesites indicates that the first person buried here was Michael Young, local tradition claims that distinction ... 4615 Log Cabin Study of Dr. Arthur Carroll Scott Scott & White Medical Center, Building LC, SW West Loop south of W. Ave. R (near Pediatric Clinic) (July 12, 1865-October 27, 1940) Co-founder of Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Dr. Scott used this cabin from 1920s to 1940 as a private study ... 13500 Louisa Adeline (Addie) Barton 210 S Main When Addie Barton (1858-1921) was seven years old, her parents, Dr. Welborn and Louisa Barton, moved to Salado so their children could attend Salado ... 3143 Lt. Gen. Andrew Davis Bruce On 761st Tank Battalion Rd, near intersection with 52nd, at Family Support Center, Fort Hood Killeen. Lt. Gen. Andrew Davis Bruce (September 14, 1894-July 27, 1969) Originator of tank destroyer corps; "Father of Fort Hood." Brilliant battlefield leader ... 13713 Luther Memorial University of Mary Hardin-Baylor campus, Vann Circle Drive This memorial, an important symbol for the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, has historic ties to the earliest days of the school in Belton. Founded ...

3161 M. H. Denman Cabin Behind Salado Civic Center at corner of Main and Van Bibber Sts., Salado M.H. Denman built cabin 1867 (15 mi. NW), of handhewn, square cedar logs joined by wooden pegs; has fireplace of native stone; restored 1955. Recorded ... 3189 Main Street Bridges Main Street, south side of bridge, Salado. A number of bridges have been built over Salado Creek on Main Street since 1870. After the town of Salado was laid out in 1859, citizens crossed ... 4348 Major Archibald Johnson Rose Corner of William Rose Way and Royal Street, Salado. (1830-1903) Before migrating to Texas, A. J. Rose made a fortune in the 1849 California Gold Rush. In 1857 he and his wife Sallie (Austin) brought ... 3233 Maruna Meadow Off Peach Orchard Rd. on private property. Marker reported in storage Dec. 2000. Map dot approximate. This meadow is one of the few remaining sites in the area that illustrates what the first Bell County settlers saw upon their arrival. Czechoslovakian ... 18436 Mary Allen Oliver Cemetery 6200 W. FM 436 Early settlement in Bell County began along creeks and rivers but by 1860 most of the county was divided into farms. The Mary Allen Oliver Cemetery ... 3237 Mary Elizabeth Carpenter, Birthplace of White House Aide Just south of Salado Creek on west side of I-35, Salado Great-granddaughter of builders. Daughter of Thomas S. and Mary Elizabeth (Robertson) Sutherland. First woman vice president of student body, University ... 3263 Maxdale Bridge Maxdale community, Wolfridge Rd 0.4 mi. SE of Maxdale Rd., then 0.1 mi. N to S side of the bridge over the Lampasas River. Marker reported in storage Feb. 2011. Map dot approximate. In July 1913, the Bell County Commissioners Court, in response to repeated flooding in this area, approved construction of a bridge at this site ... 3264 Maxdale Cemetery From Killeen, take SH 195 south about 10 miles, then go west on FM 2670 about 3.7 miles, then go south on Maxdale Road about .5 mile to cemetery (south side of bridge). Established in the 1860s to serve the rural community of Pleasant Grove, this cemetery is one of the oldest in Bell County. Land for the graveyard ... 3267 Mayberry Park Cemetery Off Maxdale Rd, along Reese Creek, just inside the SE boundary of Ft. Hood, Killeen (to access cemetery an area pass needs to be obtained at Hunt Control on Fort Hood) The only remaining legible headstone in this graveyard reveals that the cemetery dates to the late 19th century. The grave of James Moses Cowan (1834-1888) ... 3275 McBryde Cemetery From Killeen, take SH 195 south about 12 miles. Mancel T. McBryde (1821-1896), who brought his family here from Georgia in the early 1860s, began this family cemetery in 1885 upon the death of ... 22655 McLean Cemetery McLean Cemetery, W side Becker Ln., 0.2 mi. W of McLean Cemetery Rd., 6 mi. SW of Rogers. Map dot approximate. McLean Cemetery. Established 1885. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2017 3323 Memorial Baptist Church of Temple (Originally at 801 S. 13th St.) Less than a decade after its founding in 1881, Temple was fast developing as an important commercial center. Reflecting that growth, plans for this ... 12391 Messer-Limmer Farmhouse Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association grounds, Eberhardt Rd.; relocated to Temple from Bartlett area ca. 2006; former location=3.8 miles east of Bartlett on FM 487, then 1.6 miles south on Aubrey Messer Rd., then 0.6 miles north on drive to house This vernacular farmhouse was built in 1895 for Mary Margaret Messer (d. 1919) by her sons and grandsons. It was purchased in 1920 by F. A. Limmer, ... 11729 Miller Springs Bridge from Belton: 3 mi. N on Main St. (SH 317) to Leon River bridge, then first turn to W In 1872, William Miller built the first bridge over the springs favored by Tonkawa Indians. When Abe Miller bought the land in the 1920s, it was ... 3398 Miriam A. Ferguson Birthplace On Sullivan Rd. 3 miles E. of SH 95 in Sparks A five-room log cabin on this land was the home of Miriam A. Wallace (1875-1961) from her birth until her marriage to James E. Ferguson in 1899. ... 13373 Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad Bridge Northwest corner of Hubbard Lane and FM 93. The railroad bridge is located about 0.4 miles northeast of this site, crossing the Leon River. Marker reported missing May 2017. Replacement in progress. Railroads greatly impacted the development of Texas by allowing year-round transport and delivery of goods. The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad ... 23306 MKT Passenger Depot marker pending marker pending 3431 Moffat From Temple, take FM 36 NW about 10 miles north to Moffat Road. Follow Moffat Road about 1.5 miles to First Baptist Church, Moffat. Founded in 1857 by New York native Dr. Chauncy W. Moffet and his wife, Amelia, the town of Moffat came to be known by a misspelling of their name. ... 13051 Moffat Cemetery 10 mi. NW on SH 36 about 2 mi. W of intersection with FM2409; also close to McGregor Park and Aycock roads This burial ground began as a family and Masonic cemetery. Although many, possibly older, graves exist, the oldest marked grave is that of Mary Marshall ... 3452 Moody-Leon United Methodist Church From Moody take FM 317 south about 3 miles, then follow FM 2601 NW about 7.25 miles to EWD. Go north on Moody-Leon Road about .25 mile. Established in 1877 by the Rev. F. Von Schulenbach, this German Methodist congregation was formed through the efforts of two brothers, Charles A. ... 3516 Mrs. Sarah Ann Hardin-Kelton South Cemetery, corner of Penelope and Ave E, Belton Widow of William Hardin before her marriage to Dr. O.P. Kelton. Many of the Mexican officers and men were placed in the care of Judge and Mrs. Hardin ... 3524 Muehlhause House Northwest corner S. Main St. and Ave. F German immigrant Fred Muehlhause, Sr. (1868-1947) arrived in Texas in 1885. He married Louise Albrecht in 1892, and later that year the couple moved ...

12482 Nolanville Encampment Old Nolanville Rd., 0.25 mile south of US 190 in Nolanville In 1889 five families met under a brush arbor to form the Nolanville Church of Christ and within a month had purchased land at this site on which ... 3601 Nolanville School 901 Nolanville Rd. Pioneers who settled this area in the early 1850s built a 1-room log schoolhouse about 1854. That year Bell County was divided into 15 school districts. ... 16797 Nora Lee Mayhew Wendland Hillcrest Cemetery, section 6, block 2, lot 1 (September 10, 1896 - April 15, 1988) Born in Levita (Coryell Co.), Nora Lee Mayhew attended Meridian College and the College of Industrial Arts ... 15622 Norman Austin 1500 N. Main (August 2, 1811 – May 12, 1890) Texas revolutionary veteran and local merchant Norman Austin made important contributions to his adopted state. Born ... 3614 Norton-Orgain House Thomas Arnold and Main Streets, Salado. Built about 1872 by Edward R.A. Buckles, this I-plan vernacular house exhibits Classical and Victorian detailing. Its two-story gallery features ...

3664 Ocker Brethren Church From Temple, take SH 53 east about 9 miles. A group of deeply devoted followers of the Unity of the Brethren faith were among the Czech immigrant families who settled in this area of eastern ... 159 Old Anderson Place 35 Main St. Built 1860 at edge of an old Indian campground, by James B. Anderson, one of town's founders and a school trustee in Salado. Community leaders, lawyers ... 17448 Old Salado Graveyard Located on Baines Street between Royal Street and FM 2268 Holland Road This burial ground was likely in use about the time a U.S. Post Office was established in Salado Springs in 1852. In 1854 Col. Elijah Sterling C. ... 1919 Omar L. Fletcher Home 1314. N. 9th St. Omar L. Fletcher (1887-1975), a native of Bell County, was an industrialist and civic leader. He and his father James Fletcher were the successors ... 13776 Oveta Culp Hobby and the Women's Army Corps 101 N College St Oveta Culp Hobby served as the director of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. Her organizational skills and leadership helped make ...

3978 Pendleton About 0.9 miles north of Temple on Spur 1237 from 1237, on the right across railroad tracks Called Pendletonville in 1880's; renamed 1904 for local resident George C. Pendleton (1845-1913), State Representative, 1883-1889 (House Speaker, ... 23609 Peter Hansbrough Bell Bell County Courthouse grounds, SW corner, at NE corner of S. Main St. (FM 317) and Water St. 1812 - 1898. (right panel) Fought at San Jacinto April 21, 1836. Assistant Inspector General and Inspector General of the Texas Army 1837-1839. Captain ... 16436 Pleasant Hill Cemetery Pleasant Hill Road, 1.3 miles west of Nolanville Pleasant Hill Cemetery has served the citizens of this area since 1855 and is one of the oldest cemeteries in Bell County. The first person to be ... 12512 Post Oak Cemetery 2 miles north of Holland on FM 1123 The only physical remnant of the Post Oak community, this cemetery began as the burial ground for the family of Isham McMillin, who acquired land ...

4169 Raleigh R. White, Jr., M.D. Scott & White Medical Center, Brindley Circles Born December 10, 1871, in Tippah County, Mississippi, Raleigh R. White, Jr., was the son of the Rev. Raleigh White, Sr., and Anna Davidson White. ... 4170 Raleigh R. White, Jr., M.D. in Hillcrest Cemetery (1871-1917) Mississippi native Raleigh R. White, Jr., moved to Texas in 1882. A graduate of Tulane University Department of Medicine in 1893, White ... 11737 Raleigh Richardson White, Sr. Hillcrest Cemetery (August 9, 1840 - January 11, 1919) Born to a wealthy Missouri plantation family, Raleigh R. White joined the Confederate army, against his father's ... 18174 Ralph Wilson, Sr. 1421 South 23rd Street With only a high school education, Ralph Wilson moved to California from Indiana in 1920 and began working in an ornamental plaster and concrete ... 4222 Reed's Lake From Rogers, take FM 36 NW about .75 mile to Reed's Lake Road. Go west on Reed's Lake Road (veering left twice) about 4.75 miles to Reed's Lake Cemetery. Earliest settlement in Bell County; founded 1834 by men of the Sterling Robertson colony. Named for family of John Burnett Reed, who in 1859 built ... 2344 Robert Bonner Halley Salado Cemetery, Baines Road, Salado. A native of Georgia, Robert B. Halley brought his family to this area about 1853. With partner T.J. Eubanks, he operated a liquor distillery and ... 4296 Robert Emmet Bledsoe Baylor Mary-Hardin-Baylor campus, Belton (1793-1873) Noted lawmaker, judge, lay preacher, served in the legislatures of his native Kentucky and of Alabama. Represented Alabama in U.S. Congress, ... 4305 Robertson Home on west side of IH-35, just south of Salado Creek, Salado Built by Col. E.S.C. Robertson and wife, Mary Elizabeth (Dickey). Rare ante-bellum plantation complex, comprising home, servant quarters, land, family ...

13009 S.P.J.S.T. Lodge No. 47, Hvezda Texasu 5 mi. E at 10842 SH 53 (Seaton) In January 1903, Frank Motl and J.F. Sefcik led Seaton men in forming an order of the SPJST (Slovanská Podporujicí Jednota Statu Texas), a Czech ... 15828 Salado 300 S. Main Street Salado was officially established in 1859 when Col. E. S. C. Robertson donated land for a townsite and for a college. Col. Hermon Aiken drew a plat ... 4491 Salado Cemetery Baines Street, Salado. Established 1856 on 2.5-acre site given by E.S.C. Robertson. Distinguished Texans interred here include the Rev. G.W. Baines, great-grandfather of ... 4492 Salado Church of Christ Blacksmith Road and Stagecoach Road, Salado. Founded in March 1859, this congregation first met in a brush arbor on the north bank of Salado Creek. The first two elders were James Anderson and ... 4493 Salado Creek south end of Salado Bridge on Main St., Salado. Gushing limestone springs, abundant fish, flowers, and trees have long made the banks of Salado Creek a good home site. Indians camped beside stream; ... 4494 Salado Methodist Church relocated from corner of Stage Coach & Church Streets in 2005 Building erected 1890 for a congregation organized 1854 at site on Salado Creek. Circuit riders serving congregation included the Rev. J.E. Ferguson, ... 13272 Salado United Methodist Church Royal St.; In 1854, the Rev. Thomas Gilmore, a Methodist circuit rider, led a revival at Pecan Grove on the north side of Salado Creek. He organized a Methodist ... 4562 Sanderford Log Cabin Off FM 93 on private property One of earliest homes in Nolan Valley community. Built when he moved to Texas in 1867 by John Rice Sanderford (1841-1923), a veteran of the Civil ... 4578 Santa Fe Depot Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce, N. 4th St., W side between E. Ave. D and railroad tracks Founded in 1882 as a shipping point on the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad, Killeen was named for railroad official Frank P. Killeen. After ... 4579 Santa Fe Memorial Hospital, Inc. 600 S. 25th St. The first hospital in Temple, this institution opened in 1891 for employees of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad. The first section of the present ... 4613 Scott & White Hospital Scott & White Medical Center, Brindley Circles The Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway established the town of Temple in 1881 and located the Santa Fe Railway Hospital at Temple in 1891. Dr. ... 4614 Scott and White School of Nursing 11th and College St., in front of Wells Science Hall, on Mary Hardin-Baylor campus The School of Nursing was founded in 1904 by Dr. Arthur C. Scott and Dr. Raleigh White, Jr., as a part of their Temple Sanitarium to provide professional ... 13795 Seaton Brethren Church Seaton community, Seaton Brethren Church, SE corner SH 53 and Seaton Rd. In the middle 19th century, Moravian Czech immigrants began arriving in Texas, settling throughout the central part of the state. Descendants of ... 11735 Seaton Cemetery 7.5 mi. E of Temple at intersection of SH 53 and Seaton Rd. The community of Lost Prairie-Seaton was settled in the 1880s by Czechoslovakian immigrants, and at one time contained a post office, school, store ... 37 Second Armored Division, U. S. Army At Memorial Park off Battalion Ave and 52nd St., Fort Cavazos, Killeen Gen. Patton's "Hell on Wheels," the 2nd Armored Division, United States Army Formed to meet 20th century challenges, this force includes Battery ... 13449 Seven Star Cemetery 1875 N 14th St Temple incorporated in 1882, the same year the Missouri, Kansas and Texas (MKT) Railway built a line through this area. This land was most likely ... 4659 Sharp Cemetery and Rock Creek Baptist Church of Christ Off SH 195 on private property Emily LeSeur Haynes Sharp (1824-1880) came to Texas from Alabama with her first husband, William Glenn Haynes. They settled in Harrison County, ... 15529 Shiloh Cemetery Troy 24284 Simmonsville and Marlboro Heights Communities marker pending marker pending 4719 Site of 1920's Factory of the Temple Monoplane Facing SW H. K. Dodgen Loop (Loop 363) Pioneer commercial aircraft developed by engineering genius George W. Williams, who with Roy Sanderford, George Carroll, and his brother E.K. Williams, ... 12974 Site of Booker T. Washington School Bartlett, 200 Cryer Drive With overcrowded buildings at the African American school in southwestern Bartlett, the Bartlett trustees bought four buildings from Camp Swift in ... 828 Site of Childers-Shanklin Mill Camp Tahuaya Boy Scout camp, restricted access/private property First water power mill in Bell County. Built in 1847 by Robert Childers, pioneer settler, Indian fighter, served in the Army of Texas, 1836. Sold ... 4772 Site of Dulaney's Mill From Belton take FM 436 E about 3 mi turn S. on FM 1123 proceed about 31/2 miles turn S onto Bell CR (Armstrong Rd) Farm complex noted for grist mill, cotton gin, general store, blacksmith shop. Owned by John Thornton Dulaney (1825-1916), who in 1849 left his native ... 4774 Site of Early Belton House Avenue A and Penelope, Belton A large building erected here 1850, by Mrs. Sarah Lawler (1807-1890). In this structure, little more than a shed, Mrs. Lawler boarded workmen who ... 2177 Site of German-English School 1 mile north of Bartlett on SH 95, in St. John's Lutheran Church parking lot Established by German immigrants in 1880, the German-English School was an early school in the Bartlett area. First called Indian Creek School, the ... 3579 Site of New Colony School From Rogers, take FM 2184 northeast about 5 miles to junction of FM 2184 and New Colony Road. In 1905-1906 Czech families from Elgin (Bastrop County) and Taylor (Williamson County) relocated to this area and established the Nova Osada (New ... 12503 Site of Pecan School 3.5 miles south of Holland on SH 95, then 2.9 miles east on Pecan School Rd. Earliest available records indicate the Pecan School was in existence by 1884. A one-room schoolhouse, built on land donated by Charles and Martha ... 4925 Site of the Central Manufacturing Co. Penelope St. and Avenue A, Belton A Scotsman, Robert Naismith (1859-1939), founded the Central Manufacturing Co. in a two-story building on this lot in 1893. Using equipment originally ... 6488 Site of the Organization of the Texas Forestry Association Municipal Building, Main St. at 1st, Temple One of Texas' oldest conservation organiations. W. Goodrich Jones (1860-1950), who came to Temple as a banker in 1888, felt need for trees in this ... 5464 Site of Thomas Arnold High School Salado College Park, SE corner College Hill Drive and Main Street Dr. Samuel J. Jones (1857-1918) and his wife, Charlotte Hallaran Jones (d. 1904), established Thomas Arnold High School on this site in 1890. The ... 3100 Six Miles East to Site of Little River Fort Southbound IH-35 access road, between Shanklin Road and Tahuaya Drive, north side of the Leon River in former picnic area. Marker in storage during road construction. A stockade and blockhouse of the Republic of Texas. Built in November, 1836, by a unit of some 20 Rangers under Lt. George B. Erath (soldier-statesman ... 17479 South Belton Cemetery Belton, 600 S. Penelope St. SOUTH BELTON CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1851 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2003 5038 St. John Lutheran Church From Bartlett, take FM 95, about 1 mile north. The first Lutheran worship services in this area were held at the home of early German settler J.E. Pietzsch, who had moved from Austin County. In ... 18907 St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery 13 miles west of Temple on Hwy 36, near the intersection of Owl Creek Road 5091 Stagecoach Inn Main Street (old US 81) at College Hill, Salado. Constructed during the 1860s, the Stagecoach Inn was known as Salado Hotel and as Shady Villa before the current name was adopted in 1943. Military ... 12820 Stampede Creek 6 mi. northwest of Temple, SH 317 to FM 2409 to FM 2601 Stampede Creek takes its name from a horse stampede that occurred near this site in 1839. On May 26 of that year, Capt. John Bird and a Ranger force ... 5102 Steakley Home 2207 Marland Wood Road, Temple. The F. L. Wright Home was built on old stagecoach road in 1874, seven years before Temple was founded. It is still on original boid d'arc stumps ... 5123 Stinnett's Mill Stinnett Mill Rd., E side 0.8 mi. S of E. Amity Rd. on private property RTHL medallion only 5126 Stockton Family Cemetery From Bartlett, take CR 487 NW (also Harold Clark Road) to junction with Stockton Road (cemetery is on NE corner). The Stockton Family Cemetery is located on land originally granted in 1859 by Texas governor Hardin R. Runnels to Moses Allen, a veteran of the Siege ... 6486 Stokes-Nelson Cemetery 4 miles east of Temple on Adams, 0.5 miles south on Little Flock Rd., 0.8 miles on private property Standing as a reminder of Bell County's pioneer heritage, this small family cemetery is representative of many similar graveyards in Texas. Peter ... 5147 Summers' Mill 5 miles east of Belton on FM 1123 @ Salado Creek; MARKER REPORTED MISSING 5/2011 Summers' Mill,1866. Parts came by ox-team from Houston. Ground corn for bread. Formed center for settlement. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1 ...

22441 Temple Chamber of Commerce Southwest corner West Avenue A and South 3rd street; across from West Avenue B, located just north of the 1910 Santa Fe Depot By the early 19th century, Chambers of Commerce, first called Boards of Trade or Commercial Clubs, flourished in many major U.S. cities. The goals ... 18908 Temple Civic Theatre 2413 South 13th Street 17555 Temple College Temple After two attempts to secure a location for higher education, city leaders banded together to create Temple Junior College in 1926. Thanks to joint ... 13887 Temple Daily Telegram 10 S 3rd St The Temple Daily Telegram, which dates to 1907, has had a strong historical impact on the development of the area. It has ties to the earliest community ... 18731 Temple Founder Lions Club marker will be placed in Lions Park, near the Lion Sam Farrow Amphitheatre and the Charles Stout Walking Trail. The Park, Amphitheatre and Trail were made possible through the work and donations of Temple Lions Club members. The city of Temple arose from a sparse blackland prairie into a railroad boomtown in the 1880s. Within a generation, a nucleus of railroad workers ... 5223 Temple Public Library former Temple Post Office building On March 29, 1900, the Women's Literary Club and the Self Culture Club formed a city federation for the purpose of organizing a public library. Soon ... 11736 Tennessee Valley 2 mi. N of Belton on SH 319, then W on FM 439 and N on FM 2271 into Miller Springs Nature Center, in Temple Park at Lake Belton Though pioneer settlement of this area may have begun as early as 1844, it was named when eight families from Tennessee arrived in 1851 in search ... 17842 Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board 4311 S. 31st, Suite 125 In the 1930s, in the midst of the Great Depression, one of the worst sustained ecological disasters in the nation’s history devastated the southern ... 1695 The 1st Cavalry Division Fort Cavazos, 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters Building First in Manila -- First in Tokyo -- First in Pyongyang. The Fifth Cavalry Regiment, raised and posted in 1855 to Fort Belknap, Texas, is the oldest ... 1137 The Curtis Mansion NW corner of N. Main & E. Tenth W.R. and Ida (Rogers) Miller, rich from good cotton years at turn of the century, built this late Victorian house in 1902. In its architecture, Queen ... 6236 The Curtis Mansion NW corner of N. Main & E. Tenth Cotton broker William Ray Miller (1868-1954) and his wife Ida (Rogers) built this structure in 1902 and lived here with their large family about ... 2491 The Hiram B. Reynolds Property Fort Hood, former Building 8640 -- Walker Village Housing Area, behind (South) Comissary Bldg 58020, between Warrior Way and Central Avenue. House was razed Apr. 2015. Born in Tennessee, Hiram B. Reynolds (1858-1929) came to Texas with his parents in 1866 and lived near Sparta, a locality now absorbed into Fort ... 4349 The Major A.J. Rose House Corner of William Rose Way at Royal Street Built in 1870-72, this structure typifies the Greek Revival style with its symmetrical facade. The residence was constructed for former Confederate ... 5410 The Rev. George Washington Baines Mary Hardin-Baylor College campus, Belton (1809-1882) Renowned Baptist minister in early Texas history; president from 1861 to 1863 of Baylor University (which included what is now Mary-Hardin-Baylor ... 12584 The Rev. James E. and Fannie F. Ferguson Salado Cemetery (Old Salado Graveyard), Baines St., Salado Alabama native James Ferguson (1824-1876) became a Methodist preacher in Arkansas before moving to Texas in 1847. As a circuit rider for the next ... 22461 The Rotary Club of Temple Jackson Park, 925 N. 4th St., Temple marker pending 5434 The Texas Baptist Educational Society University of Mary Hardin-Baylor campus, E side of Moore Ave. between Wells Science Hall and W.W. Walton Chapel On October 7, 1841, at a meeting in Fayette County, Union Baptist Association Members organized the Texas Baptist Educational Society to coordinate ... 17057 Thomas Edison Dixon, M.D. Meredith Dunbar Elementary School (1890-1958) Thomas Edison Dixon, M.D., was an African-American physician committed to serving God and his community in a time dominated by white ... 5577 Twelve Oaks Center Circle, Salado Greek Revival mansion built of stone from adjacent land, for B.D. McKie, Texas doctor who fought and was wounded in Mexican and Civil Wars. Restoration ...

2849 W. Goodrich Jones (1860-1950) In Jones Park, Avenue H and 23rd Street, Temple. Known as "Father of Forestry in Texas." Came to Temple, 1888, as a banker. Planted first tree (a pecan) in town; this led to establishing Arbor Day ... 5728 Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church 407 Ave. D., Temple George Connor, a missionary elder of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church assigned to the Temple area, organized this congregation in ... 6108 Wedemeyer House NE corner E. 9th Ave. and N. Wall St. A distinctive Victorian house, associated with one of the historic private schools of Bell County. Charles H. Wedemeyer (1857-1938), a former teacher ... 5740 Wednesday Review Club 1212 Florence Rd. Organized by twelve charter members in September 1906, this organization was originally known as the Ladies Literary Society of Killeen. The name ... 5761 West Salado Cemetery On West Village Rd, just W of I-35 in Salado Located in an area populated by former slaves following the Civil War, this cemetery dates to the 1870s. The earliest documented grave is that of ... 11730 William Whitaker Reed 112 W. Central (January 23, 1816 - August 21, 1891) A native of Tennessee, William W. Reed came to Texas with his parents, Michael and Martha Reed, in 1833 and ... 14901 Willingham Cemetery Salado Willingham family members were original settlers at Salado Springs (Salado) in the early 1850s. They eventually moved a few miles west and established ... 11740 Willingham Spring Baptist Church FM 2843, 5.5 mi. W of Salado Willingham Springs Baptist Church was organized in 1911 with the aid of Brother Cullam, pastor of Prairie Dell Methodist Church. Local farmer Wilson ... 13010 Wilma Carlton Scott & White Medical Center, Brindley Circles Wilma Carlton was born in Columbus, Texas, on September 25, 1882, the first child of Mississippi natives Senie Needham and Thomas Jefferson Carlton. ... 5859 Wilson Van Dyke Resthaven Cemetery, 1 mi. S. of Belton off Conklin Rd. exit of IH 35 (Dec. 25, 1817-Aug. 3, 1881) A native of South Carolina, Wilson Van Dyke served as a member of the Somervell Expedition, which was organized in 1842 ... 6493 Woman's Study Club of Holland Kuhlmann Civic Center On January 14, 1914, a small group of local women met to organize a study club for the cultural advancement of its members. In addition ot its primary ... 5891 Woman's Wednesday Club City Hall What began in 1902 as an idea to organize a women's club with a focus on literature and history became a reality in April 1903, with formation of ... 5892 Woman's Wednesday Club of Belton 201 N. Main Founded in 1898 as a literary society with twenty-five members, the Woman's Wednesday Club is the oldest active club of its kind in Bell County. ...

17875 Yee Pat Ling Hillcrest Cemetery; Section G Yee Pat Ling (Aug. 1, 1865- Jan. 21, 1916), a Chinese immigrant, lived as a respected businessman in Temple due to his restaurant’s popularity and ... 13450 Youngsport 8 mi. S of Killeen on SH 195, then W 4 mi. on FM 2484 In January 1846, Francis L. Mudd received one-third of a league of land in this area along the Lampasas River. Four years later, the property became ...

17299 Zabcikville Northwest corner of the intersection of Airville Road and Hwy 53 (directly across the street from Green's Sausage House 16483 State Hwy 53 Temple, TX 76501 near existing mailboxes) JAN ZABCIK SR. (1810-1881), HIS WIFE, ANNA HRUSKA (1825-1900), AND DAUGHTERS JOHANNA AND KATERINA TRAVELED TO GALVESTON, TEXAS FROM MORAVIA IN 1856 ...