Historical Markers of Texas

23371 1919 Longview Race Riot At the island on the Courthouse Square, 101 E. Methvin St. The events during the summer of 1919, referred to as “Red Summer,” consisted of over 25 “anti-black riots” across the U.S. In segregated Longview, ...

9931 Allis-Chalmers Pumps 600 block of E. North St. These two early pumping units serve as historic reminders of Kilgore's development as an oil boom town. The boom era began on Dec. 28, 1930, when ... 9932 Alpine Presbyterian Church 4102 Tryon Rd. (Affiliated with Presbyterian Church, U.S.) Founded Dec. 2, 1881, by the Rev. J. DeWitt Burkhead, evangelist. Elders: L. P. and S. F. Henderson and ...

9933 Bethel Baptist Church 323 S. Court St. The Rev. Richard Perry and nine deacons organized this church in 1874. Services were held under a brush arbor on land donated by the Rev. Perry and ... 9934 Big Inch Pipeline Martin Luther King at Pittman St. Before the United States entry into World War II following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, ninety-five percent of the crude oil delivered ... 23608 Boy Scout Troop 201 marker pending marker pending 9936 Bumpus House The Gladewater Museum, on exhibit inside the building. The c. 1900 house (at 201 E. Upshur Ave.) burned Aug. 16, 2013, and the marker was moved here. This house is believed to have been built about the turn of the century. Area sawmill owner and road builder William E. Bumpus and his wife Catherine ... 23613 Butcher C. Christian Sr. marker pending marker pending

9938 Campbell "Honeymoon Home" 500 N. Second St. at Magrill St. Thomas Mitchell Campbell (1856-1923), a native of Rusk, worked in the Gregg County clerk's office in Longview before becoming a lawyer in 1878, the ... 9939 Cherokee Trace on US 80 at intersection w/FM 3272 in White Oak, 7 mi. west of Longview In 1821 near this site, Cherokee Indians blazed a trail from near Nacogdoches, Texas, to their home reservation at White River, Ark. They slashed ...

9942 Dalton Gang's Last Raid Tyler and Freedonia St. A bloody day (May 23, 1894) in early Longview. Bill Dalton, leader of armed gang presented a note for money at First National Bank. A gunfight erupted ... 18798 Danville Community On Hwy. 259 (Charles Devall Highway) east of Kilgore, about 875 ft. south of Danville Road intersection. In the right-of-way for Highway 259 east of Kilgore about 875ft south of intersection with Danville Road. Also known as New Danville, this rural community was established around 1847, and reportedly named by S. Slade Barnett and family in honor of their ... 17301 David Sutton Meredith Greenwood Cemetery is bordered on the South by Magrill St., the West by N. Fourth St., the North by Pardon St., and the East by N. Fifth St. DAVID SUTTON MEREDITH WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 2, 1869 IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA. MEREDITH CAME TO RUSK COUNTY, TEXAS IN 1891 AND MARRIED MINNIE ... 17302 David Sutton Meredith, Jr. Greenwood Cemetery is bordered on the Southy by Magrill St., the West by N. Fourth St., the North by Pardon St., and the East by N. Fifth St. David Sutton Meredith, Jr. was born in Longview on July 22, 1902. After graduating from the University of tTxas, he began practicing law in Longview ... 9943 Dean-Keener-Crim House 101 E. Lantrip St. The one-story east wing of this house, considered the oldest still standing in Kilgore, was built by S. G. Dean about 1876. After buying the structure ... 9944 Delta Drilling Company 107 E. Whaley St. In response to the East Texas oil boom, Delta Drilling Company was founded in 1931 by Bob Stacy, Sam Dorfman, and Joseph Zeppa. Originally housed ... 13281 Dr. E. L. and Nannie Lewis Walker House 214 E Commerce Edgar Lathgro Walker of Tennessee wed Nannie E. Lewis, a native of Kentucky, in 1891. The couple later brought their two young daughters, Lena and ... 11915 Driller Park S. Commerce, south of Harris Street On April 24, 1947, more than 3,100 fans celebrated the postwar return of baseball as the Kilgore Drillers played the Henderson Oilers on Driller ... 9945 Dundee Angus Ranch Home, 1859 3401 Dundee Rd. Built by a pioneer physician, Dr. J. N. Allison, who brought some materials from Virginia. Bricks made by slave labor from clay on building site. ...

10000 Early Teague Home 322 Teague St. One of few remaining houses of Earpville (early Longview). North boundary of tract on Wm. t. Brooks' stagecoach line from Monroe, La. to Tyler, Texas. ... 18800 Elmira and Aaron T. Castleberry, II southwest corner of Silver Falls Road and State Hwy 80 W, within the boundary fencing of Fisher Cemetery. The rich farming land and timber forests in what is now known as Gregg County was first settled in 1835 under the Republic of Mexico and then under ... 11916 Elmira Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church 3501 Elmira Drive Pine Tree Cumberland Presbyterian Church began sponsoring Sunday School classes in the Spring Hill Schoolhouse after 1887. The Rev. W. M. Allen began ... 9948 Everett Building 214-216 N. Freedonia St. Built in 1910 to house the Citizens National Bank, this structure is the only example of classical revival commercial architecture in Longview. Designed ...

10005 F. L. Whaley House 101 E. Whaley St. Constructed in 1871 for hardware merchant Franklin L. Whaley and his wife Mary Caroline Rogers, this was one of the earliest homes built in Longview. ... 9949 Finch Family Home 2024 E. Cotton St. Early Victorian cottage built 1898 by John Finch on site of family's log cabin. Descendents active in community life. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark ... 11917 First Baptist Church of Judson 6.4 mi. N of Longview on Spur 502, then 0.8 mi. W on FM 1844 In the 1870s the people of this community met in the Lawrenceville School for Christian worship services. Thirteen local Baptists organized their ... 9950 First Baptist Church of Kilgore 501 E. North St. On October 11, 1902, the five charter members of this congregation met and formed the Missionary Baptist Church of Kilgore. They were Mr. and Mrs. ... 9951 First Baptist Church of Longview 200 block S. freedonia at Cotton St. This congregation has been in continuous existence since 1871, when fifteen people led by the Rev. D. S. Snodgrass gathered together to form a new ... 9952 First Christian Church of Longview 720 N. 6th St. This church was organized in 1875 by 12 charter members. The congregation met in a schoolhouse until a frame sanctuary was built later that year ... 9956 First Franchised Motor Bus Line in Texas The Gladewater Museum, NE corner W. Pacific Ave. and N. Dean St. The W. E. Nunnelee Bus Lines began passenger service from Tyler to Gladewater and Mt. Pleasant in March 1925; later added buses from Tyler to Henderson ... 9953 First Methodist Church of Longview 400 N. Fredonia St. This congregation traces its history to 1845, when a one-room log meeting house was erected nearby for a church, school and town hall. The church ... 9954 First Presbyterian Church Main and Lawrence St. Organized in 1850 as Gum Spring Presbyterian Church in the rural Danville community, this congregation moved to Kilgore in 1874 and later changed ... 9955 First Presbyterian Church of Longview 301 N. Center St. This church was established by nine resident members of the Old School Southern Presbyterian Church as a mission in the new town of Longview in 1872. ... 13264 First United Methodist Church of Gladewater 208 W Quitman Developed as a railroad town in the 1870s, Gladewater grew slowly but steadily in the first decades of its existence. In 1922, twelve adults and ... 18799 Fisher Cemetery Silver Falls Rd & SH 80 Several families from Alabama moved to Texas in the early 1830s, building homes in this area and creating the community known as Pine Tree. Sometime ... 9979 Former Site of Longview High School 410 S. Green St. The first public school offering high school classes in Longview was built in 1880. A larger school building was erected in 1884 to accommodate an ... 9958 Foshee Family Homestead 409 N. Main St. Built 1890 on site purchased 1884 by William Emmett and Mary R. Foshee. He was a native of Alabama and she was a member of the pioneer Shepperd family ...

9961 General John Gregg Courthouse lawn, E. Methvin at Fredonia St. (1828-1864) Star and Wreath Born Alabama. Came to Texas 1854. Judge, Confederate congressman. Organized 7th Texas Infantry as colonel 1861. Captured ... 9960 Gladewater 1 mi. west of Gladewater on US 80 Founded 1827 as St. Clair, 3 mi. east. Moved to present site on Glade Creek and T & P Railway in 1872. Population increased from 500 to 7000 after ... 22771 Gladewater Lodge No. 852, A.F. & A.M. 215 N. Dean St. On November 15, 1900, twenty master masons, many from Longview Masonic Lodge No. 404, presented a petition to form a separate lodge. On April 19, ... 13060 Grable Cemetery 8 mi. S of Longview on FM 2011, near CR 349 M.H. Graybill acquired land here in 1888. He set aside a tract to be used as a burial ground for local African American sharecroppers and their ... 11786 Greenwood Cemetery 705 Magrill St. In 1877, J. M. Cornes purchased four acres on this site and, with county surveyor A. S. Taylor, established "the Longview Cemetery," dedicating its ... 9962 Gregg County just east of N. High St. on south side of US 80 Formed from Rusk and Upshur counties. Created April 12, 1873; organized June 28, 1873. Named in honor of General John Gregg (1828-1864). Delegate ... 9973 Gregg County Discovery Oil Well, F. K. Lathrop A-1, Aransas Fuel Oil Co. on Brent Rd., .2 mi. north of FM 2605, Tennyville Rd. After years of undaunted faith in discovery of oil in East Texas, B. A. Skipper, Sr., assembled an 8300-acre block under lease; made a deal with ... 9963 Gum Spring Presbyterian Church (New Danville) in Danville Cemetery, just off Danville Rd., 4 mi. north of Kilgore Named for nearby spring with gum log curb; organized Oct. 7, 1850, by the Rev. J. M. Becton. The 1850 roll: Mr. and Mrs. Meshack Barber, S. S. Barnett, ...

11918 Harmon General Hospital Chapel Dorothy Speer Chapel, southwest of intersection of Stegall and Harris Authorized by the U. S. Army n 1942 and named for Col. Daniel Warrick Harmon, Harmon General Hospital was in operation from November 1942 to December ...

17300 Jerusalem Baptist Church Northwest Corner of E. Cotton and 11th Streets JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE 1850s, MOST SLAVES HAD CONTACT WITH ORGANIZED CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND AFTER EMANCIPATION A GREAT NUMBER OF AFRICAN ... 9996 John Ben Shepperd 200 N. Main at Quitman St. (October 19, 1915 - March 8, 1990) A native of Gladewater, John Ben Shepperd began a law practice in Longview soon after his graduation from the ... 9997 John Ben Shepperd 2.5 miles south of Gladewater, on Country Club Rd. and old SH 135 (October 19, 1915 - March 8, 1990) Gladewater native John Ben Shepperd was appointed Texas Secretary of State in 1950. Elected attorney general in ... 9999 John Tyson Smith Greenwood Cemetery, Magrill at Fourth St. (Oct. 29, 1846 - May 15, 1916) In 1855 Alabama-born John Tyson Smith moved with his parents to Upshur County, Texas. A Confederate veteran, he settled ... 17735 Johnny Cace's Seafood and Steak House north side of SH 80 (also known as Marshall Avenue within the Longview City limits); 1/2 block west of Williams Street. This east Texas landmark established by John ”Johnny” Cace, Jr. has served the area since 1949. Johnny was the son of a Yugoslav immigrant who grew ... 9937 Judge J. N. Campbell Home Marker in storage as of Oct. 2014. Built 1872. Owned since 1885 by Judge J. N. Campbell and family. Kept open house for Texas judiciary, clery and young people. Negro string band played ...

9967 Kilgore US 259 at Kilgore St. (in traffic triangle) "Oil City of the World" Founded 1872 with coming of the I.G.N. Railroad. Named for site donor, a Confederate colonel, Constantine B. Kilgore, State ... 9968 Kilgore College Administration Building 1101 S. Henderson Blvd. (US 259) In response to the East Texas oil field boom, yet in the midst of the Great Depression, Kilgore residents voted to support the establishment of a ... 18773 Kilgore Colored and C. B. Dansby Schools Northwest corner of Bates and Douglass streets Formal education of Kilgore’s African American youth is recorded as early as 1873 through Kilgore Baptist Church. On August 27, 1906, Kilgore residents ... 9970 Kilgore High School 711 N. Longview St. Public education in Kilgore traces its history to classes held in private homes and the establishment of private institutions, most notably the Alexander ... 9971 Kilgore National Bank Building 118 S. Kilgore St. Led in the town's economic development following the 1930s oil boom. Prosperity in the midst of the Great Depression influenced the board of directors ... 9972 Kilgore Public Library 301 N. Henderson Blvd. Kilgore's first public library opened in 1933 under the direction of two local women's clubs. With funding from the Federal Public Works Administration, ...

11678 Lewis-Bivins House 208 E. College St., Longview This house was constructed in 1885 or 1895 for local merchant B. F. Lewis and his wife, E. A. Lewis. In 1905 the Lewises sold their home to James ... 9975 Liberty City 1 mi. north of I-20 on old 135-Gladewater Hwy., 4 mi. north of Kilgore Historic rural community in oil-rich Gregg County. Settled before Civil War. Has also been known as Sabine, Mount Moriah, McCrary's Chapel, Goforth ... 9977 Longview W. Marshall Ave. (US 80), south side, just east of Fisher Rd Named for "long view" from Rock Hill when surveyors laid off townsite in 1870. Incorporated June 24, 1871. Became county seat of Gregg County; also ... 9978 Longview Community Center 500 E. Whaley St. Soon after organizing in 1934 Longview's federation of Women's Clubs began raising funds for a community center. The Federation produced matching ... 9980 Longview Junction 901 E. Pacific St. This community originated in the 1870s with the junction of the Texas & Pacific and International & Great Northern Railroad tracks. Churches, residences, ... 12759 Longview Municipal Building and Central Fire Station 100 E. Cotton St. Longview Municipal Building and Central Fire Station The city of Longview was incorporated in 1871, and there is evidence of a volunteer fire department ... 17982 Longview Train Depot Building is located on the north side of Pacific Avnue, just off Mobberly Avenue immediately south of the Mobberly railroad underpass. The marker will be located on the building, either in the open-air waiting area or at the main entrance on the south side of the building. With railroad expansion headed west, O.H. Methvin deeded 150 acres to Southern Pacific Railroad in 1870. In 1871, Longview became the westward terminus ... 16967 Longview Womack High School Gum Street at Boyd BUILT IN 1930 ON GUM STREET, LONGVIEW NEGRO HIGH SCHOOL SERVED AS A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS. IN 1946, IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND ... 9940 Lou Della Crim Home 201 N. Longview St. This bungalow style residence was constructed in 1920 for Lou Della (Thompson) Crim (b. 1868), on the former site of the Hearne Hotel. The farm she ...

9965 Martin Hays Grace Hill Cemetery, US 80 at Tyler St. (1883-1958) Respected Longview citizen. Married Clara Harris, daughter of Gregg County pioneer family. Active in civic affairs, first elected to ... 13856 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery NW of Kilgore, off SH 135 on Mt. Pleasant Rd, 0.5 mi. S of IH-20 At the close of the Civil War, local African Americans, newly freed from slavery, formed the Mt. Pleasant Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. The ...

17734 New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Gladewater After emancipation, the organization of churches by former slaves formed not only a house for worship but also a center for the economic, political ... 9984 New Providence Cemetery at Magnolia St. This cemetery was associated with the New Providence Missionary Baptist Church, which was founded in the 1880s. The first documented burial was of ... 9985 Northcutt House 313 S. Fredonia St. This residence was constructed in 1902 by the Rev. W. B. Allen for Dr. William Davis Northcutt (1861-1931). A prominent Longview physician and mayor ... 9947 Noted Texas Leader, Developer, Conservationist, Carl L. Estes foyer of the "Longview News" (1896-1967) One of America's giants of journalism. Newsboy, reporter, advertising manager, foreign correspondent, editor-publisher. Born in New Market, ... 23931 Noyes House 1201 Brook Dr. This Meadowbrook Addition home, designed by architect Charles T. Freelove, was built in 1939. The first residents were Alvin Peter “A.P.” (1899-1965) ...

9982 O. H. Methvin Greenwood Cemetery, Magrill at 4th St. (March 10, 1815 - February 9, 1882) Georgia native O. H. Methvin came to Texas about 1848 with his wife Margaret and his father, Richard R. Methvin. ... 9981 O. H. Methvin, Sr., Founder of Longview Courthouse lawn, e. Methvin at Fredonia About 1848, O. H. Methvin (1815-1882) and his father Richard came to Texas from Georgia. O. H. Methvin bought about 1,200 acres in East Texas, including ... 9959 Old Fredonia Townsite 0.6 mi. W of city limits, cor of IH-20 and FM 2087. Replaced 1967 marker of same name. The community of Fredonia was founded by Haden Edwards, a land grantee who contracted in 1825 with the Mexican government to establish 800 families ... 9987 Oliver H. Pegues Grace Hill Cemetery, US 80 at Tyler St. (November 27, 1847 - March 30, 1937) Descendant of a Huguenot family who migrated to america in 1736, Oliver H. Pegues came to Texas with his parents ...

9986 Peatown Christian Church take IH-20 west for 10 mi., then 4 mi. south on FM 2011 This church traces its history to a Disciples of Christ congregation (Christian Union Church) organized near Camden in 1852. When that church disbanded ... 9988 Pine Tree Cumberland Presbyterian Church 1850 Pine Tree Rd. (FM 1845) Organized in 1847. First church in Gregg County; one of oldest in Texas in continuous service. Named for large pine tree (now removed) under which ... 13059 Pleasant Green Baptist Church 9270 FM 349 Following the Civil War, emancipated slaves established the Freedmen's community of Pleasant Green. On December 20, 1871, pastors Henry Moses and ... 9989 Point Pleasant US 80 (in front of Municipal Bldg.) From about 1850 until 1871, a post office, which served the Point Pleasant community, operated near this site. The area was known as Gilead under ... 16968 Post Oak Christian Methodist Episcopal Church south side of FM 2906 at approximately ten miles southeast of Longview DURING RECONSTRUCTION, AFRICAN AMERICANS LIVING IN THE AREA FORMED COMMUNITIES AND CHURCHES. MANY OF THESE CHURCHES SERVED AS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP ... 18259 Preachers Hill southeast corner of N. Fredonia and Conway streets Known to its residents as Preachers Hill and named when Bethel Temple Church was founded in 1920, this African American neighborhood was established ...

18257 Red Oak Missionary Baptist Church 2717 S. MLK Jr. Blvd In 1875, a group of freed African Americans founded a church south of the Longview townsite. Sallie Rollins donated land for Red Oak Grove Baptist ... 17733 Rembert-Harrison House NE corner S. Fredonia and E. College streets Frank Taylor Rembert (1853-1926) was born in Copiah County, Mississippi. In 1872 he came to Texas, where he had relatives and a job with the Houston ... 22595 Robert A. McLain House NW corner of Magrill and 2nd streets. Marker pending. marker pending 9974 Robert Gilmour LeTourneau LeTourneau University campus, near entrance (November 30, 1888 - June 1, 1969) A native of Richford, Vermont, Robert G. LeTourneau built his first industrial plant in Stockton, California, ... 9991 Rock Springs Schoolhouse 4.5 mi. south of Gladewater on Old Kilgore Rd. (Old 135) by Rock Springs Cemetery Built 1849, with donated labor and lumber. One-teacher school was taught here until 1930's. First teacher was J. C. Vernon. First trustees: Thomas ... 9992 Rockwall Farm on US 80 (northside) about 2 mi. west of downtown Longview Large colonial home built 50 yards north, 1854. Overnight stop on Wm. T. Brooks' stagecoach line from Monroe, La., to Tyler. From here, mail went ... 9993 Rosedale Cemetery on US 80 at Loop 485 When John Kettle Armstrong and his wife Sarah bought 160 acres here in 1844, they were among the first settlers. Sarah died in 1856 and Armstrong ...

16564 Sabine River Off Shore Wells 3711 SH 42, at the entrance of Riverside RV Park The vast East Texas oilfield was discovered in October 1930, and wells were soon located across the field in five Texas counties. Drilling was expanded ... 9994 Saint Mark C. M. E. Church 1100 Sapphire St. First known as St. Mark Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, this congregation was organized by former slaves about 1867. Worship services were held ... 18258 Sherman Chapel Missionary Baptist Church 7967 US Hwy 259 N Following emancipation, many African American congregations were founded in East Texas in the 1870s. As freedmen, they wanted their own places to ... 9998 Shiloh Baptist Church 3.5 mi. north of White Oak on FM 3272 to Jamerson Rd., .5 mi. north to church According to local tradition former slave Butcher Christian, and noted post-Civil War church organizer the Rev. John Baptist established this church ... 9930 Site of Alexander Institute 315 E. North St. Before the establishment of public schools, education was provided by small private academies such as the Alexander Institute. a successor to the ... 9946 Site of Earpville 1107 E. Marshall Ave. This site was once within the boundary of the community of Earpville, settled in the late 1840s by James Earp (d. 1861) and many of his relatives ... 9964 Site of Harmon General Hospital at entrance to Le Tourneau College, 2100 S. Mobberly Ave. Established here by the United States Army in 1942, Harmon General Hospital was named for Colonel Daniel W. Harmon (1880-1940), a medical officer ... 14907 Site of James S. Hogg Newspaper 102 N. Fredonia Texas' first native governor (1891-1895), James Stephen Hogg, founded here in 1871 his first newspaper, the Longview News. He was then 20 years old. ... 11919 Site of Shiloh School Shiloh Rd., S side, 0.2 mi. E of E. Mountain Rd. (1.3 mi. W of FM 1845) The newly freed African Americans of the Shiloh community established a school for their children shortly after the Civil War. The one-room building ... 16565 St. Anthony Catholic Church E corner of N. Sixth Street and Olive Street In 1880, St. Anthony parish was established in longview with circuit-riding priests providing church services. In 1884, a frame structure was built, ... 9995 St. Luke's United Methodist Church 401 E. Main The Kilgore Methodist Society was organized in 1873 after many residents of New Danville (4 mi. NE) moved to Kilgore, founded in 1872 after the railroad ... 16965 Summerfield Methodist Church Longview, 7078 Tryon Rd. SUMMERFIELD METHODIST CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1869 ON LAND DONATED BY PARSON B.W. BROWN WHO WAS ALSO LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMATION OF GREGG COUNTY. ...

17983 Temple Emanu-El Eden Dr., N side between Oliver Ave. and Marguerite Dr. During the early 1900s oil boom, many Jewish families settled in northeast Texas. Longview’s Temple Emanu-El (God is with us) has its origins in ... 9941 The Courthouses of Gregg County Gregg County Courthouse grounds, south side facing Methvin Street Gregg County was formed in 1873 and Longview was chosen as county seat. The first temporary courthouse was a small building at the corner of Fredonia ... 12967 The Grove 600 block of N. Green The Grove The Grove was a natural timber stand within what became Longview in 1870. Tradition holds that the area's freedmen gathered in the Grove ... 9969 The Kilgore I&GN-Missouri Pacific Railroad Station 201 N. Commerce The town of Kilgore was platted by the International Railroad Company after it purchased land for a townsite from C. B. "Buck" Kilgore, who had donated ... 9983 The New Deal Era in Kilgore 600 E. North St. After the discovery of oil here in the 1930s, this site was transformed into a makeshift tent city by thousands of people displaced by a deepening ... 23611 Trinity Episcopal Church of Longview 906 Padon Street WHEN LONGVIEW WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1871, THE FEW EPISCOPALIANS WHO MOVED TO THE CITY NEEDED SPIRITUAL DIRECTION, AND THE DIOCESE DESIGNATED THE AREA ... 10001 Turner Home 503 E. Methvin St. Built in 1874, two years after town was established. A fireplace in each room, a stairway of carved walnut. Builder J. C. Turner, Sr., was first ...

23610 Utzman Farm House 602 W. South St. This 1938 house in the American minimal traditional style is one of the few extant homes of this type in Gregg County. It was built by Marvin (1894-1977) ...

10002 Wartime Home Industry on SH 300 (2700 Gilmer Rd.) at Green Oak At this site, 1861-65, settler Joseph M. sparkman manufactured shoes for the Confederate Army. A victim of arthritis, he lay on his cot and ran the ... 24310 Weldon School marker pending marker pending 11920 White Oak Baptist Church 117 White Oak Road Formally organized in 1910, White Oak Baptist Church traces its history to an earlier congregation founded in the sawmill town in 1889. Pastor Robert ... 11921 White Oak Independent School District 200 S. White Oak Road The small community of White Oak grew up around a one-room school built in the 1880s. After the first school building burned in 1885, local families ... 24416 White's Drive-In and Motel marker pending marker pending 10003 Winterfield Cemetery 2615 Tryon Rd. This cemetery began on the farm purchased in 1879 by July G. and Martha Howard Garner. Land was set aside for a family cemetery upon the deaths of ... 10004 Winterfield Methodist Church 2616 Tryon Rd. This church traces its origin to Methodist camp meetings held here in the farm community of Winterfield as early as the 1870s. The site of the camp ... 10007 World's Richest Acre Main and Commerce Part of fabulous East Texas oil field discovered in 1930. This 1.195-acre tract had first production on June 17, 1937, when the Mrs. Bess Johnson-Adams ...