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11151 200 Feet North to Site of Hardin County Discovery Well FM 770, N side between Rosier Park Rd. and Hooks Rd. Marker reported missing Dec. 1972. At this site in 1901 the first oil well in Hardin County was brought in at a depth of 995 feet by J. B. (Ben) Hooks and brothers H. A. (Bud), J. ...

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11148 Batson Prairie School & Church and Guedry Cemetery 2.5 mi. south of Batson via FM 770, south to cemetery road Batson Prairie and the present day town of Batson were named for the pioneer Batson family who settled in this area by the 1840s. Matilda Guedry ... 15931 Bozeman Graveyard Above Y intersection of Bonner and Railroad Streets

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11930 Courthouses of Hardin County Hardin County Courthouse grounds, near entrance facing W. Monroe St. (SH 326) Hardin County was created in 1858. The first official Hardin County building was probably a two-story log building that burned about 1886. Early ...

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18074 David Choate Jr. Leatherwood Cemetery, off Leatherwood Drive David Choate Jr. was born in Louisiana in 1811. He moved with his family to Texas and later joined a group of Beaumont volunteers and fought in the ...

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11714 Felps Cemetery 7.8 miles northwest of Saratoga on FM 787, then 1/2 mile west on dirt road This cemetery developed on land granted to Christian Hopfield by Mirabeau B. Lamar and the Republic of Texas in 1841. Hopfield sold the land to A. ... 11931 First Baptist Church of Kountze US 69/SH 326 intersection The Baptist Church of Hardin was organized in 1860 with Pastor D. W. Jordan. When the railroad bypassed Hardin (then the county seat) in 1881, area ... 16777 First Baptist Church of Silsbee 350 Hwy 96 South In 1903, this congregation first worshiped in a railroad car in the newly developed rail and sawmill town of Silsbee. Twelve charter members officially ... 17097 First Missionary Baptist Church 625 North Second Street, Silsbee FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH JOHN HENRY KIRBY AND NATHANIEL SILSBEE BEGAN DEVELOPING THE TIMBER RESOURCES OF EAST TEXAS AND BUILT A RAILROAD FROM ... 11152 First United Methodist Church of Kountze US 69 and SH 326 The town of Kountze developed in the 1880s, after the Texas and New Orleans Railroad was built through this area. The county seat, which had previously ... 15499 First United Methodist Church of Silsbee 670 N. 5th Street Methodist worship services began in Silsbee as part of a mission effort in 1901, when the community was a company town, a part of the lumbering and ... 11150 Former Townsite of Concord Leatherwood Cemetery: From Hwy 96 North turn right onto Cooks Lake Road, then turn left onto Leatherwood. Leatherwood makes a very slight bend, to the left, and the cemetery will be on the right hand side of the road. First town in Hardin County. Established in 1858 at a strategic crossing from Beaumont to points north. Original name was Benton. Rapidly became ...

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11149 General Braxton Bragg, C. S. A. Museum of Hardin County, S. Maple St., W side between E. Brown and E. Main streets (1817-1876) American military leader honored in this county in name of an early town (12 mi. W). Born in North Carolina, Bragg was in Texas in 1840s ... 13208 Ghost Road: The Big Thicket Light about 1 mile N of Saratoga, at intersection of FM 787 and Ghost Rd Ghost Road runs arrow straight through territory that was once thicket, cypress brake, baygalls and lobolly pines. It began as the bed of a branch ...

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11154 Hardin County Hardin County Courthouse grounds, near entrance facing W. Monroe St. (SH 326) Created January 22, 1858. Organized August 9, 1858. Named in honor of the Hardins of Liberty County. Five brothers-- Benjamin Watson, Augustine Blackburn, ... 11155 Hardin-Concord Road US 69, 0.3 miles north of the intersection with West Chance Cut-Off Road on the east side of the highway. Replaced in 2011. In use from 1859 to about 1900, this historic roadway is one of the oldest area landmarks. It accommodated wagon and horseback travel between early ... 11932 Hart-Herrington Cemetery 7.8 mi. N of Kountze on US 69; 1.7 mi. E on FM 420 William Henry Hart was born in Georgia in March 1804. Hampton Jackson Herrington was born in the same state in 1817. Hart married Sarah Granberry ... 11156 Harvey Houses of Silsbee east side of S 4th St, between Ave. H and railroad tracks Laid out in 1894 as a sawmill town, Silsbee became a stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in 1902. By the end of that year a depot was built, and three ... 11157 Hooks Abstract Company behind Courthouse Established in 1902, the Hooks Abstract Company is thought to be the oldest continuously operating business in Hardin County. Named for its major ... 11159 Hooks Cemetery 6 mi. S of Kountze on Hooks Cemetery Rd., off US 69 North Carolina native William Hooks (1818-1894) lived in Florida and Georgia before moving to Texas in 1849. He settled here on his survey in 1852. ...

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11160 Jackson Family Cemetery from FM 326 & SH 105 Juc. go N on FM 326 then left on Crosby to Brown; right on Brown one block then left; take next left to end of gravel road Stephen Jackson (1803-1860), a settler in the Lorenzo de Zavala colony, was granted one league (4,428 acres) of land in this area in 1835. Jackson ...

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11162 Kaiser Burnout Local road off FM 943, 17 mi. NW of Jct. of FM 943 & 1003 (3.3 miles south) Sizable area of Big Thicket gutted by fire during Civil War. Created (1865) when Confederate militia under Capt. James Kaiser burned ... 11933 Kirby-Hill House 210 W. Main St. Designed by Frank T. Smith of Beaumont and built in 1902, this was the home of James L. (1844-1922) and Martha Slater (1840-1907) Kirby. James Kirby ... 15752 Knupple Cemetery Cemetery Road between Highway 96 and Knupple Rd August Knupple, a Prussian who came to Texas in 1846 to farm, established this cemetery on his property around 1870. The earliest marked grave, dating ... 13976 Kountze Baptist College US 69, .5 mi N of FM 418 Kountze Baptist College (also known as Jermany College) served African American students in the area for nearly two decades. In 1910, the Trinity ... 11163 Kountze Church of Christ US 69 N, Kountze This congregation was established in 1886, one year before Kountze was named Hardin County Seat. First services were held in the Masonic Hall and ...

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13401 Lance Rosier East of Saratoga on FM 770 at entrance of Big Thicket Field Research Station The Big Thicket National Preserve exists today in large part due to the efforts of a few dedicated individuals who took up the causes of conservation ...

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17169 Oilfield Cemetery In the old oilfield, about one-quarter mile; South of SH 770 on the east side of Cotten Road, also called Rosier Park Road, a dirt road which leads to the historic Teel Cemetery and to the Lance Rosier unit in the Big Thicket Preserve A SMALL GROUP OF BIG THICKET PIONEERS SETTLED HERE IN THE MID-1800s TO WORK FARMS AND RUN HOGS IN THE ALMOST LIMITLESS FOREST. ONE OF THE EARLIEST ... 11153 Old Hardin off FM 326, 3 mi. south of Kountze Founded 1859 as first county seat of Hardin County, created in 1858. Prospered until bypassed by Sabine & East Texas Railroad in 1881. A fire of ...

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11164 Pine Lodge # 642, A. F. & A. M. Corner of N. Main & Maple St., Kountze Organized in September 1886, and chartered in December of that year, the Pine Lodge drew its original thirteen members from all over Hardin County. ... 11165 Pine Ridge Baptist Church FM 421, 2 mi. E of FM 326 at Pine Ridge Baptist The founders of the Pine Ridge community came here to settle during the 1840s, soon after Texas was admitted to statehood. The Rev. David M. Jordan ...

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12882 Richard E. Jackson 7 mi. N of Kountze on US 69 at FM 420, Big Thicket National Preserve Visitors' Center Richard E. Jackson Conservationist Richard E. Jackson was born August 12, 1880, in Leary, Georgia. In 1886, he came with his parents to Jasper, Texas, ...

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11166 Silsbee Ice Plant Ice House Museum & Cultural Center The Silsbee Ice, Light, and Power Co., bought by Gulf States Utility Co. in 1926, grew rapidly after relocating to this structure in 1930. With a ... 12666 Sour Lake, C.S.A. Alma M. Carpenter Public Library Early-day health resort, with baths that attracted such Texans as Gen. Sam Houston. The healing waters had been used for years by the Indians. One ... 11161 Stephen Jackson Alma M. Carpenter Public Library (1803-1860) Born in South Carolina, Stephen Jackson moved to Lorenzo de Zavala's colony in Texas in 1831. He received a labor of land (177 acres) ...

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11168 Teel Cemetery 2.5 mi South of FM 770 Saratoga on Regal Rd. Alabama native Richard Teel (1833-1918) came to East Texas in the 1850s. He married Nancy A. Hart (1842-1900) in 1858 and they settled here. When ...

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18191 Waldo Mathews High School Avenue G, southside At the turn of the 20th century, Silsbee became a very busy mill town due to the success of the railroad connecting Silsbee and Beaumont. Many jobs ...