Historical Markers of Texas

10932 A Century of the Methodist Church Magnolia and First St. Methodists of Hearne organized their church in Nov. 1870 with the Rev. Horace Bishop as pastor. In 1884 the Rev. Seth Ward became pastor. A church ... 10896 Adams-White Place 1105 Magnolia St. Built 1896 by Horatio ("Rashe") Adams, noted citizen and public relations man in Washington, D. C. The contractor was A. A. White. After 1911, the ... 10898 Allen Hardware Store 3rd and Magnolia Built 1872 on land purchased from International Railroad Company by Drew and Holt of Hearne. After ownerships by Jas. Ferguson, w. T. Watt, R. A. ... 16129 Andrew (Rube) Foster Payne-Kemp Park, Cottonwood at Kezee streets (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) Calvert native Rube Foster was a pioneer player, manager and executive in baseball’s Negro Leagues. The son ...

10900 Bald Prairie Cemetery FM 979 and Fm 2096 junction A leading citizen, Elijah Rains (1813-1889), who came to Texas from Tennessee in 1848, gave this burial ground to the public. Duck Creek people soon ... 10901 Bald Prairie Church of Christ FM 979 and FM 2096 Organized in 1847, this fellowship worshiped with members of the Baptist church until the groups separated in 1849. A log structure served the 15 ... 10902 Barton Home Mitchell & Maple St. After her home north of Calvert was destroyed by fire, Minnie Walker Burnitt Barton, widow of plantation owner Francis Davis Barton, built this structure ... 12691 Big Brazos Bridge On HW 50 in Mumford, marker reported missing Iron Pillars Marking West End of Old Brazos River Bridge (about 2 mi. W of Mumford) An 1895 engineering victory--longest Brazos bridge in the era--spanning ... 10903 Brazos Manufacturing Company, C. S. A. east city limits on FM 391 Established in 1863 on a Brazos River tributary. Intended to make flour and cloth of cotton and wool. Chartered by 9th Texas Legislature in all-out ... 11694 Bremond 117 S. Main St. Part of the 1841 Mary Peterson grant, the land on this site was sold to William Baker and a group of investors in 1869. The investors immediately ...

23483 Calvert Colored High School Just east of the front door Built in 1929 with aid from the Rosenwald School Fund, Calvert County Training School, later renamed Calvert Colored High School, was one of the ... 18950 Calvert Jewish Cemetery Calvert Jewish Cemetery. NE corner Hanna St. (Mitchell St.) and Franklin Rd. (FM 1644) Between 1820 and 1924, Jewish immigrants fled to the United States to escape economic hardship, religious persecution, and political and social ... 10909 Camp Creek Cemetery take US 79 E, then FM 1940 S, then CR 324 to cemetery, approx. 9 mi. -- 14755 Camp Hearne, World War II Prisoner of War Camp Hearne 10939 Captain Henry Reed 6 mi. east of Calvert Participated in the Battle of San Jacinto and later in 1836 commanded a volunteer company. Born in Tennessee November 10, 1800; died November 11, ... 10910 Casimir Drugstore 512 Main St. (Hwy. 6) Sometime after 1869, Jean Pierre Casimir (d. 1929), native of Toulouse, France, built this structure. His family operated drugstore here until 1949. ... 10913 Church of the Epiphany Elm and Gregg Organized June 6, 1870, by Bishop Gregg. Oldest church edifice erected in Calvert; has been used continuously since parish was founded. Fine wood ... 10914 Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Building Hanna and Main (Hwy. 6) Built 1868 by James S. Hanna, for a general store. Owned 1870-1871 by a Battle of San Jacinto veteran, the Rev. Robt. Crawford. Bought 1872 by J. ... 10930 City of Hearne 3rd and Cedar St. Situated on land originally granted (1830) to Francisco Ruiz, commander of Fort Tenoxtitlan. The first settler, S. Code Brown, operated a tavern, ... 10915 Cobb's Market 517 Main St. Original meat market here in 1868 was remodeled into present Victorian building of handmade brick in 1878, by Mrs. Ella Oscar. Original fixtures ... 14329 Colored Graveyard in the Old Town of Hearne Wheelock Street, in the middle of the street between Willow and Cypress streets This cemetery, now represented by a single grave, was a burial site for African Americans residents of the area. According to folklore, it originated ...

10928 Dr. Benjamin F. Hammond Calvert -- 10916 Dunn Cemetery from Wheelock, SH 391 southwest to FM 304 to FM 302. Northwest to CR 301/Pryor Lane. Private property. Started in pioneer era on land of James and Isabella Caufield Dunn, who with 8 other families came from Ireland to America in 1821, living first ...

10919 Ebenezer Hearne Cemetery Hearne Located adjacent to the former mansion site of "Estate Place Plantation," owned by Ebenezer and Minerva Walker Hearne, this burial area contains ... 15890 Ebenezer Hearne Cemetery Hearne 10933 Edward McMillan Camp Creek Cemetery, 8 mi. east of Franklin A San Jacinto veteran. Born in Ireland, 1814; died in 1865. His wife, Ann Marjorie McQuiston McMillan; born in Tennessee, died in 1879. 10908 El Camino Real E. Old San Antonio Road Also known as Old San Antonio Road and Old Spanish Trail A trail of adventure, hardships, opportunity and freedom, over which history stalked into ...

11757 First Baptist Church of Bremond 705 S. Austin Local lore dates the origin of this church to 1865; however, the earliest written source indicates that a Bremond Baptist Church was in existence ... 10921 First Baptist Church of Calvert Elm and Burnett As early as 1835, Baptists were worshipping in this area. In 1868, when Calvert was founded, Houston & Texas Central Railroad donated lots for a ... 10922 First Baptist Church of Hearne Davis and Magnolia Organized April 18, 1869, as "Hearne Station Baptist Church," with 11 charter members. After great revivals under the Rev. "Major" Penn, and gift ... 10923 First Presbyterian Church Beech and Barton Built at Sterling before Civil War, on land of Judge Robert Calvert, Texas legislator and descendant of Lord Baltimore (Maryland colonizer). Leaded ... 10906 Former Calvert Courthouse between Burnett and Hanna Most imposing public building in early Robertson County. After becoming county seat in 1870, Calvert lost many leaders in 1873 yellow fever epidemic. ... 10924 Franklin Hwy. 79 and FM 46 This community was established in 1872 and named Morgan for a railroad official. Located on the right-of-way of the International Railway Company, ... 10925 Franklin Carnegie Library Decker and Owensville St. The city of Franklin housed a library of 1,000 volumes in its City Hall before 1913. In February that year, Franklin Mayor R. M. Cole (1848-1931) ... 10926 Franklin Cemetery SW corner South St. and FM 46/Henry Prairie Rd. The community of Franklin was originally established in 1872, and named Morgan for an official of the International Railway Company. By 1879 the ... 15557 Franklin North and South Cemetery South St., S side between Calvert and Center streets The earliest marked stone here (1867) predates Franklin's founding. The site served as a final resting place for members of the area's African American ...

10957 General Walter Washington Williams Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 4 mi. east of Franklin via FM 2446 Reputed to have been last surviving soldier of the Civil War (1861-1865). Born in Ittawamba County, Miss., Williams (Nov. 14, 1842 - Dec. 19, 1959) ... 10927 Grace United Methodist Church 317 S. Austin This congregation was founded in 1868 as the Bremond Methodist Episcopal Church, South, with the Rev. John R. White serving as pastor. The earliest ... 15086 Greater Riverside Cemetery Hearne This cemetery has served the African-American community in Hearne and the old town of Hearne since 1894. The area was originally settled by farmers, ...

17197 Heards Prairie Cemetery FM 2293 HEARDS PRAIRIE CEMETERY AN 1841 INDIAN AMBUSH IN THIS VICINITY, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIFE OF MAJOR G. W. HEARD, GAVE HEARDS PRAIRIE ITS NAME. LATER ... 10912 Home Area of Chinese Farmers Hanna and Main St. (Hwy. 6) Imported from Asia about 1874 to help in cotton fields, these exotic workers wore queues and attracted much notice. At least 24 families were brought ... 10931 Howard House 404 Gregg St. This Eastlake style cottage was constructed by Mrs. S. M. Howard (d. 1932) in 1897, one year after she purchased the property from her sister-in-law ...

10949 Isaac Phillip Stem Wesley Chapel Cemetery, 16 mi. north of Franklin on FM 979 north of Bald Prairie community (1819-1893) Tennessee native Isaac Phillip Stem enlisted in the Western Frontier Service in that state in 1836. In October 1836 he moved to Texas ...

10897 Jacques Adoue Building 506 Main St. Relic of colorful career of Jacques Adoue (1851-1906), youngest of three French brothers who came to Texas (1860s) to become Calvert, Dallas, and ... 10904 Joseph and Catherine Bartula St. Mary's Cemetery, FM 2854 and FM 2413 Born in Poland, Joseph (1840-1919) and Catherine (1841-1907) Bartula overcame many hardships after migrating to Texas in 1873. They became the first ...

13024 Katy Hamman Stricker Library 404 E Mitchell In 1868, Robert Calvert and other local farmers urged the Houston & Texas Central Railroad to build through the area. The city of Calvert became ...

18253 Love High School Bremond T.W. Parker founded Bremond Colored High School in 1920 to educate young African Americans in the Bremond area. Professor Charles Love, principal ...

10934 Mistrot-Adoue House Pine and Mitchell This house was built in the 1870s by Henry B. Mistrot or Bertrand Adoue. Mistrot was a partner in business with Adoue's brother Jacques. The two-story ...

10935 Nesbitt Cemetery and Beck Prairie Baptist Church 8 mi. south of Bremond on FM 46, then 1 mi. west on CR 127 to cemetery Beck Prairie is believed to have been named after Tennessee native Absalom Beck, a farmer here in 1850. The name changed to Nesbitt when postal officials ... 11754 New Baden at New Baden Post Office Founded by German, Prussian, and Swiss immigrants in 1881, New Baden was named for the German town of Baden-Baden. The immigrants built a central ... 18488 New Hope Missionary Baptist Church FM 391, west of intersection with CR 303 (Hughes Cut Off Road) Originally located in the woods west of the Spring Creek Settlement, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church was established in the 1800s. In the 1890s, ... 11755 Norwood Cemetery SE corner Peel St. and Moss Ave. Though the oldest known grave on this site was made for Mary Stroud Bolton in 1870, the year it was deeded to the City of Hearne, stories persist ...

10907 Old Calvert Foundry and Manufacturing Company 502 Main St Founded about 1870 as one of Calvert's first industries. The building is of county-made brick; iron facade came from St. Louis. Iron ore from local ... 10911 Old Cavitt House FM 391, 0.5 mi. west of FM 46 Republic of Texas homestead established when log cabin was built, 1836. Main house of hand finished lumber, begun in 1842, completed in present form ... 18765 Old Franklin 300 Yds. East on US 79, reported damaged by tornado 7.3.19

13851 Paul Bremond 402 Main St The city of Bremond is named for the noted financier and railroad builder Paul Bremond (1810-85). A native of New York, where he apprenticed in the ... 10940 Philen House 604 Magnolia --

10938 Randolph-Field Place 800 China One of Calvert's earliest houses, Greek revival in style. Built about 1871 by George F. Randolph, local merchant, said to have been a kinsman of ... 9836 Rev. Robert Crawford Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon Rd. (CR 133), 7 mi. NE of Calvert. Grave is in the west corner of the cemetery; take a left from the entrance. A veteran of San Jacinto and a Methodist minister. Born in South Carolina in 1815. Died December 5, 1888. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 10899 Robert Cyrus Allen Home 402 Cedar St. (1871-1933) Had this Victorian residence built in 1900 as a wedding present for his bride Florence (Blair). A prominent area merchant, banker, and ... 16082 Robertson County Picnic area 1.1 mi. E. of Franklin, west of CR 376 (E. Boone Prairie Road). Inscription plate from 1965, front seal reported missing. Settled by people from Tennessee under an 1822 contract heldby Sterling Clack Robertson (1785-1842), who later signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. ... 10943 Robertson County Courthouse Courthouse Grounds, Center St. Erected in 1882 at a cost of $30,000, this white limestone building is the fourth to serve as Robertson County Courthouse. In 1879 the county seat ...

10941 Sheriff Bob Reeves Franklin Cemetery. Marker reported missing Mar. 2009. (Jan. 26, 1895 - Nov. 30, 1957) Born at Ridge, Texas. Served 1937-1951 as sheriff of Robertson County, and attracted statewide notice when he directed ... 13404 Shiloh Baptist Church SE of Franklin on FM 2446 The noted Baptist missionary Z.N. Morrell and others formed the Trinity River Association in this area in 1848. On August 5, 1854, in the community ... 23872 Shiloh Cemetery 10057 Shiloh Cemetery Road. This cemetery served as the burial ground for early settlers to Robertson County. Stancil (1792-1851) and Millicent (Reed) Cobb (1793-1864) purchased ... 10920 Site of Elmo Baptist Church SE corner FM 1644 and CR 125 (Elmo Rd.), in residential front yard on private property. S.W. Cox started a Sunday School at the Elmo schoolhouse (125 ft. SE) in 1899. Later that year, with the help of the Rev. R.M. Crawford, a Baptist ... 10917 Site of Extinct Town of Hammond 6 mi. north of Calvert via SH 6 Dr. Ben F. Hammond moved here from Alabama in 1853 and built a plantation home about a mile to the west. Neighbors included James Love and Robert ... 10918 Site of Harvey Massacre 5 mi. N (one mile west) At this site one Sunday night in November 1836, the family of John Harvey was attacked by an Indian raiding party. Harvey, his wife, ... 10936 Site of Owensville junction of FM 979 and FM 46 Robertson County's third county seat was located here, 1855-69, on land given by D. H. Love (1816-66). The town was Owensville, named for Harrison ... 10947 Sneed Memorial Methodist Church Beech and Mitchell St. This congregation, organized in 1869 as the Calvert Methodist Church, built its first sanctuary on this site in 1872. Among the early pastors were ... 10944 St. Mary's Catholic Church FM 2954 and FM 2413 Founded 1876 to serve Poles settling in Bremond that decade. First church, built 1879, since 1908 (date of this edifice) has been parish school. ... 12590 St. Paul United Methodist Church southwest corner of FM 979 (Browning St.) and MLK Jr. St. (was Pecan St.) This congregation organized in 1872 as St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church, North. After their first church building burned, members of St. Paul ... 10945 St. Phillips Episcopal Cedar and First St. W. B. Wadsworth (1843-1916) and J. G. Wilkerson (1847-1903) moved their families to the Hearne area from Matagorda. With their help, this church ... 10948 Staggers Point 1 mi. east from Benchley on the OSR Hwy. (SH 6) Earliest large community in Robertson's colony. Settled by Irishmen who came to America in 1821; lived in South Carolina and then in Alabama; and ... 10950 Sterling Cemetery 2 mi. west of Calvert via FM 979 to CR 116 Burial place of some 400 Texas pioneers and descendants. On land granted (1835) to A. J. Webb; bought in 1850 by Judge Robert Calvert, a civic leader ... 10951 Stricker-Sneed House 503 Pin Oak Victorian house built in 1900 by Herman L. and Katy Stricker, business, civic, social leaders. Stricker was a jeweler; his wife, daughter of Confederate ... 10952 Suggs Cemetery 4 mi. east of Hearne via FM 391, then south on county road. Marker reported missing Mar. 2017. Calvin A. Suggs and his family came to Texas from Georgia in the late 1860s. They settled in this area about 1868, and Suggs purchased eighty acres ...

10937 The Parish Carriage House 608 Hanna St. In 1892 wealthy merchant, cotton buyer, and banker L. H. Parish (1846-1924) and his wife Mattie bought this property. Soon they erected this carriage ... 10953 Thompson Cemetery 2.5 mi. north of Bald Prairie via FM 979 to CR 478 A native of North Carolina, Benjamin Rush Thompson (1811-1880) migrated to Milam County in the Republic of Texas in 1841. Thompson was a Mason and ... 10905 Town of Calvert Burnett and Main St. Swarming ox-carts and cotton wagons, busy stores and saloons, casino tables stacked with gold: this was early Calvert, a major cotton export and ...

10954 Virginia Field Park Burnett St. between Pin Oak and Maple in park Land given to Calvert 1868 for use as a park by the Houston & Texas Central Railroad. Co. C, 4th Texas Inf. Regt., Hood's Texas Brigade, under Major ...

10955 Walnut Creek Cemetery 7 mi. east of Bremond via FM 2293 to Redbank Creek Rd. The Walnut Creek community was established in the 1850s with the arrival of several farming families. J. Grant Taylor came as a child to this area ... 10956 Wheelock FM 391 and FM 46 Founded in 1833 by Colonel E. L. R. Wheelock, soldier, lawyer and educator. One of the organizers of Robertson's colony. Captain of Texas Rangers. ... 11756 Wheelock corner of State & High Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock (1793-1847) came to Texas from Illinois in 1830. A surveyor for Robertson's colony, he established a town on his land ... 22613 Wheelock School House Wheelock School House, SE side Cavitt Street 0.1 mi. SW of Barzizza Street Education in the community dates to the Wheelock Academy in the 1840s. In 1907, Thomas Wade Hedrick and his son, William Love Hedrick, bought 220 ... 15721 Wilson Chapel Cemetery At the end (3miles from Hwy 6) of Sadberry Road located 9 miles south of Hearne John Riley Sadberry moved from Burleson County and settled in the Benchley area ca. 1896. Because of his desire to establish important social and ... 16404 Wilson Chapel Cemetery At the end (3miles from Hwy 6) of Sadberry Road located 9 miles south of Hearne 10958 Wootan Wells SH 6 and FM 1373, 2.5 mi. west of Bremond Famous early health spa and resort. First well was dug 1878 by landowner Francis Wootan. Water tasted good, but turned dishes yellow and clothes ...