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648 Camp Barkeley NE corner US 277 and CR 257, 0.2 mi. SW of CR 290 (Butterfield School Rd.). Marker reported missing Dec. 2021. Replacement in progress. (February 15, 1941 - March 21, 1945) Site of main entrance to Camp Barkeley, one of the nation's largest military camps of World War II. At peak, ... 756 Castle Peak From Merkel, take FM 1235 south about 7 miles. The Butterfield Overland Mail, the first public transportation facility spanning the area from the Mississippi to the Pacific with passenger and ... 15584 Cedar Gap Community Abilene Originally named Coates for early settler Kem Coates, Cedar Gap community formed in the late 19th century. Coates, on whose land the post office ... 16569 Childers Classical Institute 2074 North First Abilene Christian University began as an educational institution on this block known as the West End residential area. In 1906, Allen Booker Barret, ... 12220 Claiborne Walker Merchant Abilene Municipal Cemetery, 10th & Cottonwood (August 31, 1836 - March 9, 1926) Claiborne W. Merchant and his twin, John, were born in Nacogdoches. "Clabe" married Frances Bell in 1856. He served ... 1014 Company I, 7th Texas Infantry Oscar Rose Park, S. 7th & Larkin Streets, Abilene Mustered into service during World War I, July 16, 1917, at Abilene with officers, Captain R. M. Wagstaff; 1st Lt. A. J. McDavid; 2nd Lt. E. B. Sayles; ... 12216 Cornelia Clark Fort FM 126, 6.2 mi. SW of Merkel (February 5, 1919 - March 21, 1943) Born into an affluent Tennessee family, Cornelia Fort attended the Ward-Belmont School in Nashville and graduated ...

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2373 Hardin-Simmons University Hardin-Simmons University, N side of Hickory Street, S of Sandefer Memorial Administrative Office Organized as Abilene Baptist College by cattlemen, preachers, and Sweetwater Baptist Association in 1891. Named for New York pastor, James B. Simmons, ... 22534 Hardin-Simmons University Campus Triangle 2202 Hickory St. The gravesite known historically as the"Campus Triangle" is located between the Moody Student Center and the Sandefer Memorial Administration Building. This area is still the center of activity for the campus, having the post office and dining hall in the Student Center, and the Administration building on the other side of the gravesite. The gravesite is enclosed by a brick wall, 27' by 42', 29" high on the South side and tapering to 21" on the North side. The wall is 11.75" wide. 2406 Hattie and Henry Sayles, Sr., House 642 Sayles Blvd., Abilene Henry Sayles (1852-1916), born and reared near Brenham, Texas, studied law under his father, noted legal scholar John Sayles (1825-1897). Henry practiced ... 23920 Hendrick Medical Center Hendrick Medical Center at main entrance, facing S toward N. 18th Street In 1915, Millard A. Jenkens (1872-1962), the new pastor of Abilene’s First Baptist Church, saw a need for a hospital that prioritized serving all ... 14423 Hotel Wooten 1102 N. Third St. This landmark building opened its doors on June 6, 1930, with a celebration attended by more than two thousand guests. Entrepreneur H.O. Wooten envisioned ...

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3400 "Miss Clara" Bussell Former West Texas Chamber of Commerce offices, W side Cedar Street between N. 7th and N. 8th streets. Marker reported missing Dec. 31, 1979. Map dot approximate. Outstanding Women of Texas series. (Sept. 6, 1902 - July 5, 1966) Joined staff, West Texas Chamber of Commerce Feb. 26, 1920; was office manager 40 years. Worked unselfishly through ... 12219 Macedonia Baptist Church 608 N. 7th St. The early community support system for citizens of color in Abilene included Mt. Zion Baptist Church, organized in 1885, and the first area school ... 3292 Magee House 1910 N. 3rd Street, Abilene One of earliest fine houses in Abilene. Built 1903 in colonial revival style by Dr. Jefferson Davis Magee (1861-1935) and wife, Anna (Wilbanks). ... 3305 McMurry College S. 14th Street & Sayles Boulevard (in courtyard behind administration building), Abilene Between the years 1840 and 1920, the Methodist church founded nearly eighty colleges in Texas. Four colleges in the Northwest Texas Conference had ... 12221 Mexican-American / Americanization School 317 N. 6th St. From its earliest days, education for Mexican Americans in Texas has varied from none at all to apparent equality. The Republic of Texas in 1839 ... 12218 Morgan Jones Abilene Municipal Cemetery, 10th & Cottonwood Welsh-born Morgan Jones arrived in the U.S. in 1866. As a contractor for numerous railroad lines, he became a railroad legend by laying tracks spanning ... 3500 Mount Zion Baptist Church 520 Stafford Street, Abilene The Reverend James Curry, a missionary from Sherman, Texas, organized this congregation in 1885. It is the oldest African American church in the ... 3503 Mountain Pass Station From Merkel, take FM 126 south about 14.4 miles to CR 350 and follow 2.4 miles south to CR 351 south and follow 9 miles. Maintained from 1858 to outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 as a stage stop on the Butterfield Overland Main Route, which was the first mail and passenger ... 12222 Mulberry Canyon 6.2 mi. SW of Merkel on Fm 126 at intersection with FM 1085 Human activity in this area has been traced to prehistoric eras. Native American tribes once roamed this land with the buffalo, deer, turkey, mountain ...

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4432 Sacred Heart Catholic Church 1633 S. 8th Street, Abilene This church began as a mission in the 1880s to serve Catholics in the Abilene area. Early members included Abilene pioneer Theodore Heyck and City ... 4720 Site of Abilene's First School 302 North Cedar Street -Abilene This site was set aside for use as a school by Stoddard Johnston, a newspaperman who platted the town of Abilene in the early 1880s. While the first ... 4766 Site of Curfew by John J. Clinton SE corner Chestnut and S. 1st streets. Marker faces Chestnut Street. (1848-1922) Here each New Year's Eve at midnight for thirty-seven years John J. Clinton, Abilene chief of police, emptied his revolver. He began ... 12217 Site of Guitar Mansion 1502 N. 1st St. John and Laura Hudson Guitar of Missouri moved to Abilene in 1898. John was already a wealthy businessman who owned a number of cotton gins and cotton ... 2403 Site of Old Headquarters of the Hashknife Ranch Will Hair Park, E side of entrance road (Hair St.), 150 feet S of E. Ambler Ave. (on hill east of Cedar Creek) In December 1880, H.C. Whithers of the Texas & Pacific Railroad met local men here to decide on a site for a cattle ... 4900 Site of Thornton's Store Southeast corner of S. 4th & Oak Streets, Abilene Known throughout West Texas as "A city within itself," Thornton's Store was one of Abilene's leading businesses for nearly seven decades. E. L. Thornton ... 4913 Site of Western Cattle Trail Corner of S. 1st & Leggett Drive, on T & P Railroad Tow, Abilene The main route -1876 to 1887- for several hundred thousand longhorns driven north to stock ranches and Indian reservations and to supply beef market. ...

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5207 Taylor County Old Bankhead Road, west city limits, Highway 20 Business -Abilene 5208 Taylor County From Abilene, take Highway 83/84 south about 12 miles to Roadside Park. Created 1858. Named for Edward, James and George Taylor, 18, 20, and 22, Tennesseans who came to Texas in 1833 and died at the Alamo, March 6, 1836. ... 5211 Taylor, Edward, James, & George Taylor County Courthouse, Oak Street, Abilene Inscriptions on the monument are: across top - "I shall never surrender or retreat." Travis, Edward, James, George sons of Anson Taylor, died at ... 18416 Texas & Pacific Railroad Depot South Side of North First Street between Cypress Street and Cedar With the arrival of the railroad in Abilene in 1881, a railroad car was used as the first depot. In 1882, a two-story structure was built consisting ... 12511 The Civilian Conservation Corps at Abilene State Park Abilene State Park, near pool parking lot, Park Road 32 SE of FM 89 President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1933 to provide jobs on public lands for unemployed ... 1497 The Ernie Wilson Museum Taylor County History Center / Buffalo Gap Village, E. side William Street between Elm and North streets Located in Taylor County's historic first courthouse and jail. Although Taylor County was organized in July 1878, the building was not completed ... 5242 The Texas & Pacific Railway: First Railroad Across West Texas Everman Park, SW corner N. 1st and S. Pine streets, S of water fountain Chartered March 3, 1871, by act of U.S. Congress, to build a railroad to the Pacific coast, the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, under leadership ... 5523 Town of Buffalo Gap Old Settlers Reunion grounds, corner of West & Vine Streets, Buffalo Gap Probably named for the pass in Callahan Divide (mountains) crossed by thousands of buffalo that once inhabited this area. Besides providing the native ...