Historical Markers of Texas

52 A. H. Fortenberry From Decatur, take FM 51 about 15.5 miles northeast to marker on Denton/Wise County line. In the 1850s, A. H. ("Sevier") Fortenberry and his second wife Jane (Odell) moved from Arkansas to the wilderness then existing in this section of ... 138 Alvord Lodge No. 512, A. F. & A. M. 113 N. Wickham Street -Alvord Prominent founding member R. W. Johnson led efforts to organize Audubon Masonic Lodge No. 512 in the village of Audubon (7 miles northeast) in 1879. ... 170 Anneville School From Decatur, take FM 730 about 6 miles south, turn west onto CR 4371, and continue about 1 mile to cemetery. Located on 3-acres donated in 1883 by E. M. Curtner, N. E. Young, P. H. and N. C. Neal for a cemetery, school, and church. First school (a 2-story ... 233 Audubon From Alvord, take CR 2585 about 5 miles northeast, turn north on CR 2675 and continue about .25 mile to marker. Replacement marker; original in Wise County Museum in Decatur. A vanished town which was important in this area in the 19th century. It was settled by southerners and named for naturalist John J. Audubon (1785-1851). ... 240 Aurora Cemetery Aurora Cemetery, on Cemetery Road about .5 mile south of FM 114 in Aurora. The oldest known graves here, dating from as early as the 1860's, are those of the Randall and Rowlett families. Finis Dudley Beauchamp (1825-1893), ...

13754 Babb Cemetery 2.5 mi E on FM 1625 Established September 5, 1866, when Mrs. John S. Babb was killed by Comanche Indians. The party also captured a widow, Mrs. Luster (who soon escaped); ... 287 Ball Knob Cemetery From Alvord, take CR 2585 northeast about 4 miles, turn south on CR 2475 and continue about .5 mile to cemetery. Land originally owned by James Ball, Sr. (1789-1867), member of pioneer family. Used as burial ground for family and friends. Deeded 1890, by J.S. ... 333 Battle of the Knobs From Decatur, head north on FM 730, turn left onto Old Decatur Road and continue about 2 miles to marker. On November 10, 1837, a company of eighteen Republic of Texas soldiers led by Lt. A. B. Benthuysen engaged in a battle with approximately 150 Indians ... 506 Bridgeport Coal Mines City Park, 8th & Hovey Streets, Bridgeport Once a staple of Bridgeport's economy, coal was discovered here in later part of 19th century. Diggers hit vein 60 feet deep while seeking water. ... 507 Bridgeport Lodge No. 587, A.F. & A.M. Halsell Street, S side between 10th and 11th streets On December 12, 1884, the Bridgeport Masonic Lodge was granted a charter by the Grand Lodge of Texas. The twenty-seven charter members consisted ... 22507 Bridgeport Schools In middle of 1400 Block of Carpenter Street--in front of the old Bridgeport High School building/City of Bridgeport Maintenance Facility 531 Brown Hotel Decatur Street, one block east of square -Chico Colonel J.T. Brown founded town of Chico in 1876; built this hotel 1888. In ceremony on hotel porch, Governor Charles A. Culberson pardoned Brown ... 13755 Butterfield Overland Stage Line N City Limits on Old US 81/287 Through Decatur passed the Butterfield Overland mail line connecting St. Louis and San Francisco with semi-weekly stage and mail service, 1858-1861. ...

714 Captain George Stevens From Decatur, take FM 720 to Old Decatur Highway about 7.2 miles to Flat Rock (Cowen) Cemetery; marker and grave in northwest corner of cemetery. Born in Alabama. Came to Wise County in 1855. Well known as champion of the defenseless. Active in resisting Indian attacks on pioneers. Member and ... 18551 Captain George Stevens East side of Wise County Courthouse at 101 N. Trinity Street, next to THC markers for Vesey & Terrell, 101 N. Trinity St., Decatur, Tx. 76234 Captain George w. Stevens was born in Lowndes County, Alabama, on July 12, 1830. He lived in Arkansas briefly where he married Martha McDonald in ... 22764 Capture of Willie and Bud Ball Ball Knob Cemetery. In the mid-1800s, proximity to Indian reservations made Wise County a flashpoint of confrontation between Native American tribes and Anglo American ... 766 Cattle Trail Crossing From Decatur take US 380 about 10 miles east to Denton/Wise County line; marker on south side of the highway. Near this site ran one of the many "feeder" branches of the famous Chisholm Trail, best-known of all the cattle trails that once linked the vast ... 822 Charles Vernon Terrell East side of courthouse lawn -Decatur A leading public man in Texas, 1896-1939. Born in Wise County to early (1854) settlers. After two years at Texas A & M, read law and began practice ... 12699 City of Alvord in front of Alvord City Hall By 1882, when the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad built a line to this area, a small agricultural community had developed here on an old Indian trail. ... 17980 Colonel Absalom Bishop Southeast corner of the intersection of W. Walnut Street (100 block) and N. State Street (100 block) on Wise County Courthouse lawn. COLONEL ABSALOM BISHOP ABSALOM BISHOP (1804-1883) BEGAN HIS MILITARY SERVICE AS A CAPTAIN OF MILITIA IN THE SEMINOLE WAR IN FLORIDA. HE LATER ATTAINED ... 1078 Cottondale From Bridgeport, take FM 2123 south about 13.6 miles to Cottondale; marker is located at community center. Area's oldest settlement. Platted by landowner B. F. Banks, who also gave lots for public use named, 1875, for lush growth of cotton planted by John ...

17671 Dallas, Pacific & Southeastern Railway CR 3555, E side, 0.1 mi. N of Chapman Ranch Rd. As railroads expanded across Texas in the 1880s, the Dallas, Pacific & Southeastern Railway was planned to link Dallas and Albuquerque. The road, ... 1197 Decatur Baptist College At south end of Trinity Street, Decatur Decatur Baptist College, world's first institution to be planned (in 1898) as a junior college. This hall was built in 1892, for an earlier scho ... 1198 Decatur First United Methodist Church 104 S. Miller -Decatur Organized in 1862, this congregation is the oldest in Decatur. The Reverend J. R. Bellamy conducted the first services in a vacant store on the south ... 1200 Deep Creek Community From Aurora, take Old Decatur-Aurora Road (CR 4227) about 4 miles north; cemetery is on dirt road just west of CR 4227; MARKER BROKEN BY VANDALS 1/11 Named for the natural landmark nearby. Settled about 1854 by pioneers Sam Woody and Tom McCarroll. Population grew as they were joined by several ... 22499 Depression Era Projects in Wise County Northwest corner of S. Trinity Street and Pecan Street 1273 Dr. M. W. Matthews Paradise Cemetery, CR 3352, southwest corner Dr. M. W. Matthews (December 29, 1806 - April 13, 1891) Pioneer physician and preacher. Born in Kentucky. As army surgeon in Texas Revolution (1836), ... 1282 Dr. William Renshaw From Decatur, take US 380 east about 5 miles. Born in Illinois, William Renshaw studied medicine and set up practice in Sparta, Tennessee. His wife Sarah received from the Mexican government ...

18711 Eagle Mountain Lake MCAS Auxiliary (Rhome Field) Northeast corner of the intersection of FM Rd. 718 and Airfield Road, Aurora, Wise County, Tx. 1366 East Mound Cemetery and School From Bridgeport, take FM 2123 about 4 miles south, turn west onto CR 3519 (road will turn south, west, then north again); continue north onto unnumbered road to cemetery. This community was named for the lookout point used by Indians and settlers in the 19th century. From his land near the landmark mound, W. C. Ellis ... 17738 East Side Elementary School FM 51 at Business 380, southeast corner In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Wise and several surrounding counties had few African American citizens. Yet regulations at the time required ... 4 El Castile (Old Waggoner Home) 1000 E. Main St., Decatur 1492 Episcopal Mission of the Ascension S. Church & Hale Streets, Decatur Oldest original church building in Decatur. Consecrated by great missionary bishop, the Rt. Rev. A. C. Garrett. Erected facing Main Street (2 blks. ...

16812 First Baptist Church Bridgeport SW corner of 12th & Cates FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BRIDGEPORT IN 1882, REV. ALPHUS HAWKINS, W. W. CANNON AND 23 CHARTER MEMBERS STARTED THIS CHURCH IN OLD TOWN BRIDGEPORT. AFTER ... 1620 First Baptist Church of Chico Church & Weatherford Streets, Chico Organized in 1874 in home of B. F. Booth by Missionary Noah T. Byars (1808-88), assisted by the Reverend Sithemore, who became pastor. Congregation ... 13573 First Baptist Church of Decatur 1200 Preskitt Rd Organized in 1856 under the Rev. J.T. Willis, the church first met in the log cabin of Samuel Perrin in Taylorsville, now known as Decatur. From ... 1714 First Christian Church of Paradise Main Street (Loop 444) and CR 3267, Paradise During the late 1880s, members of this church held home worship services in Old Town, the original Paradise townsite (1.5 miles southwest). The arrival ... 13757 First National Bank in Rhome US 287 bypass at SH 114 Prominent area businessman Dan Waggoner began this financial institution in 1904 as a branch of his privately-owned bank in Decatur (15 mi. NW). ... 1794 First National Bank of Decatur 306 W. Main Street, Decatur This financial institution was organized in 1883 by Decatur bankers Dan Waggoner, Henry Greathouse, and other pioneer businessmen. Waggoner's son, ... 16811 First Presbyterian Church of Bridgeport 1307 Newby Ave. In 1893, the Rock Island Railroad established a line close to Bridgeport on the banks of the West Fork of the Trinity River, and soon the town began ... 17920 First United Methodist Church Alvord Corner of 307 North Wickham Street and 100 West Washington Street, Alvord, Texas 76225 (in the lawn south of the church building) Originally organized as the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, in 1884, First United Methodist Church has been serving Alvord for 130 years. In March ... 12553 First United Methodist Church of Bridgeport 608 17th St. Organized in 1893, the same year the Rock Island rail line reached the Bridgeport area, this congregation first held its worship services under brush ... 1905 Flat Rock Cemetery From Decatur, take FM 720 to Old Decatur Highway, about 7.2 miles to cemetery. Settled in 1850s by Moses Ball and other pioneers. Tradition says first burial here was an Indian; the second, a small girl who died while her family ...

2129 General Ernest O. Thompson US 287 (Business Route), at west city limits of Alvord. Acknowledged world leader in petroleum conservation. A third generation Texan, born here in Alvord. Left college to enter service in World War I, ... 2156 George Lafayette Ramsdale Paradise Cemetery (just west of Paradise on CR 3352) George Lafayette Ramsdale (1820-1884) was a native of Devonshire, England. By 1836, he had come to Texas and enlisted in the army during the war ... 2157 George Lawton Bledsoe Aurora Cemetery, at southern part of cemetery on Beauchamp Drive. Cemetery road about .5 mile south of FM 114 -Aurora Georgia native George Lawton Bledsoe (b. 1805), a carpenter and cotton gin builder, came to Texas in 1834. A veteran of the Texas Revolution and ... 22801 Glass Manufacturing in Wise County marker pending marker pending 2231 Gose Trees 402 W. Walnut -Decatur Remnant of bois d'arc hedge which encircled the log cabin of Stephen M. Gose (1824-77), early justice of the peace, blacksmith, and leader of Methodist ... 2274 Greenwood From Decatur, take FM 51, 10 miles northeast; take FM 1204, 4 miles north to Greenwood; marker is at the former post office on Main Street. Pioneer settlers came to this area as early as the 1850s. Local tradition states that the Greenwood and Hart families were among the first settlers ... 18394 Greenwood Masonic Lodge #779 147 County Road 2640 {Corner of CR 2640 (old Main Street) and Farm to Market Road 1204} Decatur (Greewood), Texas 76234 In 1895, members of the fraternal organization, the Freemasons, petitioned the most worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas to establish ...

2364 Hanna-Robinson-Richey Drugstore Jacksboro Street (near Buffalo Street, on public square), Chico Alexander Virgil Hanna (1860-1921) erected this native sandstone structure to house his drugstore in 1893. He provided office space in this building ... 24206 Harding-Gregg Log Cabin marker pending marker pending 16319 Hopewell Baptist Church 280 County Road 2391 In 1874, 35 charter members organized Hopewell Baptist Church. The congregation’s first building was located about one mile south at Hopewell Cemetery. ... 17790 Hopewell Cemetery From Bus. Hwy 287, turn north on Wickham Street, cross railroad track, turn east on Old Decatur Rd., travel approx. .5 miles, turn right on CR 2391, travel about 1.5 miles and cemetery is on left. HOPEWELL CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1872 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2010 2593 Huff Family Massacre From Alvord, take Pine Street (Old Decatur Road) about 2 miles east. An atrocity of 1874, in one of last Wise County Indian raids. While C. W. Huff and son worked in remote part of land recently settled by the family, ... 15409 Hunt, Col. William Hudson Eastside Cemetery (1815-1864) Born in Ithaca, New York, William Hudson Hunt became a principal figure in the development of Wise County. He came to Texas in 1836, ... 2606 Hyde Cemetery From Bridgeport, take US 360 west about 8 miles, turn south onto Willow Point -Jim Ned Road, about 2 miles to cemetery. J. E. Barnes purchased this site in 1885 from P. J. Hyde and his wife Mary E. Hyde. The earliest marked graves are those of Barnes' wife Dizania ...

2632 Indian Captives Dot and Bianca Babb From Chico, take FM 1810 about 2 miles east to marker. Two of Texas history's best-known Indian captives, 13-year-old T. A. "Dot" Babb (1852-1936) and his 9-year-old sister Bianca (1855?-1950) were stolen ...

2909 Keeter Cemetery From Boyd, take FM 730 about 2 miles to FM 2048, take FM 2048 about 2.5 miles west to Keeter; head north on CR 4684 and continue north through an S-shaped curve on CR 4681, about 1 mile to cemetery. For over 100 years beginning in 1882 this cemetery has been the sole graveyard serving the community of Keeter. The oldest recorded gravesite in ...

18808 Lake Bridgeport Wise County Park, 372 CR 1638 18227 Lake Bridgeport WWII Training Site TxDOT right-of-way before you enter the City of Runaway Bay (Car wash and gas station close by) When the U.S. was drawn into World War II in 1941 the federal government increased the number of training facilities across the nation. The area ...

18184 "Machine Gun" Kelley Cottondale Cemetery, FM RD 2123 to CR 3585, go south about 100 yards and turn right (west) on CR 3571; go about 50 yards to the Community Chapel. The cemetery is immediately behind the Chapel. During the Prohibition Era, organized crime increased. Big-name gangsters like Al Capone ruled the streets while public enemies such as Bonnie and ... 3244 Masonic Lodge #479 S. Evans at W. Rock Island, Boyd Built 1877 at Old Aurora (2 miles east). Lower floor used first as school with rent $2.50 a month, then as drug store, post office. Second floor ... 3501 Mount Zion Baptist Church and Jonestown Cemetery From Alvord, take US 81/287 south about 5 miles to CR 1280; continue on CR 1280 about 1 mile to church and cemetery. In 1833 early settler Andrew Jackson Jones deeded four acres of land to be used for a church and cemetery. The earliest marked grave in the cemetery ...

17119 New Salem Freewill Baptist Church 4455 South FM 51, Decatur IN APRIL 1893, REVEREND JOSEPHUS WESLEY FORD AND WIFE, JAMES ALEXANDER FORD AND WIFE, RICHARD S. FORD AND WIFE, JESSIE GARRISON AND WIFE AND SISTER ...

3645 Oak Grove United Methodist Church From Decatur, take Greenwood Road north about 3.5 miles to church. This congregation was organized in 1878 with fourteen charter members by the Reverend Jim Smith and the Reverend E. C. Fullingim. In 1880 the church ... 3650 Oak Lawn Cemetery Cemetery Road, 1 mile north of Decatur. Oak Lawn Cemetery was officially established in 1878 when William T. Perry deeded property to R. M. Collins, the mayor of Decatur, for a public burial ... 3700 Old Campsite of Jesse and Frank James From Decatur, take US 380 east about 5 miles. Famous western frontier outlaws, who had many Texas hideouts along a line from the Rio Grande to the Red River. The camps - extending into Missouri, ... 3821 Old Stone Prison 201 E. Pecan Street First stone house in Decatur. Erected by prison labor about 1859. Main house was residence of sheriff or deputy. Basement was used as jail. Meals ... 3849 Olive Branch Cemetery From Chico, take SH 101 about 3.5 miles north, turn west onto CR 1667 about 1 mile, turn onto CR 1661 about 1 mile, turn south onto CR 1771; drive south on CR 1771, turn right over cattle guard and continue on unpaved road to cemetery. The first burial at this site occurred in the early 1870s. Area settlers H. H. Bradford, B. P. Cox, J. C. Cartwright, and J. C. Weaver, donated the ...

13759 Paschall 9.3 mi S of Bridgeport on CR 2123, then 0.3 mi W on CR 3673 (Gentry Rd), then 0.7 mi S on CR 3671 to intersectin with CR 3672 Robert A. and Molly Paschall settled in this area in 1876 and purchased 160 acres of land near Salt Creek in 1890. In 1902 the Paschall, Texas post ... 17690 Perrin Log Cabin S. Old Reunion Rd., W side, 1.2 mi. S of Preskitt Rd. on private property. William Perrin and his wife, Charlotte, along with two other families, left Rock Castle, Kentucky in the fall of 1853, arriving forty days later ... 20061 Pleasant Grove Cemetery #1 FM 730 South at County Road 4280-NW corner of intersection 4048 Pleasant Grove No. 2 Cemetery, School and Church From Boyd, take FM 730 south to FM 2048, take FM 2048 west about 1 mile to Pleasant Grove; marker is next to cemetery and church. This community is one of three in Wise County named Pleasant Grove. The earliest marked graves in the cemetery date from the late 1870s. A community ... 12332 Preskitt Cemetery 1.5 miles south of Decatur on FM 51, then 3 miles west on Preskitt Rd. The land around this site was deeded to the trustees of the Lee School Community, one of whom was M. W. Preskitt, in April 1885. In August of the ...

4151 R. C. Mount House From Chico, take Mount Street 1 mile north. A surveyor, part-time Methodist preacher, and Wise County's first tax assessor-collector, R. C. Mount (1826-97) began this structure in 1872 to house ... 4192 Randolph (Uncle Ran) Vesey Oak Lawn Cemetery, Cemetery Road -North Decatur; enter at main gate, turn left at first paved road; drive past gazebo, marker on left near telephone pole. (1832-1908) Born a slave near Savannah, GA., Randolph Vesey was body servant to Confederate General William Lewis Cabell during the Civil War. In ... 4194 Randolph Vesey Wise County Courthouse grounds, E side (1832-1908) Respected Negro citizen and homeowner. Champion pioneer fiddler, popular at Forts Belknap, Griffin and Richardson and over county. Once ... 17309 Republic of Texas' Santa Fe Expedition in Wise County Northwest corner of Hwy 380 and Overland Dr. IN JUNE 1841, REPUBLIC OF TEXAS PRESIDENT MIRABEAU B. LAMAR COMMISSIONED AN EFFORT TO INCREASE TEXAS’ POLITICAL, MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL INFLUENCE ... 12834 Rhoads Family Cemetery Northeast of Alvord, surrounded by the LBJ National Grasslands. Rhoads Family Cemetery Originally from Tennessee, Abner E. (1820-1910) and Chloe Mays (1824-1886) Rhoads and family came to this area from Kentucky ... 24239 Rhome Church of Christ marker pending marker pending 4290 Robert Calvin Mount From Chico, take Mount Street north; cemetery is on west side of road north of Mount house; not accessible to public. Born in Tennessee. Came to Texas 1855, and was elected first assessor-collector of taxes, Wise County 1856. A First Lieutenant, Bythe's Militia in ... 12312 Rush Creek Community Cemetery 14 mi. N of Decatur on FM 730, 1.7 mi. W on CR 2750 Named for a stream that flowed through the area, the community of Rush Creek contained a school, two churches, and a cemetery. The oldest recorded ...

4404 S. W. Tilghman House 309 E Shoemaker. Replaced 2007. Born in Gibson County, Tennessee, S. W. Tilghman (1846-1913) came in 1870 by wagon train to Wise County. In 1872 he married a Decatur native, Eliza ... 4509 Sam Woody's Cabin Wise County Heritage Museum, SW corner S. Trinity and E. Charles streets. Tennessee pioneer Sam Woody (1826-1920) migrated to Texas in the 1840s. He brought his family to Wise County in 1854. This cabin, located near Deep ... 4514 Samuel G. Evetts From Bridgeport, take FM 920 south to Balsora, then FM 2210 about 6.25 miles to Willow Point Cemetery; grave and marker in southwest corner. A native of Tennessee, Samuel G. Evetts came to Texas in the 1830s. In December 1835 he was wounded at the Siege of Bexar. He later lived in Austin ... 4560 Sand Hill Community From Decatur, take US 81/287 south about 3 miles to CR 4227, take CR 4227 south about .5 mile to CR 4226; head west on county road to cemetery and marker. A center of pioneer culture in North Texas, drawing crowds to meet here at good spring of water issuing from beneath hill that gave community its ... 4693 Siddons-Barnes Log Cabin First block east of city square, Chico This log cabin, believed to have been built in the early 1870s, was the first place of worship for area Methodists and served as a schoolhouse. Dr. ... 4770 Site of Draco From Bridgeport, take FM 2123 south about 7 miles south, turn east onto Brown Meadows Road, turn south onto CR 3555, and continue about 1 mile to marker, on east side of highway. Settled in the early 1880s, the rural community of Draco was originally called Tylewater. The name was changed when a U.S. Post Office was granted ... 4787 Site of First Post Office in Wise County, Odessa Rogers Road, se cor of intersection with Marshal Road Established Sept. 8, 1855. First white settler in Wise County, Benjamin B. Haney, was the first postmaster. Second was Martha E. Marshall, appointed ... 17937 Site of Old Town Paradise Intersection of CR 3355 (School House Rd) and Sunflower Rd, near the City of Paradise water tower SITE OF OLD TOWN PARADISE PARADISE IS A SMALL INCORPORATED TOWN WITH A POPULATION JUST SHORT OF 500 AND LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISE COUNTY. ONE ... 4916 Site of Wise County Poor Farm & Cemetery From Decatur, take FM 730 south about 2 miles to CR 4181; head west on CR 4181 about .5 mile to Old Reunion Road; head orth about 1.3 miles north on Old Reunion Road to marker. Operated 1885-1962 to support and employ dependent or needy citizens and as place for county convicts to work out fines. First superintendent of ... 4949 Slidell Main Street at FM 455, Slidell Named for John Slidell, one of the Confederate diplomats in the "Trent Affair" (1861), this community was established to supply goods and services ... 17136 St. John Missionary Baptist Church North of US Business 380 W and South of US 380 Bypass in front of existing Church building, approximately 4 ft. from Church Sign ST. JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH THIS HISTORIC CHURCH FORMED IN THE SPRING OF 1882. A GROUP OF WOMEN, LED BY MISSOURI BROWN, BEGAN A SUNDAY SCHOOL ... 18189 St. John the Baptizer Catholic Church To be located on church property at 1801 Irvin St., Bridgeport, Texas 76426--to be placed at the sidewalk near the main church entrance. In the 1890s, large Catholic communities were established in North Texas. Father J.J. O’Riordan from Henrietta traveled to Bridgeport once a month ... 23739 Sweetwater Cemetery marker pending marker pending

13760 Teague Cemetery Sid McGoodwin Road Named for John Teague, a veteran of the War with Mexico (1846-48), who came from Missouri with his family in 1858 and settled this land. Teague also ... 5268 Texas Ranger Captain Ira Long Sand Hill Cemetery. From Decatur, take US 81/287 south about 3 miles to CR 4227 south about .5 mile, turn west onto CR 4226, and drive about .5 mile to cemetery - grave is at center of cemetery. (May 5, 1842 - March 8, 1913) Dedicated and courageous. Born in Indiana; reared in Missouri. Wounded twice in Confederate service during the Civil ... 5275 Texas Tourist Camp Complex 900-904 US 81/87 south -Decatur Local businessman E. F. Boydston (1888-1945) purchased this site, a former feed lot, in 1927 for $400. Recognizing a potential business opportunity ... 5378 The Methodist Church in Chico Maginnis & Weatherford Streets, Chico Founded in May 1872 when Robert Calvin Mount (1826-97), his wife, and three other pioneers worshiped in log schoolhouse. Their pastor: The Reverend ... 5489 Thurmond-Fairview Cemetery From Rhome, take US 81/287 north about 3 miles to FM 407; follow FM 407 east about 1.5 miles to cemetery. This community was called "Illinois Settlement" by the early families who immigrated here. Later, it became known as "Fairview". J. F. Thurmond (1853-1945) ... 5499 Toll Bridge & Old Bridgeport FM 920 and Trinity River Bridge, just west of Bridgeport. When Butterfield Overland Mail traversed this area (1858-61) on St. Louis to San Francisco route, a crossing over West Fork of the Trinity was a ... 15824 Trimble Cemetery S. of Decatur on FM730, rt. On 4280, rt. on 4292, left @ next dirt road, cem. On rt. TRIMBLE CEMETERY TRIMBLE CEMETERY WAS THE MAIN BURIAL GROUND USED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE TINY COMMUNITY OF FLATWOOD (ALSO KNOWN AS DAVIS CITY) THAT ...

5605 United Methodist Church of Rhome W. 1st Street & Dogwood Streets, Rhome Organized in the 1880s under the direction of the Reverend F. V. Evans, this church held early services in the Prairie Point Schoolhouse, under brush ...

5701 Waggoner Cemetery From Decatur, take FM 730 3 miles north, turn west onto CR 2360, about 1 mile to marker. Georgia native the Reverend Henry Fullingim, his wife Martha, and their 17 children came to northeast Texas in 1849. Henry Fullingim served the area ... 5852 Willow Point Cemetery From Bridgeport, take FM 920 south to Balsora, then FM 220, 6.25 miles to cemetery. The Willow Point Cemetery had its origins in 1882 when Anna M. English died on October 23 and was buried on land owned by Samuel G. Evitts. The next ... 5874 Wise County Courthouse Northwest entrance of Courthouse, State & Walnut Streets Texas Historical Building Medallion 5875 Wise County Messenger 115 S. Trinity Street, Decatur Started by William Forster in 1880, the "Messenger" was published in Paradise (10 miles southwest) and Alvord (11 miles northwest) before a permanent ... 5876 Wise County Reunion SH 51, south side of Decatur at Reunion Grounds entrance. The Confederate veterans of Wise County are said to have held occasional reunions in the 1860s-1870s. Old settlers invited both the Confederate veterans ... 5877 Wise County, C.S.A. South side of Courthouse Square, Decatur County named for Henry A. Wise, U.S. Senator from Virginia who supported Texas annexation, later Governor and C.S.A. general. Wise County was part ...