Historical Markers of Texas

22421 Big Sandy Creek Bridge marker pending marker pending 8963 Birthplace of Miss Ima Hogg 125 N. Line Street, Mineola Born here on July 10, 1882, Ima Hogg was the only daughter of Sarah Stinson and Gov. James S. Hogg. Ima studied fine arts at the University of Texas ...

12615 C. W. Raines 114 W. Commerce A native of Upson County, Georgia, Cadwell Walton Raines (1839-1906) contributed to Texas history as a Methodist preacher, schoolteacher, attorney, ... 13975 Caddo Indian Communities in Wood County Cap Ranch Road (CR 2724), 1.9 miles east of Loop 564 Early in the ninth century, the Caddo, several affiliated groups of people with distinct dialects and customs, moved into parts of present Arkansas, ... 16887 Callaway House 512 N. Sycamore St. Wood County natives Lorenzo Dow Callaway (1869-1918) and Elizabeth Williams (1874-1949) married in 1892 and had five children. Lorenzo joined his ... 9023 Captain Henry Stout FM 2088, 9 miles east of Quitman Henry Stout came to Texas in 1818 from Tennessee. Reported to have helped David Crockett plan his route to the Alamo, he served in the Republic of ... 8949 Carlock Home 407 S. Main St., Winnsboro 1903 - Colonial mansion built by Marcus DeWitt Carlock, Sr., prominent early-day attorney, Confederate courier, political leader, friend of Governor ... 8950 Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Winnsboro 110 Sage Street, Winnsboro The Rev. Kimberly served as the first pastor of the Central Christian Church of Winnsboro, organized in 1893 with twenty charter members. The following ... 8951 Chalybeate Springs 3 mi. E of Winnsboro on SH 11 at CR 4350 Located on land owned by early settler L. M. Musgrove, the springs near this site first were known as Musgrove Springs. Later called Chalybeate Springs ... 8952 Clover Hill Cemetery FM 69, 5 mi. N of Quitman Families from Georgia and Alabama settled this land in 1856. The next year they chose this hill which was covered with yellow clover for construction ... 9022 Col. James A. Stinson Home In Gov. Jim Hogg City Park Constructed in 1869 of virgin pine and oak by James A. Stinson, a widower who came to Texas in 1868 from Georgia after having served as a colonel ... 8953 Collins-Haines Home 1/2 mile SE of Quitman on FM 778 (Horton Street) 1860 - First brick structure in Wood County. Erected by James A. and Harriet C. Collins, 1859 settlers from Mississippi. Bricks were molded and burned ... 17566 Concord Cemetery Quitman, 6 mi. SE, FM 778 at CR 2590 Settlers established the Concord Community in the 1870s. Early resident Hubbard Moseley donated land for a community burial ground, a school and ... 11670 Corbitt Home 13 mi. SE of Winnsboro, off FM 2088

15843 Dr Pepper Bottling Plant 122 North Johnson Street 13453 Dr. Adolphus Leander Patten In Mineola City Cemetery (1823-1900) Adolphus Patten was born in North Carolina to Elijah and Nancy Watson Patten. He opened a medical practice in Rome, Georgia, where he ... 23369 Dr. George Baber marker pending marker pending

8954 East Point Missionary Baptist Church 9 mi. S of Winnsboro on FM 312, then 1/4 mi. E on FM 2088 East Point settlers took steps to establish a local church and school when I. F. Taylor donated land for those purposes in 1878. In 1893 East Point ... 23673 East Texas Serenaders Commerce Street Combining elements from ragtime and waltz, the East Texas Serenaders, all hailing from Mineola or Lindale, were the forerunners of western swing, ...

12633 First Baptist Church of Mineola 204 N. Johnson St. This site has been home to the First Baptist Church of Mineola since the congregation's first frame building was constructed here in 1877. The church's ... 8955 First Baptist Church of Quitman N. College (Sissy Spacek Dr.) & E. Lane, Quitman One of the earliest churches in Wood County. Organized Nov. 16, 1850, by pioneer settlers in a meeting moderated by a Cumberland Presbyterian, the ... 8956 First Baptist Church of Winnsboro corner of Elm & Mill streets, Winnsboro This congregation, organized as the Providence Baptist Church in 1872, changed its name to First Baptist Church in 1880. A small sanctuary built ... 8957 First Election in Wood County FM 49, 3.2 miles E of Mineola Under a large post oak (300 ft. NW) on Gaines Greer's farm, Aug. 5, 1850, Wood County was organized. Commissioners Reuben Elledge, Joseph Fisher, ... 8958 First Methodist Church of Winnsboro 301 Church Street, Winnsboro Organized in 1859 as the first religious group in Winnsboro, this congregation was disbanded during the Civil War, but was reactivated in 1869 with ... 12771 First National Bank Building 101 E. Broad First National Bank Building Chartered in 1898, the First National Bank of Mineola was housed in several downtown locations before this building ... 12626 First National Bank of Mineola 200 N. Pacific at Kilpatrick Chartered on May 31, 1898, the First National Bank of Mineola incorporated for $50,000 at $500 per share. The majority shareholder, lawyer and former ... 8959 First Presbyterian Church of Winnsboro E. Myrtle at Chestnut St., Winnsboro Organized in 1871, this church was chartered by the Rev. R. E. Sherrill with former members of the Presbyterian church in Webster (3 mi. SW). The ... 8960 Flora Lodge No. 119, A.F. & A.M. 214 E. Goode Street, Quitman Founded before the Civil War, as Quitman Masonic Lodge. Petition for charter was made on Jan. 5, 1852. First officers: James N. Brown, Worshipful ... 22400 Florence Robinson Cottage Private Road 7641, Hwy. 80 E

12766 George C. Reeves Mineola City Cemetery (Aug. 31, 1854 - Aug. 29, 1934) Georgia native George C. Reeves came to Mineola soon after its founding in 1873. He served as city marshal, and through ... 13554 Gov. James Stephen Hogg and Wood County 206-210 W. Broad St. (US 80) James Stephen Hogg lived in Wood County from 1868 to 1882, formative years of his political career. When he became Governor, he appointed several ... 15748 Government Projects in Mineola 114 N. Pacific St. During the Great Depression (1929-41), Mineola residents were aided by federal and local government initiatives. Federal programs such as the Works ...

12602 Harry W. Meredith 306 N. Johnson St. Kentucky native Harry Meredith (1871-1962) attended business college in Illinois and was owner-operator of a brick plant in his hometown of Leitchfield ... 8964 Hopewell Church and Cemetery 5.4 mi. W of Winnsboro on CR 4870 The Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1855 and met in a brush arbor and log house. As membership increased, a larger church building ...

8965 Indian Cemetery and Villages 5 mi. NE of Quitman on SH 37 to CR 1416, near east end of Lake Quitman Dam Found during road-building operations and reported Nov. 1966. In Jan. 1967, eight graves were studied, but the bone fragments unearthed were so old ...

8967 J. H. Jones and the Old Settlers Reunion Grounds In Gov. Jim Hogg City Park A native of Alabama, J. H. Jones (d. 1923) came to Texas in 1877. After teaching school for several years, he was elected clerk of Wood County in ... 23964 Jack Rhodes West side of Commerce Street entrance to the city parking lot at the corner of Commerce and Line Streets. Born on January 12, 1907, Andrew Jackson “Jack” Rhodes was a musician, songwriter, and music producer. He made significant contributions to country ... 8961 James Stephen Hogg Main & Goode streets (Courthouse Square) (March 24, 1851-March 3, 1906) Texas statesman whose nationally-acclaimed public career began at this site. The third son of Gen. Joseph L. and Lucanda ... 8962 James Stephen Hogg's Early Home In Gov. Jim Hogg City Park Built in 1860s; bought Jan. 8, 1873, by James Stephen Hogg (1851-1906), who in 1874 married Sarah Ann Stinson of Wood County. When the couple honeymooned ... 8966 Jarvis Christian College US 80, 1 mile east of Hawkins In 1904 the Texas Negro Disciples of Christ joined with the Christian Women's Board of Missions (CWBM) to establish a school for Black youth. A campus, ... 17567 Jobe Cemetery 3 mi. NW on CR 3431 African American families settled the Jobe Community on the Lemuel G. Powers survey. Brothers Phelix and Sampson Jobe bought several tracts of land ... 11661 John Creighton Buchanan 1102-1212 S. Pacific (US 69), in Mineola City Cemetery (February 24, 1850-December 9, 1884) Louisiana native John Creighton Buchanan moved to East Texas and established a legal practice in Quitman. He ...

8972 Lankford-Stinson House 307 W. Elm Street, Winnsboro Probably built in the early 1890s for merchant and civic leader J. M. Lankford, this home was originally a one-and-one-half-story structure. It was ... 8973 Lee Cemetery 1.5 mi. S of Quitman on SH 37 North Carolina natives Benjamin Lee, his wife Alice, and their family came to this area about 1853, and soon acquired over 1,230 acres of land. The ... 16717 Lillian Richard FM 2869, north of US Hwy. 80. east of Mineola Born in the Fouke community in 1891, Lillian Richard was one of eleven children of Derry and Cornelia (Washington) Richard. In 1910 she moved to ... 8974 Little Hope Missionary Baptist Church 12 mi. E of Winnsboro on FM 312, 1/4 mi. E in Little Hope community Led by Elder Jacob Ziegler and Deacon P. M. Gunstream, the five charter members of this congregation held their organizational meeting in 1881 under ... 23916 Lloyd Common School No. 17 FM 515 and FM 69 Also known colloquially as “Coke School,” the Lloyd Common School No. 17 educated children of the rural community known as Coke for generations. ... 8976 Lott House 311 E. Kilpatrick Street, Mineola Angus and Lena Beaird began construction of this house in 1918; it was completed in the ealry 1920s. The Beairds sold the house in 1928 to Howard ...

8977 Macedonia School FM 778, 11 miles northwest of Hawkins and just north of FM 3056 intersection One of first one-teacher schools in Wood County. Served the county's earliest community -- Macedonia, which was renamed Redland in 1900. Land for ... 9024 Martin Varner 10.6 miles east of Mineola on FM 3056 (March 4, 1787 - Feb. 14, 1844) Came to Texas before 1820, and, in partnership with Henry Jones, operated a trading post in the Red River settlement ... 9025 Martin Varner off FM 3056, 10.6 miles east of Mineola A volunteer soldier in the Texas War for Independence at San Jacinto, 1836 Erected by the State of Texas, 1962 14536 Mineola 100 Commerce St Since its establishment in 1873, the community of Mineola has been tied historically to the railroad and transportation industries. The Texas & Pacific ... 16321 Mineola Black Spiders Corner of Hwy. 69 S and South Johnson St. IN THE 1800s AND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAMS PLAYED SEPARATELY FROM WHITE TEAMS. THE COMMUNITY ... 13747 Mineola Fire Department 300 Greenville Hwy (US 69N) In the 1870s, the Texas & Pacific and International & Great Northern railroads built lines through this area, with the town of Mineola serving as ... 8978 Mineola Masonic Lodge No. 502, A.F. & A.M. Lodge and marker were previously at 120 N. Johnson Street On February 8, 1878, the 17 members of this lodge were set to work under dispensation of the Grand Master of Texas. Mineola Lodge was chartered at ... 14431 Mineola Opera Houses Mineola The Opera House Era in Mineola lasted from the 1870s until the 1910s and was an important period in the city’s social history. Rail connections to ... 11664 Mineola Post Office 114 N. Pacific Street, Mineola Postal service in Mineola dates to 1873, when an "unofficial" post office opened in a local drugstore. The first U. S. post office in the area was ... 16338 Mineola Public Library Northwest corner of N. Pacific and W. Balir Street MINEOLA PUBLIC LIBRARY (LATER MINEOLA MEMORIAL LIBRARY) WAS ESTABLISHED LARGELY THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS LOTT. SHE BECAME INTERESTED ... 18493 Mineola Schools On Loop 564, Mineola, Texas near Mineola Middle and Primary School Campuses When the Texas & Pacific and the International & Great Northern Railroads intersected in 1873, the town of Mineola was created. Settlers quickly ... 15997 Mineola's Jewish Community On the southwest corner of the intersection of Johnson and Broad Sts. (U.S. Highway 80) Jewish immigrants who came to Texas through Galveston started arriving by train in Mineola shortly after its establishment in 1873. Many soon established ... 11671 Mountain Home SH 37 S of Quitman, in Gov. Hogg Park Birthplace of James Stephen Hogg, son of Lucanda McMath Hogg and Joseph Lewis Hogg. Born March 24, 1851, died March 3, 1906. First native Texan to ... 9013 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church 14 mi. NE of Mineola on FM 49 at CR 3275 Started as the Holly Springs Baptist Church of Christ, this fellowship is one of the oldest in Wood County. The first meeting was held on November ... 13748 Myrtle Springs Baptist Church, BMA 5 mi. NW on FM 2225 In the fall of 1861, William Setzler deeded land for church purposes, and the Myrtle Springs Missionary Baptist Church of Christ, as it was originally ...

9014 New Hope Baptist Church 5 mi. E of Mineola on FM 1801 at CR 2650 This fellowship was started as a Baptist Church of Christ in 1864. Members reorganized at Greer's Neighborhood, now Golden Rule community (2 mi. ... 13749 New Hope Cemetery 3.3 mi. E on US 80 and 0.1 mi. S on FM 2422 The new Hope Cemetery was long associated with the New Hope Baptist Church, which organized in 1864. It is believed the cemetery began around the ... 23677 New Hope Common School District No. 33 FM 1801 Following the landmark 1884 Texas law allowing counties to create public schools, Wood County commissioners met and established 46 original Common ...

18926 O. P. Pyle 123 N. Line St. Arkansas native Owen Pinkney Pyle (1867-1919) was publisher and editor of the Mineola "Courier" at the turn of the century. An advocate of the farmer, ... 9019 O. P. Pyle House 123 N. Line Street, Mineola An early leader of the Texas progressive era and a national spokesman for the concerns of farmers, O. P. Pyle had this home constructed in 1903-04, ... 9026 Old Winnsboro Cemetery 600 N. Mill Street, Winnsboro One of oldest cemeteries in East Texas. First burial (date unknown) was an accident victim. The earliest gravestone belongs to Andrew Vannoy (1812-58), ...

18691 Paron Cemetery Intersection of FM 1795 and CR 3689, 5.5 miles Northeast of Hawkins 9015 Perryville Baptist Church 10 mi. SE of Winnsboro on FM 852 to FM 2088 intersection In June 1884 five neighbors gathered to organize the County Line Missionary Baptist Church of Wood County. One month later charter members W. F. ... 9016 Perryville Methodist Church 10 mi. SE of Winnsboro on FM 852 This rural congregation was organized in 1879 by 38 charter members as the Marvin Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church. The Reverend A. K. Hughes served ... 9017 Pleasant Grove School & Cemetery 6.4 miles west of Winnsboro on CR 4988 Land for a community school and cemetery was donated by Henry and Mary Robinson in the 1870s. A one-room log schoolhouse was replaced by several ... 20196 Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Three miles east of the Alba Post Office, at the intersection of State Hwy. 182 and County Road 1613.

13936 Railroads in Mineola Mineola Transportation Plaza Depot, Front St and US 69 This city's fortunes have been tied historically to railroads. Mineola was born in the summer of 1873, as the Houston and Great Northern (later International ... 17729 Reneau Building 703 FM 1799 In 1913, Golden School trustees conveyed this property to Ella T. (Greer) Reneau. E. L. Foster contracted to build a home for Golden Masonic Lodge ... 15501 Reuben Leon and Fairess (Clark) Simmons Intersection of FM 79 and FM 1799 Reuben Leon Simmons and his wife Fairess (Clark) served as educators in public schools for a combined 83 years. Reuben Leon Simmons was born in 1894 ... 11666 Richard Malcolm Smith 1102-1212 S. Pacific (US 69) in Mineola City Cemetery (December 29, 1852 - August 19, 1935) Born in Kentucky, Richard Malcolm Smith came to Texas in his youth. He found work as a journalist with the ... 11667 Robert N. Stafford 1102-1212 S. Pacific (US 69), in Mineola City Cemetery (November 6, 1856 - June 18, 1911) A Georgia native and son of a Methodist minister, Robert N. Stafford moved to Mineola in 1880. He was county attorney ... 11669 Rock Hill Baptist Church 10 miles north of Quitman Organized in 1870 in school on Coke Road. First church was built in 1892. Charter members: Joe Bird, John Corley, W. W. Grice, and R. H. Galloway. ... 20089 Rockfield Cemetery marker pending marker pending 17755 Rosenwald Schools in Wood County Fouke community, Fouke Community Center, SE corner FM 2869 and CR 3470 In the 1920s, black schoolchildren, mostly poor and rural, attended school in old dilapidated buildings with out-of-date textbooks. Julius Rosenwald, ... 20161 Rufus Cornelius Hickman corner of Padgett and Belcher streets African American photographer, Rufus Cornelius Hickman (1918-2007), photographed African American life in Dallas in the Jim Crow and Civil Rights ...

15956 Saloons in Mineola on the northeast corner sidewalk of intersection of Commerce and Johnson Streets/on site of saloons 9020 Sand Springs Cemetery 3.5 mi. NW of Mineola on US 69 Originally known as the Big Spring Cemetery, this burial ground first served pioneer settlers of the surrounding rural community. It was formally ... 11662 Sarah Rosalie Patten Buchanan 200 N. Pacific, Mineola (April 23, 1855-February 24, 1941) Quitman native Sarah Rosalie "Rosa" Patten married future state senator John Creighton Buchanan in 1877. They ... 11665 Select Theater 114 N. Johnson Street, Mineola The Select Theater was the seventh in a long line of Mineola venues dating from 1886. Mrs. Martha (Mattie) Hooks named the theater for Select Pictures, ... 13249 Shady Grove Cemetery 8 mi. S of Winnsboro on FM 312, then E on CR 4645 for 1.5 mi. This open landscape cemetery, one of the oldest burial grounds in Wood County, first served pioneer settlers of the Shady Grove community. One of ... 18277 Site of Barney B. Hart House Peterson Park A 1906 two-story home was constructed by J.J. McLeod for attorney Barney B. Hart (1845-1925), and the home remained virtually unchanged since a breakfast ... 13746 Site of Coleman Family Drug Store and Clinic 112 S. Johnson St. Dr. Walter Jackson Coleman and his wife, Mary Eugenia (DuBose), moved to Texas with their family from Isney, Alabama in 1897. After settling in the ... 8975 Site of Little Indiana School county road east of FM 2225 and 1mi. N of FM 515, 10 mi. NW of Quitman In 1900 a group of Indiana families, led by John M. Hart and Roland Alexander, migrated to this area of Texas. They arrived to find the land, which ... 11668 Site of Public Mineral Water Well 101 E. Broad St. (US 80) at Johnson St., Mineola Mineola settlers chose this area, nicknamed "the Forks of the River," for its abundance of water. The town's first water service was administered ... 16728 Smith Chapel United Methodist Church 670 FM 1804 SMITH CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ABOUT 1885, MEMBERS OF THE HOARD COMMUNITY ORGANIZED DAVIS CHAPEL CHURCH AND MET IN THE DEMOCRAT SCHOOLHOUSE ... 9021 Smyrna Baptist Church on CR 4420, off SH 11, 5.7 mi. SE of Winnsboro Organized first Sunday in June 1869 under a pine tree, by the Rev. Jacob Ziegler, aided by elders. There were 18 constituting members. A Sabbath ... 13750 St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, SW corner W. Front St. and S. Stone St. (Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.) Marker reported damaged Apr. 2023. Replacement in progress. Extensive settlement in this area began after the end of the Texas Revolution in 1836. The Texas legislature created Wood County in 1850, influencing ...

17208 The Cathey Buildings West end of the North side of the public square in Quitman THE CATHEY BUILDINGS ATTORNEY, REPRESENTATIVE IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CATHEY PURCHASED SEVERAL LOTS FROM THOMAS ... 23354 The Episcopal Church of St. Dunstan marker pending marker pending 13026 The Thomas Breen Family 115 N. Pacific Irish immigrant Thomas Breen came to Mineola working for the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company, which reached the town in May 1873. He stayed to be ...

18494 Utilities in Mineola The Marker will be placed at the present location of the Utilities Dept. for the City of Mineola as locations for the other utilities no longer have offices in Mineola Desiring better living conditions, new residents began to look for water, electric and gas providers. The first water service, owned by A.W. Front, ...

22420 Webster Community Winnsboro THIS AREA WAS FIRST INHABITED BY THE CADDO TRIBE WHO CAME TO NORTHEAST TEXAS AROUND 800 A.D. EVIDENCE OF EITHER A TEMPORARY CAMP OR A SMALL CADDO ... 13751 Willard Cemetery 2 mi. E on Hwy 11, South on CR 4412 11663 William Jesse McDonald 116 Newsom, Mineola (September 28, 1852 - January 15, 1918) Born in Mississippi, "Bill" McDonald moved with his family to Rusk County, Texas, about 1866. During Reconstruction, ... 23397 William Richard Phillips marker pending marker pending 17223 Williams Medical Clinic Building 415 W. Kilpatrick St. WILLIAMS MEDICAL CLINIC BUILDING DR. JAMES W. WILLIAMS, A NATIVE OF MINEOLA, OPENED HIS MEDICAL PRACTICE IN 1946 AFTER HIS SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II. ... 9027 Wisener Field entrance to airport, Stearman Street off Country Club Drive, Mineola The age of aviation came to Mineola on July 4, 1917, when a Curtis JN-4D "Jenny" biplane, piloted by a member of the U. S. Army Signal Corps, landed ... 13409 Wood County 1.7 mi. S of Quitman on SH 37; 6 mi. N of Mineola Wood County Created February 5, 1850 Organized August 5, 1850 Named in Honor of George T. Wood 1795-1858 Member of the Congress of the Republic of ... 13752 Wood County Courthouse Main Street The Texas legislature created Wood County in 1850 with Quitman as the county seat. The county first used a log courthouse on the south side of the ...