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Old Harrison

Waco, McLennan County

Marker Text

Named for Confederate General James E. Harrison, kinsman of U.S. president Wm. Henry Harrison and close friend of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Born in South Carolina. Early settler, political leader and landowner in McLennan and Falls counties. Member of the Texas seccession convention. As an adopted son of Chickasaw Indian Tribe, headed special Civil War missions in Indian Territory. As a stockholder in Waco tap railway, gave right-of-way and site for Harrsion Station. Town had post office, school, stores, churches, gins, gristmills.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Waco take Hwy 1860 about 1/4 mi. from the intersection of Hwy 6. Marker Reported Missing 8/21/25.
Marker # 3685
Dedicated 1965
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code railroads; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns; Civil War; ghost towns
Latitude, Longitude 31.720462, -97.058396

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