(1815 - 1898)
Born in Georgia to Hardy and Drucilla (Neal) Pitts, William Harrison Pitts moved his plantation household to this area by 1854. He purchased 200 acres and built a home near this site. A settlement began to spring up, and a post office was established with the name "Pittsburg." Pitts acquired more land over the next few years, setting aside 50 acres for the town's development. In 1874, his offer of $50 toward a new courthouse was a deciding factor in the election of Pittsburg as the seat of the newly organized Camp County. The town became a junction of two railroad lines in the late 1870s and by 1880 it had a population of 750. The "Pittsburg Gazette" was first published in 1884. William Harrison Pitts was married four times and had two children. A merchant, civic leader, and veteran of the Creek Indian wars, he died in 1898.| HM Number | HM2KMK |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2000 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 9th, 2019 at 8:02pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 315943 N 3652705 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.99725000, -94.97006667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 59.835', W 94° 58.204' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 59' 50.1" N, 94° 58' 12.24" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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