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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M0Q_pine-street-shootout_Abilene-TX.html
When the young railroad town of Abilene incorporated in 1883, the first city officials desired to project a more civilized image to visitors and new settlers, as the new town had already developed a lawless reputation since its 1881 founding. Stro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M0E_childers-classical-institute_Abilene-TX.html
Abilene Christian University began as an educational institution on this block known as the West End residential area. In 1906, Allen Booker Barret, a Tennessee educator and preacher, and five trustees purchased land and a house from Col. John W. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M0A_old-weather-bureau-building_Abilene-TX.html
This structure was completed for the Abilene office of the United States Weather Bureau in 1909. The interior contained living quarters and an observatory for the administrator. The first official in charge here was W.H. Green, who served until 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M09_site-of-guitar-mansion_Abilene-TX.html
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 oil mills throughout Texas, most in towns served by the Texas & Pacific Railroad. He held large …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JGI_macedonia-baptist-church_Abilene-TX.html
The early community support system for citizens of color in Abilene included Mt. Zion Baptist Church, organized in 1885, and the first area school for Black children, which opened in 1890 with 22 pupils. Because of African Americans' continuing de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J6Y_mexican-american-americanization-school_Abilene-TX.html
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 and 1840 established laws governing a system of schools. As these institutions took shape, Mexican Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IQ2_magee-house_Abilene-TX.html
One of the earliest fine houses in Abilene. Built 1903 in Colonial Revival Style by Dr. Jefferson Davis Magee (1861-1935) and wife, Anna (Wilbanks). A native of Pike County, Miss., educated in east Texas and at the Louisville (Ky.) Medical College…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IFM_martin-luther-king-jr-memorial_Abilene-TX.html
Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
"I Have a Dream"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was an American leader of nonviolence and a prophet of peace in a time of trouble. He dared valiantly to dream that people of a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IFL_eugenia-pickard_Abilene-TX.html
A philanthropic African American woman greatly improved Abilene's minority neighborhoods. Eugenia Pickard was born in Georgia about 1877. She moved to Texas in the early 1900s and settled in Abilene. Here she owned several properties and made them…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IFA_honoring-e-battery-lost-battalion-wwii_Abilene-TX.html
Mobilized at Abilene, Texas, 25 November 1940. Captured by the Japanese forces, 10 March, 1942. Liberated, 18 September 1945.
Battery Officers
T.A. Dodson, Capt. · H.G. Allen, 1st Lt. · W.R. Slone, 1st Lt. · M.A. Str…