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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HT2_mount-zion-baptist-church_Abilene-TX.html
The Rev. James Curry, a missionary from Sherman, Texas, organized this congregation in 1885. It is the oldest African American church in the city. The Rev. James Lewis served as first pastor of the congregation, which met in a small house near the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HT1_abilene-negro-high-school_Abilene-TX.html
The first public school for African Americans in Abilene was established in 1890. Located in the 200 block of Plum Street, the one-room school was named the Abilene Colored School. Its first class consisted of 22 students and one teacher.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HKK_round-mound-cemetery_Abilene-TX.html
Round Mound Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Jones County and is located near the site of the former Deadman Creek or Round Mound settlement. The name "Round Mound" may derive from the highest point in the area, which is locat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HK4_8-6-miles-south-to-fort-phantom-hill_Abilene-TX.html
Established November 14, 1851 by the United States Army as a protection of the settlers against the Indians. Abandoned and burned April 6, 1854. Repaired and used by Southern Overland Mail, 1858-1861, sub-post of Fort Griffin, 1871-1872, temporary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HJ3_abilene-municipal-cemetery_Abilene-TX.html
Abilene Municipal Cemetery is composed of five different burial grounds. The oldest documented grave is that of Florence Phillips, who was buried in the Masonic section in 1881 shortly before the establishment of the local Masonic Lodge in 1882. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HHH_james-winford-hunt_Abilene-TX.html
Born in present Oklahoma, James Winford Hunt grew up on the Texas high plains. A newspaper publisher for several years, he became a Methodist minister in 1903. While a pastor in Abilene, he convinced the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HH9_morgan-jones_Abilene-TX.html
Welsh-born Morgan Jones arrived in the U.S. in 1866. As a contractor for numerous railroad lines, he became a railroad legend by laying tracks spanning more than 1,000 miles across Texas and the west. He was president of the Fort Worth and Denver …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HAI_butterfield-trail_Abilene-TX.html
U.S. Mail Route
St. Louis to San Francisco
Crossed Here
1858-1861
Marked by Woman Club of Anson
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HA0_claiborne-walker-merchant_Abilene-TX.html
Claiborne W. Merchant and his twin, John, were born in Nagodoches. "Clabe" married Frances Bell in 1856. He served in the Confederate army and later became a cattle rancher. Merchant established his first ranch in 1874 in Callahan County…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H9Z_thomas-middlebrook-willis_Abilene-TX.html
Born in Bainbridge, Georgia, Thomas Middlebrook Willis was an important early leader in Abilene. Willis moved to Waco, Texas with his parents, Dr. Thomas L. And Mrs. Letitia Willis, in 1866. T.M. Willis first came to this area in 1878 to investiga…