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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EPQ_morgan-g-sanders_Ben-Wheeler-TX.html
Legislator Morgan Gurley Sanders was born near Ben Wheeler. He published newspapers, worked as journal clerk of the state senate and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas before winning a seat in the state legislature. His public service as a Dem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EPP_alamo-institute_Ben-Wheeler-TX.html
In 1890 Van Zandt county had 81 schools but none for higher learning. In April 1890, Prof. James F. Davidson and J. W. Downs held a community meeting in the Old Clough School House in Ben Wheeler. They presented a plan, adopted unanimously, to est…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EKG_ben-wheeler-community_Ben-Wheeler-TX.html
Just as Native Americans were attracted to this area because of the climate and resources. Early settlers also utilized these resources. The are was originally named Clough after George W. Clough (1820-1884) who, in 1868, purchased the 640-acre Ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAV_county-line-missionary-baptist-church_Ben-Wheeler-TX.html
Oral tradition links this church to the original County Line Baptist Church of 1851, the earliest recorded attempt of area African American families to create a community of worship. County Line Colored Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML3K_cherokee-chief-bowles_Ben-Wheeler-TX.html
On this site theCherokee ChiefBowles was killed on July 16, 1839 while leading 800 Indians of various tribes in battle against 500 Texans. The last engagement between Cherokees and whites in Texas.