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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM245V_farmers-state-bank-and-reinstein-store_Chappell-Hill-TX.html
Chappell Hill began as an agricultural community in 1847 but had no bank until a population boom in the early 1900s brought wealth and economic prosperity.
Farmers State Bank organized in March 1907 and opened in September of that year with J. J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM245U_old-rock-store_Chappell-Hill-TX.html
Town's early masonry store, built 1869 by merchant John E. Glass.
Has thick sandstone walls, massive hand-hewn and pegged pine timbers, doors and window shutters made with square nails.
Tenants have been grocers and the Chappell Hill Post Offi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESL_chappell-hill_Chappell-Hill-TX.html
Founded 1847. Named for Robert Chappell, an 1841 settler. Early education center, with Chappell Hill Male and Female Institute, 1852, and Soule University, 1850.
Male students marched away to Civil War in 1861. C.S.A. Quartermaster Depot locate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESE_site-of-soule-university-for-boys_Chappell-Hill-TX.html
Established in 1855 and chartered in 1856 to replace Rutersville and Wesleyan Colleges. Closed during the Civil War and later by yellow fever. Succeeded in 1875 by Southwestern University
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CX2_early-texas-river-steamers_Chappell-Hill-TX.html
River-shipping efforts in pioneer Texas by steamboat were centered primarily on the Brazos (about 2 mi. E.), and Washington-on-the-Brazos (about 15 mi. N.) was an important distribution point for commercial interests. The Brazos flowed through mos…