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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A3U_bethel-primitive-baptist-church_Killeen-TX.html
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church originated in the Palo Alto Community, which was located about 3.5 miles northeast of present Killeen. Organized about 1864, the congregation met in a Union Church building shared with other denominations.
When t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A3P_killeen-herald_Killeen-TX.html
W.E. Bennett began publishing the Killeen Herald in June 1890, eight years after the town of Killeen was founded. Later owners of the newspaper included W.T. Carter, an active civic leader who served as publisher and editor from 1907 to 1950. Begu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A3N_wednesday-review-club_Killeen-TX.html
Organized by twelve charter members in September 1906, this organization was originally known as the Ladies Literary Society of Killeen. The name was changed one month later to the Wednesday Review Club. Pursuing studies in American and internatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A34_mcbryde-cemetery_Killeen-TX.html
Mancel T. McBryde (1821-1896), who brought his family here from Georgia in the early 1860s, began this family cemetery in 1885 upon the death of his wife, Jane W. Goar McBryde (1826-1885). A farmer and rancher, McBryde selected a site south of his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A33_maxdale-cemetery_Killeen-TX.html
Established in the 1860s to serve the rural community of Pleasant Grove, this cemetery is one of the oldest in Bell County. Land for the graveyard was given by Frank N. McBryde, Sr., whose 1883 application for a post office for the community resul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A31_immanuel-lutheran-church-cemetery_Killeen-TX.html
The first burial in this graveyard, that of Wilhelm Wolf, took place in 1891, two years after the German Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Congregation was formally organized. The Rev. H.F. Daude (1850-1924), who served as first pastor, deeded land he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27QC_avenue-d-school_Killeen-TX.html
Constructed to replace an earlier brick schoolhouse destroyed by fire, the present Avenue D School was built in 1923. C.J. Leinbach of Dallas designed the three-story building, which features decorative stonework and separate entrances for girls a…