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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1077_pioneer-texas-oil-man_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Born in Virginia. Came with parents to Texas, 1842. Married Angelina Thomas. Had 9 children.
Drilled the first oil well in Texas, 1866. If efforts to drill early in 1859 had succeeded, he would have completed first oil well in the United State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU0A_stephen-f-austin-state-teachers-college-during-world-war-ii_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Immediately following the United States' entry into World War II after the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (SFA)President Alton Birdwell called together an assembly of students and staff to a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML1F_westminster-presbyterian-church_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Presbyterians have long played an important role in Nacogdoches; the earliest Presbyterian influence here dates to the 1830s, with several churches organizing later in the century. In 1893, the Rev. B.A. Hodges and twelve founding members establis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKBI_durst-taylor-house_Nacogdoches-TX.html
The family of Andres De Acosta, who settled in Nacogdoches in 1779, owned this property as early as 1809. Acosta sold the property, which included a house to Joseph Durst (1789-1843) in 1827. Durst, who was alcalde of Nacogdoches when he bought th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2U_the-fredonia-rebellion_Nacogdoches-TX.html
For a brief while, the flag that flew over Nacogdoches Plaza Principal was the red-and-white banner of Haden Edwards' forty-four-day Fredonia Rebellion.
Edwards had obtained a grant from Mexico to settle 800 families in East Texas in the Nacogd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK01_alton-w-birdwell_Nacogdoches-TX.html
This plaza is dedicated to the memory of the first president of Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College. In 1917 the state created an "East Texas Normal" and selected Nacogdoches as its location. The State Board of Regents selected East Texas his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWM_eugenia-sterne-park_Nacogdoches-TX.html
March 2―Texas Independence Day in 1836―was the birthday of Sam Houston in 1783 and of Eva Helena Eugenia Sterne in 1829. On October 25, 1841, Republic of Texas President Sam Houston presented the land of this present-day Eugenia Sterne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJW4_the-treaty_Nacogdoches-TX.html
The date was February 23, 1836, and the situation for Texas was desperate. Santa Anna with about 6,000 troops was on the march towards the Alamo with the intent of smashing the small, poorly-organized, and ill-equipped army of Texans along with th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJVB_site-of-old-north-church_Nacogdoches-TX.html
First known as Union Church as several denominations joined here to worship as early as 1836. Organized in 1838. A small log church was completed that year on ten acres donated by Dr. John M. Sparks. The present structure dates from 1859. In its g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJUU_old-north-church-cemetery_Nacogdoches-TX.html
According to legend, the first burial in this cemetery was that of a young girl whose family, traveling through the area when she died, buried her here before continuing their westward journey. Oral tradition also suggests that William Whitaker wa…