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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q87_hopewell-baptist-church_Tyler-TX.html
In early 1857 the Rev. J. S. Bledsoe began preaching in a post oak grove near the Hopewell community. By 1858 the Hopewell Baptist Church was organized with 30 members and the Rev. J. S. Bledsoe as first pastor. Harvey Yarborough deeded 10 acres n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q7C_the-connally-home_Tyler-TX.html
This residence was built in 1906 for prominent Tyler businessman Walter Connally. Connally's business interests included banking, ownership of a gin equipment firm, and part ownership in a hardware company. After his death in 1918, Connally's wido…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q68_ramey-house_Tyler-TX.html
An important example of turn-of-the-century domestic architecture, the home of Thomas Brown and Mary Josephine (Spencer) Ramey was crafted of virgin cypress and southern heart pine in 1903. The architectural style of the house is typical of the re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q21_colonel-richard-b-hubbard-governor-r-b-hubbard_Tyler-TX.html
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School named for Texas Confederate
Colonel Richard B. Hubbard
1832-1901
Georgia-born, came to Texas 1853. Tyler lawyer, politician. State legislator. Raised 5th Tex. Inf. Bn., merged 1862 in Hubbard's Regt., 22nd Tex. Inf. In 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZY_john-b-ketura-douglas-house_Tyler-TX.html
Built about 1873, this was the home of John B. Douglas (1843-1893), a Civil War veteran, merchant and city official, and his wife Ketura (Kettie) Walker Douglas (1845-1912), a local church and civic leader. The area around this site was an upper-m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZX_colonel-thomas-r-bonner-texas-in-the-civil-war-1861-1865_Tyler-TX.html
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School named for Texas Confederate
Colonel Thomas R. Bonner
1836-1891
Born in Mississippi. Came to Texas 1849. In Texas militia at start of Civil War. Elected captain Co. C, 18th Tex. Infantry, C.S.A., 1862. Commanded 18th as Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZV_city-of-tyler_Tyler-TX.html
In area opened 1839 to white settlers by Republic of Texas victories over Cherokee Indians whose trails led the way to good springs, fine farmlands, useful salines. The first Legislature of the state of Texas named the town (founded 1846) for Pres…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZU_tyler-commercial-college_Tyler-TX.html
In 1894, C.L. and Noah Adair opened the Adair Normal School to provide a University-level education, but the school closed in 1896. In 1899, a charter was filed with the Secretary of State's office for Tyler Commercial College. The college used a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZT_tyler-carnegie-library_Tyler-TX.html
Five Tyler Women's clubs, the First Literary Club, Bachelor Maids, Quid Nunc, Sherwood Club and Athenian Club, collectively known as the Federated Women's Clubs of Tyler, worked several years to form a series of libraries for this growing East Tex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZS_first-baptist-church-of-tyler_Tyler-TX.html
Organized on April 8, 1848, with six charter members, this congregation first met in a log cabin courthouse on the town square. Led by elders W. H. Ray and W. B. Langston, services were held monthly, with members being called by the blowing of a h…