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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZX2_hampson-boren-gary_Tyler-TX.html
Born in Tyler, Gary was responsible for organizing the Smith County Rifles. He was also a soldier, public servant, diplomat to Egypt and minister to Switzerland.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZX1_camp-ford_Tyler-TX.html
Confederate training camp and largest Confederate prisoner of war camp west of the Mississippi for captured Union troops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZX0_brady-p-gentry_Tyler-TX.html
Gentry served as a U.S. Congressman and Texas Highway Commission Chair. He was instrumental in the development of Texas Farm Roads and the Interstate Highway System. He also was a benefactor to Tyler Junior College.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIJ_pine-springs-baptist-church_Tyler-TX.html
In 1881, E.S. Cook and Perry Ray, trustees for the Pine Springs School community, purchased nearby land for the construction of a schoolhouse. Soon after, the Pine Springs Baptist Church of Christ was organized under the direction of the Rev. Marc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QII_shamburger-cemetery_Tyler-TX.html
Members of the Peter Shamburger family came to this area of Texas from Mississippi in 1847. Peter and his family lived near Starrville. His son, Mathew, married Julia Ann Shockley in 1849 and settled in the Fruit community (later renamed Pine Spri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIH_antioch-baptist-church_Tyler-TX.html
Records of the Smith County Baptist Association indicate that this congregation was established in 1851. Members held worship services in homes and in the local schoolhouse until they built their first sanctuary in 1857. Since the church had only …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QC2_james-calhoun-hill_Tyler-TX.html
Migrating in 1840 from Alabama to Texas, James Calhoun Hill led the first permanent settlers into this vicinity. He served on the commission that ran boundaries of Smith County and platted the county seat in 1846. Prospering as a surveyor and plan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QB6_smith-county-rose-industry-and-the-tyler-rose-garden_Tyler-TX.html
A combination of sandy soil, year-round rainfall, and a long growing season make the Tyler area ideal for rose propagation. First known commercial production began here in the 1870s when industry pioneers such as G.A. McKee and Mathew Shamburger (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8J_headache-springs-c-s-a_Tyler-TX.html
A quarter mile north of this site is "Headache Springs," noted for its healing mineral waters. During the Civil War, as sea blockades cut off imports, a Confederate medical laboratory operated here. One of nine, and only one west of Mississippi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8G_the-major-john-dean-house_Tyler-TX.html
On land bought Jan. 22, 1863, by Frances Clarenda Rice Dean (1836-76) with Confederate pay sent home from Civil War post by husband, Major John Dean (1831-1902). Using Louisiana heart pine lumber that he himself milled and seasoned, Dean had house…
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