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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS6_site-of-the-union-hotel-bracken-house-acme-hotel_Rusk-TX.html
Site of the Union Hotel/Bracken House/Acme Hotel. . The first hotel to occupy this site was the Union Hotel, a wood frame building erected in 1849. Renamed Bracken House for a subsequent owner, it continued to serve the city until 1889. Civil War …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS5_maydelle_Rusk-TX.html
Maydelle. . In 1906, the Texas State Railroad built to this area for timber to fuel iron manufacturing at the penitentiary in Rusk. The branch prison established at the railhead was called Camp Wright. When Rusk native Thomas Campbell became gover…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS4_little-beans-cherokee-village_Rusk-TX.html
Little Bean's Cherokee Village. . In the winter of 1819-1820 Chief John Bowles led about sixty Cherokee families from Arkansas to East Texas. Near this site a small settlement of about six families was established by a Cherokee leader named Little…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRO_site-of-sam-houston-speeches_Rusk-TX.html
Site of Sam Houston Speeches. . Two speeches were delivered by Sam Houston in Rusk. The first, in 1855, was a debate with politician Frank Bowden. Houston, a U.S. Senator, was on a tour through central and east Texas trying to regain public favor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRN_mewshaw-state-sawmill-and-maydell-ccc-camp_Rusk-TX.html
Mewshaw State Sawmill and Maydell CCC Camp. . In operation from 1908 to 1912, the Mewshaw State Sawmill at this site produced 35,000 board feet of lumber daily and was staffed by convict laborers from the nearby Rusk Penitentiary. The village of M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRL_texas-state-railroad_Rusk-TX.html
Texas State Railroad. . In the late 1880s the Texas Prison System built a short rail line from the state penitentiary facility in north Rusk, southwestward to hardwood timber stands, where charcoal was made for use in firing the prison's iron ore …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3R_earles-chapel-methodist-church_Jacksonville-TX.html
Settlement of the Earle's Chapel community began several years before the organization of Cherokee County. W. J. Ragsdale (1811-1884), a veteran of the Texas War for Independence, and his wife Patsy McAdams (1816-1898) had settled on Prairie Branc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3Q_earles-chapel-cemetery_Jacksonville-TX.html
Elijah Earle (1804-1880) and his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Jarratt Tatum (1824-1904), set aside land for this graveyard in 1858. Elijah selected his own burial site at the time, marking it by carving his initials on a tree trunk. He was buried h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3P_first-baptist-church_Jacksonville-TX.html
This congregation traces it history to the origins of the town of Jacksonville. When the International and Great Northern Railroad promoted the new town of Jacksonville along its rail line in 1872, city lots were set aside for local churches. Deac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A41_zebulon-pike-campsite_Alto-TX.html
In 1807, under commission from Gen. James Wilkinson, Governor of the Louisiana Territory, Lt. Zebulon Pike led an expedition to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers and to report on Spanish settlements in the New Mexico area. Head…