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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27RO_the-lorena-united-methodist-church_Lorena-TX.html
This church was organized in 1881 under the Rev. E.R. Barcus as pastor. The congregation met at first in the Baptist Church building. Trustees Herbert J. Hudson, A.J. Pool, and H.C. Williams bought the site and supervised the construction of the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S93_going-up-the-chisholm-trail_Waco-TX.html
"To those riders who passed this way ...their memories, honored in stone butwritten in our hearts"
"Across the Brazos at Waco"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S92_the-waco-suspension-bridge_Waco-TX.html
In 1866 the Waco Bridge Company was granted a 25 year charter to build a toll bridge here. The charter guaranteed that no other bridge or ferry could be built within five miles. Construction began in 1868 and, after much financial difficulty, was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S91_jacob-de-cordova_Waco-TX.html
Born to a Jewish family in Spanishtown, Jamaica, British West Indies, Jacob De Cordova immigrated to Philadelphia about 1830. After a brief return to Jamaica where he founded a newspaper, he became engaged in trade between New Orleans and Texas. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S90_waco-spring_Waco-TX.html
Erected by
Henry Downs Chapter
Daughters of
The American Revolution
1849 - May 5 - 1917
Reclaiming the Waco Spring
Famed in Local Tradition
As the Camp Grounds
Of the Waco Indians
And the first crossing
Of the Brazos River
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NUC_crawford_Crawford-TX.html
Located in an area of McLennan County once inhabited by Tonkawa Indians, the community of Crawford grew slowly from an 1850S settlement centered around Tonk Crossing (two miles northeast). The first townsite was at the crossroads of the Waco to Ga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NQB_first-baptist-church-of-moody_Moody-TX.html
The First Baptist Church of Moody was organized in 1855 in the community of Perry (2 mi. N), with Elder S.G. O'Bryan serving as first pastor. Another early minister, the Rev. John McClain, had been present at the church's organization and served t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LE0_torreys-trading-post-no-2_Waco-TX.html
Site of greatest Indian council in Republic of Texas. There President Sam Houston made famous 1844 peace talks to assembled chiefs. Was "listening post" for frontier. Built and run by George Barnard for Torrey's Trading Company, post in 1844-49 wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LDZ_gerald-harris-shooting_Waco-TX.html
James W. Harris (1863-1897), editor of Waco's "Times -Herald" and Judge George Bruce Gerald (1836-1914) argued over an article the Judge wrote. It supported William Cowper Brann's controversial magazine, "The Iconoclast", which denounced, among ot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LDY_brann-davis-shootings_Waco-TX.html
The city of Waco in the 1890s divided into two armed camps over the caustic criticisms of William Cowper Brann (1855-1898) in his magazine, "The Iconoclast". A gifted writer, Brann attacked many organizations, especially Baptists and Baylor Univer…