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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML7A_homer-cemetery_Lufkin-TX.html
In 1854 W.W. Manning established a drugstore and sawmill in this area, and named the community after his former home in Homer, Louisiana. In 1856 Homer was chosen as Angelina County seat, following a mandate from the Texas Legislature to locate a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML57_site-of-the-town-of-homer_Lufkin-TX.html
Also known as AngelinaThird county seat of Angelina County,1858 - 1890
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKAB_thomas-lewis-latane-temple_Diboll-TX.html
Virginia native Thomas Lewis Latane Temple, son of Henry W.L. and Susan (Jones) Temple, moved to Texarkana, Texas, in 1877. He married Georgie D. Fowlkes in 1880. In 1893 Temple organized the Southern Pine Lumber Company in Texarkana and began tim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK9Z_diboll_Diboll-TX.html
A sawmill established here in 1894 by T.L.L. Temple gave rise to a town that by 1900 contained a commissary, post office, churches, homes, and schools run by the Southern Pine Lumber Company. The town was named for the Diboll family of New Orleans…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK9A_burke-methodist-church_Burke-TX.html
Founded in 1889 by a small group of Methodists, this church has played an integral role in the history of the community. H. and Nannie Belote donated land to the congregation in 1894, and the first church building was completed in 1901. It was mov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJX6_angelina-county_Lufkin-TX.html
Created and organized in 1846. Originally a part of Nacogdoches County. Bears the name of the river traversing the region. The following towns have served as the county seat; Marion,1846-1854; Jonesville,1854-1858; Homer, Feb. 3 - May 17, 1858, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWX_w-c-trout-and-the-counter-balanced-pumping-unit_Lufkin-TX.html
The son of an early industrial engineer, W.C. Trout (1874-1947) came to Lufkin in 1905 and joined Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co. as a shareholder and company secretary. Already a successful inventor, Trout led the diversification of the shop from eq…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWQ_lufkin-foundry-and-machine-company_Lufkin-TX.html
Chartered in 1902 as a repair shop and parts supply house for local sawmills, Lufkin Foundry & Machine Company was begun by J.H. Kurth, Frank Kavanaugh, Sr., Frank Kavanaugh, Jr., Eli Wiener and Simon Henderson. Later, under the leadership of W.C.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJTS_angelina-neches-river-railroad_Lufkin-TX.html
Chartered in August 1900 and headquartered in the sawmill town of Keltys, the Angelina and Neches River (A&NR) Railroad began as a small short line railroad to move logs from the woods of East Texas to the mills of the Angelina County Lumber Compa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJT6_whitehouse-cemetery_Lufkin-TX.html
According to local tradition, this cemetery may take its name from the 19th-century Cole family home, a structure whose whitewashed exterior stood out from the majority of other log houses and frame buildings in the area. It lies on what was once …