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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OW4_bernard-moore-tample_Temple-TX.html
Born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Bernard Moore Temple was a noted railroad engineer. In 1862, he enlisted in the Virginia artillery, joining the Confederate Army, where he acquired engineering experience in artillery and ordnance. Temple made u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OUJ_city-of-temple_Temple-TX.html
Founded in 1881, on the Santa Fe line, Temple, like dozens of Texas towns, owed its beginning to the railroad and was, in fact, named for a Santa Fe official, B.M. Temple. On June 29, 1881, a gala town lot sale, with free barbecue, was held by pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OUI_site-of-organization-of-the-texas-forestry-association_Temple-TX.html
One of Texas' oldest conservation organizations. W. Goodrich Jones (1860-1950), who came to Temple as a banker in 1888, felt need for trees in this prairie town. He led planting drives in Temple, and in 1889 saw to establishment of a statewide Arb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSX_the-womans-study-club-of-holland_Holland-TX.html
On January 14, 1914, a small group of local women met to organize a study club for the cultural advancement of its members. In addition to its primary focus, the club soon adopted a series of civic projects, including many that offered financial s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ONI_post-oak-cemetery_Holland-TX.html
The only physical remnant of the Post Oak community, this cemetery began as the burial ground for the family of Isham McMillin, who acquired land in this part of Bell County in 1855. The oldest marked grave, that of McMillin's daughter Elizabeth, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ILV_salado_Salado-TX.html
Salado was officially establish in 1859 when Col. E.S.C Robertson donated land for a townsite and for a college. Col. Hermon Aiken drew a plat for the town, which developed along its main street. However, there had been activity here long before t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FKQ_holland-community_Holland-TX.html
Present-day Holland has its origins in three different settlements. Settlers first came here during the 1830s to farm the area's fertile soil. A community named Mountain Home (0.5 mi SE) formed along Darrs Creek and included a school, church, busi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNK8_site-of-thomas-arnold-high-school_Salado-TX.html
Dr. Samuel J. Jones (1857-1918) and his wife, Charlotte Hallaran Jones (d. 1904), established Thomas Arnold High School on this site in 1890. The school, which was actually a private academy, occupied the stone buildings vacated by Salado College,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKZ_wilson-van-dyke_Belton-TX.html
A native of South Carolina, Wilson Van Dyke served as a member of the Somervell Expedition, which was organized in 1842 to expel the Mexican Army from Texas. Under command of Col. W.S. Fisher, he crossed the Rio Grande and was captured. A survivor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKX_gulf-colorado-and-santa-fe-railway-planing-mill_Belton-TX.html
Built in 1912 at the Santa Fe rail yards in Temple, this planing mill was part of a complex of buildings that housed repair facilities for the railroad. Workers at the mill manufactured replacement parts for wooden elements of the Santa Fe's boxca…