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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22QO_town-of-penelope_Penelope-TX.html
Founded by International and Great Northern Railroad in 1902. Named for child of official. Settled by Anglos and Czechs from Zee Vee, older town (1/2 mile south) founded in 1893. New town prospered; incorporated, 1913. Good well water was found in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8D_the-hubbard-city-news_Hubbard-TX.html
S.H. Sayer began publication of the "Hubbard City News" in 1881, the year the town was founded. The business later merged with S.R. Boyd's paper, the "Texas Pick and Pan" and the "Hubbard City Progress", a newspaper started in 1901 by brothers Geo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8C_hometown-of-tris-speaker_Hubbard-TX.html
A legend in his own time, Tris Speaker was born, educated and buried here. Known as the Grey Eagle, he was the first Texan named to National Baseball Hall of Fame. First man elevated to Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Was on Boston's 1912 and 1915 W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q89_hubbard_Hubbard-TX.html
Founded 1881, as a shipping center and supply point on the St. Louis and Southwestern Railway. Named for Richard B. Hubbard (1832-1901), colonel in the 22nd Texas Infantry during the Civil War; Texas Governor 1876-1879; United States Minister to J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1766_hill-county-jail_Hillsboro-TX.html
Constructed in 1893, this building serves as the third jail for Hill County. It was designed by W. C. Dodson of Waco, architect of the Hill County Courthouse, and built by the Brown County firm of Lovell and Wood. The brick and limestone structure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16QA_katy-depot_Hillsboro-TX.html
This depot was built to serve the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Rail Line, which reached Hillsboro in 1881. Completed in 1902, the station features elements of the Eastlake, Victorian, and Prairie styles. Early MKT trains carried materials for the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16Q9_l-c-mckamie_Abbott-TX.html
Born in Moody (McLennan Co.) on October 24, 1900, L.C. (Luke) McKamie earned degrees from Southwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin and Baylor University. L.C. and his wife, Beulah (Boots), came to Abbott in 1926, he as Superinten…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16NK_hill-county-courthouse_Hillsboro-TX.html
The fourth courthouse for Hill County (organized in 1853) and the third one located in Hillsboro, this impressive landmark replaced a brick court building erected in 1874. Contractors Lovell, Miller and Hood of Brownsville built this rusticated li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16N0_old-g-d-tarlton-house_Hillsboro-TX.html
Victorian style. Built in 1895 by noted attorney Greene Duke Tarlton (1852-1931), from Louisiana. House was one of finest in town, with hand-carved mantels, stained glass windows, "speaking tube" between kitchen and third floor bedroom, and a dumb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16LT_old-brandon-mill_Mertens-TX.html
One of earliest grist mills in Hill County. Built (1868) by Dr. Jas. T. Harrington, who also founded town of Brandon. Corn meal, basic to settlers' diet, was ground here. Dr. Harrington built a dam on White Rock Creek near here as a water source f…
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