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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14R8_abbott-schools_Abbott-TX.html
The public school system in Abbott began in 1885 when a one-story frame schoolhouse was constructed on the east side of town. It housed 140 pupils and three teachers. A two-story brick structure, built at this site in 1911, served the Abbott schoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14R2_abbott-united-methodist-church_Abbott-TX.html
The first Methodist worship service in Abbott was held in 1883 by the Rev. G. W. Swofford. A congregation soon was organized and became a regular stop on the Hillsboro circuit, with the Rev. J. P. Mussett as first pastor. By 1886 the congregation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14M9_abbott-house_Hillsboro-TX.html
Jo Abbott and his wife, Rowena Sturgis Abbott, bought this property in 1883 and later built the house next door (west). Abbott was a county and district judge, congressman, and local banker. In 1899 this house (originally a T-plan) was on the prop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14M8_whitney-messenger_Whitney-TX.html
This newspaper began publication in 1883, four years after the railroad town of Whitney was founded. Established by H. P. and J. O. Jones, the "Messenger" was purchased by J. T. and Dan S. Mayes in 1890. Dan Mayes, who gained full ownership of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14JV_abbott-baptist-church_Abbott-TX.html
Organized in 1876 as the Liberty Grove Baptist Church by 13 founding members, this congregation met in the Liberty Grove Schoolhouse 2 miles south of here. Renamed the Abbott Baptist Church in 1879, the church moved to Abbott in 1885. Services wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14JS_whitney_Whitney-TX.html
Whitney, the first railroad town in Hill County, was established in 1879 on the route of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and was named for railroad investor Charles A. Whitney. Lots in the new town were sold at a "Grand Picnic" on November …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14IY_abbott_Abbott-TX.html
In 1881, on land owned by G.M. Dodge, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad built a line through a new town named for Joseph Abbott, a Hill County resident, lawyer and U.S. Congressman. Winston W. Treadwell soon opened a general store manag…