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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EW5_matinee-musical-club_Rockdale-TX.html
In January 1909, Mary Ann (Coffield) Perry organized the Matinee Musical Club on the front porch of her home at this site. Pearl Cauthon served as the first president of the club, which met regularly to study and perform music. Yearbooks document …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVZ_railroads-in-rockdale_Rockdale-TX.html
Rockdale owes its founding to the International & Great Northern rail line, along which the town was laid out in 1873-74. The railroad gave area farmers access to markets for their crops, and Rockdale became a shipping point for farmers and other …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVS_jewish-cemetery_Rockdale-TX.html
The International & Great Northern Railroad reached the new town of Rockdale in January 1874. Among the early residents were brothers Benjamin and Joseph Lowenstein, who opened a mercantile from a tent before the railroad arrived. They and their f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVP_the-kay-theater_Rockdale-TX.html
In 1947, E.L. Bryan and the Foy Arrington family bought a surplus quonset hut, one of the thousands ot the all-purpose metal buildings made during World War II. The hut was moved to Rockdale to become the core of the second movie theater in town. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVN_la-recluta-and-la-escuelita_Rockdale-TX.html
Jose Leal received six leagues of land in this area in 1833. In 1867, coal was discovered, and the railroad reached Rockdale in 1874. Not until 1890 did the first coal mine, owned by Herman Vogel, begin operation. Others opened, and more settlers …