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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26SK_levingston-shipbuilding-company_Orange-TX.html
In 1859, three brothers, Samuel, David and John Levingston, arrived in Orange from Ireland and purchased an existing shipyard, where they built wooden ships for more than thirty years. The some of Samuel Levingston, "Captain" George Levingston, es…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26SB_cox-house_Orange-TX.html
The town of Orange began as a settlement in the late 1820s on a bend in the Sabine River. By the Turn of the Century, the town had expanded north of the river bend. Thomas C.B. Cox (1856-1929), a civil engineer for the Lutcher and Moore Lumber Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26S9_the-womans-club-of-orange_Orange-TX.html
Cultural opportunities were rare for women in the Orange Community at the end of the 19th century. On October 18, 1893, a small group of women met to form "The Ladies' Shakespeare Club" for the study of Shakespeare, history and literature in gener…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26S7_first-methodist-church_Orange-TX.html
The first recorded Methodist activity in Orange was in 1859, when the Rev. Valerious C. Canon was sent here from the Woodville District. By 1871, Orange was on a circuit which included Hardin, Jefferson and Orange Counties. According to legend, on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26S4_leonard-frederick-benckenstein_Orange-TX.html
A millionaire by his early thirties, Leonard Frederick Benckenstein made his first fortune in Detroit, where he was involved in the insurance, stock, and bond business. His friendship with prominent East Texas lumberman John Henry Kirby led him to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26S1_orange-county-and-the-civil-war_Orange-TX.html
Shortly after the voters of Orange County and Texas approved secession in 1861, three military companies were raised in the county for Confederate service— The Orange Light Guard, The Orange Greys, and Hannah's Company. Additional forces, in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26RZ_u-s-navy-in-orange-texas_Orange-TX.html
Orange, Texas has a long association with the U.S.Navy. Its shipyards build 39 destroyers, 93 destroyer escorts, 106 landing craft, and numerous other vessels in World War II. Orange was home for 250 "Mothball" ships of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26RY_emma-henderson-wallace_Orange-TX.html
A native of Waxahachie, Texas, Emma Shirley Henderson Wallace (1876-1968) attended school at Prairie View College before becoming a teacher in 1896. She taught in Tyler, Ellis and Jefferson Counties before moving to Orange in 1901 to become one of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26RX_hollywood-community-cemetery_Orange-TX.html
Though rumors of slave cemeteries in Orange County abound, the burial ground on this site is the oldest known African American cemetery in the area. When Mary E. (Merriman) Boneville transferred 2.5 acres of land to William King, trustee of Mt. Zi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26RW_first-baptist-church-of-orange_Orange-TX.html
In 1879 the Rev. Andrew Peddy helped organize this congregation with 18 charter members. They met in the frame Orange County courthouse and were served for a time by missionary preachers. Sarah A. Finch and Anna and L. L. Bettis deeded a lot in th…
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