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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZY_john-b-ketura-douglas-house_Tyler-TX.html
Built about 1873, this was the home of John B. Douglas (1843-1893), a Civil War veteran, merchant and city official, and his wife Ketura (Kettie) Walker Douglas (1845-1912), a local church and civic leader. The area around this site was an upper-m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZX_colonel-thomas-r-bonner-texas-in-the-civil-war-1861-1865_Tyler-TX.html
(east face) School named for Texas Confederate Colonel Thomas R. Bonner 1836-1891 Born in Mississippi. Came to Texas 1849. In Texas militia at start of Civil War. Elected captain Co. C, 18th Tex. Infantry, C.S.A., 1862. Commanded 18th as Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZV_city-of-tyler_Tyler-TX.html
In area opened 1839 to white settlers by Republic of Texas victories over Cherokee Indians whose trails led the way to good springs, fine farmlands, useful salines. The first Legislature of the state of Texas named the town (founded 1846) for Pres…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZU_tyler-commercial-college_Tyler-TX.html
In 1894, C.L. and Noah Adair opened the Adair Normal School to provide a University-level education, but the school closed in 1896. In 1899, a charter was filed with the Secretary of State's office for Tyler Commercial College. The college used a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZT_tyler-carnegie-library_Tyler-TX.html
Five Tyler Women's clubs, the First Literary Club, Bachelor Maids, Quid Nunc, Sherwood Club and Athenian Club, collectively known as the Federated Women's Clubs of Tyler, worked several years to form a series of libraries for this growing East Tex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZS_first-baptist-church-of-tyler_Tyler-TX.html
Organized on April 8, 1848, with six charter members, this congregation first met in a log cabin courthouse on the town square. Led by elders W. H. Ray and W. B. Langston, services were held monthly, with members being called by the blowing of a h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZR_butler-college_Tyler-TX.html
Rev. Cornelius Moses Butler and Trustees of the East Texas Baptist Association founded East Texas Baptist Academy in 1905. The Association was created to improve educational opportunities for African American youth in and around the City of Tyler.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZQ_new-harmony-baptist-church_Tyler-TX.html
This congregation was established in 1867 and accepted into the Cherokee Baptist Association in 1869. Seven of the church's nineteen charter members are buried in New Harmony Cemetery, established in 1870. Early services were held in a log buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZP_whitaker-mcclendon-house_Tyler-TX.html
Built about 1880 for attorney Harrison Moores Whitaker and his wife, Mattie, daughter of Texas Supreme Court Justice Micajah H. Bonner, this is one of the few remaining high Victorian residences in Tyler. The home was purchased by Mattie's sister,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZO_camp-of-the-army-of-the-republic-of-texas_Bullard-TX.html
At this site was the camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas under Generals Edward Burleson, Thomas J. Rusk, Albert Sydney Johnston, Hugh McLeod, Kelsey B. Douglas and Col. Willis H. Landrum just before they engaged Chief Bowles of the Cherokees…
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