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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D67_charles-b-metcalfe_San-Angelo-TX.html
Sponsor of 1918 measure to give Texas women right to vote.
Born in Lawrence County, Tenn. Came to Texas 1872. Helped map town site of Ben Ficklin, first county seat, Tom Green County.
Grew first bale of cotton and installed first (water-powe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D66_tom-green-county-courthouse_San-Angelo-TX.html
To the memory of the heroicpioneers of West Texas,this building is dedicated.Men's homage and their loveshall never cease to follow them.———————Tom Green County Courthousehas been listed in theNational Reg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D65_original-tom-green-county_San-Angelo-TX.html
On transcontinental trail of California Gold Rush. Until 1846 a part of Bexar Land District, Republic of Texas. Private tracts were surveyed as early as 1847. German Emigration Company colony (90 mi. SE) had grants here, but in 1840s found Indians…
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[Side A]Led 5th Texas Cavalry Battle Val Verdein Arizona-New Mexico Campaign 18611862 Commanded "Cotton Clad" carryingcavalrymen dubbed "Horse Marines" inrecapture Galveston January 1863. MadeBrigadier General while leadingGreen's Cavalry Division…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D62_city-hall_San-Angelo-TX.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D61_first-presbyterian-church_San-Angelo-TX.html
The Presbytery of Central Texas sent the Rev. J. H. Zivley to San Angelo in 1885 to organize a church here. Seven communicants met with Zivley in the Methodist church building and founded the Southern Presbyterian Church of San Angelo. They includ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D5U_the-san-angelo-standard_San-Angelo-TX.html
In 1884 J. G. Murphy and W. A. Guthrie, co-workers at the "San Angelo Enterprise", bought the weekly newspaper operation and began the "Standard". The first four-page edition was published on May 3 of that year. Early stories included coverage of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D5E_first-united-methodist-church-of-san-angelo_San-Angelo-TX.html
A product of 1870s religious zeal on this Indian-menaced frontier. After flood destroyed area's early community of Ben Ficklin (5 mi. s), closing its Sunday school, this church was organized and chartered by the West Texas Methodist Conference in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D5D_sacred-heart-catholic-church_San-Angelo-TX.html
Catholic priests visited the Concho River area in the 17th and 18th centuries, but modern Catholicism began after the founding of Fort Concho in 1867. Father Mathurin J. Pairier (1822?-1888) began visiting here in 1874. He cared for the Catholics …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D5A_o-c-fisher-federal-building-and-united-states-courthouse_San-Angelo-TX.html
Completed in 1911 and expanded in 1932, the O.C. Fisher Federal Building has continuously served the citizens of San Angelo and surrounding communities. This edifice was originally built to house the city's main post office and the U.S. District C…