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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVA_site-of-loafers-glory-apostolic-church_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
Loafer's Glory Apostolic Church was organized in 1908 after Wesleyan Holiness preacher George Sutton conducted a revival at Loafer's Glory School on Wilson Atwood's farm. Beginning in 1909, evangelist Fred Lohmann served as minister and conducted …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGTG_southwestern-university_Georgetown-TX.html
Mother of all Texas colleges and universities. Absorbed charters of Rutersville College, Fayette County (1840), and Wesleyan Male and Female College, San Augustine (1844), chartered by the Republic of Texas; McKenzie College, Clarksville (1848), a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGTE_williamson-county-sun_Georgetown-TX.html
First published on May 19, 1877, the "Williamson County Sun" was founded by Jessie E. Cooper (1855-1944). In its first century of operation, the "Sun" initiated numerous civic projects, such as the building of the first railroad in Georgetown, Wes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGSR_first-national-bank-of-bartlett_Bartlett-TX.html
Jesse L. Bailey (1848-1926) and his son Charles C. Bailey (1871-1947) opened a private bank in conjunction with a mercantile business in Bartlett in 1898. J. L. Bailey and Son, Bankers, was replaced by the First National Bank of Bartlett in 1900. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRP_zion-lutheran-church_Georgetown-TX.html
Zion Lutheran Church of Concordia was established in 1882 as a place of worship for immigrants of German-Wendish descent. The Wends are a Slavic people from the German area of Lusatia, near the border with the Czech Republic and Poland. Settlers i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRK_union-hall-independent-missionary-baptist-church-of-christ_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
Five families withdrew from the Liberty Hill Baptist Church to form an independent missionary Baptist church of Christ in 1888. The Rev. G.W. Capps was called as the first pastor. A one room schoolhouse was soon erected on donated land. Housing wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQR_taylor-brethren-church_Taylor-TX.html
During the 1880s, many Czech Protestant immigrants who settled in the Taylor area were members of the Unity of the Brethren, founded in 1457 by followers of the Czech reformer and martyr Jan Hus. These local Brethren found it difficult to worship …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQQ_pioneer-publisher-and-printer-david-ervin-lawhon_Elgin-TX.html
Born in Tennessee on June 15, 1811. While very young learned the printing trade and worked at it in some of the principal cities of the United States.
Came to Nacogdoches, Texas, in November, 1835, in answer to pleas for volunteers for Texas Ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQP_site-of-gano-community_Thorndale-TX.html
Settlement in this area began in the 1870s. The Wilder family operated a cotton gin, grist mill, blacksmith shop and general store. Other pioneer residents included the Allcorn, Watson, Casey, Gambrell, Gregory, and Howe families. By the 1890s the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQO_san-gabriel-park_Georgetown-TX.html
The land and springs around this site made it a favored camping site for local Indian tribes for centuries before the Spanish discovered it. Raids, drought and conflict led the Spanish to abandon the area in 1756. The Mexican state of Coahuila and…