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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9C_site-of-samuel-huston-college_Austin-TX.html
Samuel Huston College traces its history to 1876 when the Rev. George W. Richardson founded a college in Dallas for the education of African American youth. St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church was leased for the private school, named Andrews Nor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH73_johann-jacob-groos_Austin-TX.html
A professional surveyor before and after coming to Texas in 1845 from his native Germany, J.J. Groos helped open New Braunfels area to settlement. He served 1849-65 as a Comal County official, and was in Confederate militia during Civil War (1861-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6U_dr-thomas-jefferson-gazley_Austin-TX.html
Born in New York, January 8, 1801. Died in Bastrop County, Texas, October 31, 1853. Doctor-lawyer, soldier, legislature.
Delegate to the Second Convention of Texas, 1833 * Physician in the Army of Texas, 1835 - 1836 * Signer of the Declaration …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6S_jacob-fontaine_Austin-TX.html
Jacob Fontaine was born in Arkansas and came to Austin about 1850 as a slave of Episcopal minister Edward Fontaine. In 1864 Jacob began preaching separate services for fellow slaves attending the First Baptist Church, then founded the First Baptis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH62_richard-ellis_Austin-TX.html
Born in Virginia February 14, 1781. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1820. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and President of the Constitutional Convention, 1836. Senator in the Congress of the Republic of Texas, 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5T_susanna-w-dickinson_Austin-TX.html
Almaron and Susanna Dickinson settled in Gonzales about 1835 as members of DeWitt's colony. Present with her daughter, Angelina, when the Alamo fell in March 1836, Susanna witnessed the deaths of Almaron and the other Texans. She was released by M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH4C_george-washington-carver-branch-library_Austin-TX.html
In Feb. 1926 the Austin Public Library opened in a room over a downtown store. Within months, the books were moved to this structure, built at Guadalupe and Ninth St., across from Wooldridge Park. In 1933, with completion of a permanent library fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3V_blackshear-elementary-school_Austin-TX.html
Blackshear Elementary School opened in 1891 to provide free public education to African-American children in the community then known as Gregory Town, Blackshear Elementary School was known in earlier years as School No. 3, Gregory Town School and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3U_capt-jesse-billingsley_Austin-TX.html
A soldier in the Army of Texas, 1835. Commander of Company C. First Regiment, Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto. Member of the 1st and 2nd Congresses of the Republic. Participated in the Woll Campaign, 1842. Member of the Senate, 5th and 8th Legisla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3N_joseph-baker_Austin-TX.html
Born in Maine 1804. Died in Austin, Texas July 11, 1846. One of the founders of "The Telegraph and Texas Register" at San Felipe De Austin, October 10, 1835. A soldier at San Jacinto. First Chief Justice of Bexar County, 1836. Member of the Congre…