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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4Z_first-united-methodist-church-of-huntsville_Huntsville-TX.html
First United Methodist Church of Huntsville. . Before 1842 Methodists in Huntsville were probably served by itinerant preachers on the Montgomery County circuit. The Texas Methodist Conference appointed The Rev. Henderson B. Palmer as first pastor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4W_general-john-slater-besser_Huntsville-TX.html
General John Slater Besser. (August 13, 1802 - May 13, 1893). A native of Pennsylvania, John Slater Besser was a Brigadier General, legislator, and judge in Missouri before moving his family to Texas in 1842. While living in Montgomery and Walker …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4V_the-city-of-orange_Orange-TX.html
The City of Orange. . The first known settlers in what is now the City of Orange were John and Elizabeth Harmon, who arrived in 1828 with their three children. Known first as Green's Bluff, the small farming community that developed along a bend i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4U_henderson-yoakum_Huntsville-TX.html
Henderson Yoakum. (September 6, 1810 - November 30, 1856). A graduate of the United States Military Academy (1832), Henderson Yoakum saw duty on frontiers and in the Mexican War. He practiced law and served in the Senate in his native Tennessee, m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4T_breckenridge-stephens-walker_Breckenridge-TX.html
Breckenridge Stephens Walker. . Breckenridge "Breck" Stephens Walker (1877-1929) was born to E.L. and Molena Jane Yancy Walker in Stephens County and named for the town and county of his birth. With his brother B.B., Walker operated a livery and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4S_first-baptist-church-of-breckenridge_Breckenridge-TX.html
First Baptist Church of Breckenridge. . Believed to have been organized in 1876, the first Baptist church met in members' homes, local church buildings and the county courthouse with the Rev. C.C. Slaughter as their first minister. In 1895 the mem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4R_b-t-brown-house_Breckenridge-TX.html
B.T. Brown House. . One of the oldest structures in Breckenridge, this ranch house was erected by Benjamin Tarver Brown (1831-1905), a Confederate Army Captain who came to Stephens County in 1866. He built this house in 1876, the year Breckenridge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E3X_dar-centennial-park_Gause-TX.html
DAR Centennial Park. . In 1936 the Sarah McCalla Chapter, DAR, of Cameron, created a park (about 3/4 mile upriver) at the site of Old Nashville, to commemorate the Texas State Centennial. The red rock DAR monument, to the left, was in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E3W_homesite-of-general-albert-sidney-johnston_Rosharon-TX.html
Homesite of General Albert Sidney Johnston. . Home site of General Albert Sidney Johnston Texas patriot - Confederate hero Erected by San Jacinto Chapter Daughters of the Republic of Texas and Robert E. Lee, Oran M. Roberts and Jefferson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E0C_milam-county-courthouse_Cameron-TX.html
Milam County Courthouse. . Created in 1835, Milam County's original boundaries extended north and west to include parts of 34 current Texas counties. Government offices were at Nashville-on-the-Brazos and Caldwell before Cameron became county seat…