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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK30_concho-county_Paint-Rock-TX.html
Created February 1, 1858Organized March 11, 1879.Named for the river which the Spaniards called the Concho because of the many shells that they found in it.Paint Rock, The County Seat
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2U_the-fredonia-rebellion_Nacogdoches-TX.html
For a brief while, the flag that flew over Nacogdoches Plaza Principal was the red-and-white banner of Haden Edwards' forty-four-day Fredonia Rebellion.
Edwards had obtained a grant from Mexico to settle 800 families in East Texas in the Nacogd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2T_site-of-fort-colorado_Austin-TX.html
June, 1836 - November, 1838.Established and first commanded byColonel Robert M. Coleman.Succeeded by Capt. Michael AndrewsAndCapt. William M. Eastland.
An extreme frontier outpost occupied by Texas Rangers to protect Anglo-American civilization…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK1Q_presidio-nuestra-se-ora-de-los-dolores_Douglass-TX.html
Built by Capt. Domingo Ramon, 1716. Repaired and enlarged by Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo, 1721. Abandoned about 1730. Built by the Spanish government as a fort and headquarters for soldiers to guard the East Texas missions and the borders of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK1M_site-of-tassie-belle-and-star-and-cresent-iron-ore-furnaces_Rusk-TX.html
New Birmingham was a boom town nearby in the late 1880s built around local iron ore operations. The furnaces, capable of producing 50 tons of iron daily, were named "Tassie Belle," after the wife of the town founder A. B. Bevins, and the "Star and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK1I_the-trinity-river_Trinidad-TX.html
Three main tributaries - the West, Elm, and East forks - feed the Trinity from headwaters in North Texas. Discovery of prehistoric Malakoff Man carved stone heads near this site in the 20th century revealed that humans inhabited the Trinity valley…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK1G_the-malakoff-man_Trinidad-TX.html
A sandstone image of a human head - carved by prehistoric men - was found near here in 1929 by workmen of Texas Clay Products Company. It was dug from gravel pit now under Cedar Creek Lake.
The carving weighed 98 pounds, was 16 by 14 inches, wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK1E_camp-bowie-boulevard_Fort-Worth-TX.html
In 1917-18, this roadway was the main artery through Camp Bowie, a World War I training center. Narrow strips of asphalt paving flanked streetcar tracks that ran the length of the avenue, then called Arlington Heights Boulevard. After the war, bus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK03_site-of-fort-mason_Mason-TX.html
Established July 6, 1851by the U. S. Armyas a protection to the frontier
Named in honor of Lieut. George T. Mason,killed in action near Brownsville,April 25, 1846
Albert Sidney Johnston,George H. Thomas, Earl Van Dornand Robert E. Lee,of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK01_alton-w-birdwell_Nacogdoches-TX.html
This plaza is dedicated to the memory of the first president of Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College. In 1917 the state created an "East Texas Normal" and selected Nacogdoches as its location. The State Board of Regents selected East Texas his…