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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJUO_the-rangers-of-austins-colony_Columbus-TX.html
By March 1822, Stephen F. Austin had attracted about 150 colonists to Texas. The pioneers faced many hardships, including concern for their protection form Indians along the Colorado and Brazos rivers. In December of that year, Trespalacios, the M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJTS_angelina-neches-river-railroad_Lufkin-TX.html
Chartered in August 1900 and headquartered in the sawmill town of Keltys, the Angelina and Neches River (A&NR) Railroad began as a small short line railroad to move logs from the woods of East Texas to the mills of the Angelina County Lumber Compa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJT6_whitehouse-cemetery_Lufkin-TX.html
According to local tradition, this cemetery may take its name from the 19th-century Cole family home, a structure whose whitewashed exterior stood out from the majority of other log houses and frame buildings in the area. It lies on what was once …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJT1_site-of-the-camp-of-gen-joaquin-ramirez-y-sesma_Columbus-TX.html
Site of the Camp, March 20-26, 1836, of one division of General Santa Anna's Army under the command of General Joaquin Ramirez y Sesma. It crossed the Colorado at Atascosita Ford, eight miles below Columbus.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJSZ_homesite-of-john-s-roberts_Nacogdoches-TX.html
A native of Virginia, came to Texas in 1826.An active participant in the struggle for Texas Independence. One of the leaders in Battle of Nacogdoches. Delegate to Consultation, November 3, 1835. Commanded the Nacogdoches Company in storming of Bex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJSU_milam-lodge-2-ancient-free-and-accepted-masons-of-texas_Nacogdoches-TX.html
The Masonic Lodge in Nacogodoches is the oldest in the state still operating in its original location. Before the organization of a Grand Lodge in Texas, Louisiana Masons granted dispensation for individual lodges here. Three lodges, Holland (No.3…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJSL_beasons-beesons-crossing_Columbus-TX.html
Benjamin Beason, one of Stephen F. Austin's original 300 colonists, settled by a widely used Colorado River crossing near here in 1822. He and his wife Elizabeth proceeded to build a large home (also used as an inn) and established a gristmill, sa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJRT_ingraham-building_Nacogdoches-TX.html
New York native George Francis Ingraham (1842-1920) settled in Nacogdoches in 1860. He married Martha Thompson Cooper in 1866 and became an attorney in 1873. Ingraham served as county judge, county treasurer, and state representative. He built thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJQW_the-ditch_Menard-TX.html
The Vaughn Agricultural and Mechanical Canal Company was chartered in 1874 by William J. Vaughn, President; William Tipton, Director; and James H. Comstock, Director and Secretary. Major H.M. Holmes was appointed attorney.
Irrigation for 2,000 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJQJ_battle-of-nacogdoches_Nacogdoches-TX.html
One of the opening actions of the Texas War for Independence, this battle occurred soon after settlers drove out the Mexican garrisons at Anahuac and Velasco. In 1932 Col. Jose De las Piedras, in command of over 300 soldiers here, ordered the resi…