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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJC3_womans-wednesday-club_Bartlett-TX.html
What began in 1902 as an idea to organize a women's club with a focus on literature and history became a reality in April 1903, with formation of Woman's Study Club. Chartered with nineteen members under the leadership of Mrs. Vena (Holzgraf) High…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJC2_city-of-bartlett_Bartlett-TX.html
Settlers began moving to this area in the 1830s, when Texas was a Republic, but the town of Bartlett was not established until the 1870s. The founders were J. Edward Pietzsch and Capt. John T. Bartlett, for whom the community was named. In 1882 th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJC1_site-of-german-english-school_Bartlett-TX.html
Established by German immigrants in 1880, the German-English School was an early school in the Bartlett area. First called Indian Creek School, the name was changed due to popular usage and the nature of instruction, which was in English during th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJC0_st-john-lutheran-church_Bartlett-TX.html
The first Lutheran worship services in this area were held at the home of early German settler J.E. Pietzsch, who had moved from Austin County. In 1880 a small school and church building was erected on land donated by John Bartlett, for whom the n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJBZ_site-of-booker-t-washington-school_Bartlett-TX.html
With overcrowded buildings at the African American school in southwestern Bartlett, the Bartlett trustees bought four buildings from Camp Swift in Bastrop to enlarge the facilities. A bond issue passed in 1948, and plans began for a U-shaped build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJBY_first-baptist-church-of-bartlett_Bartlett-TX.html
Originally known as Pecan Grove Baptist Church, this fellowship was organized in 1873 by the Rev. M.V. Smith, The Rev. H.I. Kimball, and the Rev. G.W. Baines, great-grandfather of United States President Lyndon Baines Johnson. In 1884 the church w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJBX_bartlett-grammar-school_Bartlett-TX.html
By the early 1900s Bartlett had become the railroad center of a prosperous cotton growing region. In 1903 the Bartlett Independent School district was created. By 1906-07 the 5-room schoolhouse here proved inadequate to house the district's expand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJBF_old-gibbs-store_Huntsville-TX.html
Old Gibbs Store, oldest business in Texas under original ownership and on first site. Established 1841 in Republic of Texas by Thomas Gibbs. Building erected in 1847 after Sanford Saint John Gibbs joined firm. General Sam Houston was steady custom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJAK_camp-bowie-in-world-war-i_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Headquarters, 36th Division, United States Army, 1917-1919. Established to train Texas National Guard and Oklahoma National Guard, after the U.S. entered World War I, April 1917. Named for James Bowie (1795-1836), one of the commanders who died at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJA5_southland-paper-mills-inc_Lufkin-TX.html
First plant to turn southern pines into newsprint. Mill here revolutionized paper industry in the southern United States. Seeking local paper rather than foreign supplies, Southland was incorporated in 1938 and began operations, 1940. Its mills ma…