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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6M_daniel-harrison_Jarrell-TX.html
Tennessee native Daniel Harrison (1816-1870) migrated to Texas in 1835. He served with Texan forces during the Texas Revolution, and as a volunteer for the Republic's militia. He was in the 1839 Battle of the Neches. In 1840, Harrison married Nanc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6L_corn-hill-community_Jarrell-TX.html
Settled primarily by settlers from Texas and the southern states, Corn Hill was one of the earliest communities in Williamson County. John E. King, county judge from 1858 to 1860, named it for the home he built on a hill and nearby cornfield in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6K_the-womans-club-of-georgetown_Georgetown-TX.html
In 1893 Lula Holland Leavell (1854-1895) and her daughters, Blanche and Kate, hosted a literary reading for a group of Georgetown women. That year the group formed a women's literary club. In 1897 the club was named the "Initial History Club" and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6J_washington-county-c-s-a_Brenham-TX.html
Washington county was the most populous in the state during the Civil War. It served as a center for production, warehousing, transportation, communications, and had a large quartermaster depot. Local wartime factories made spinning jennies, lumbe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6H_columbus-waterworks_Columbus-TX.html
In 1824 the Mexican government granted to Elizabeth Tumlinson and her heirs the land and water rights to this area in the center of Stephen F. Austin's colony. The town of Columbus developed from a small frontier community. A fire in May 1883 dest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6E_district-court-tree_Columbus-TX.html
In 1837 this oak sheltered Texas jurors. Courthouse was unfinished because logs coming down-river for building had swept past in strong current. R. M. Williamson, presiding, was called "Three-legged Willie" due to appearance: he had good leg, crip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6D_machinery-from-early-east-texas-logging-railroads_Lufkin-TX.html
Steam locomotive and tender No. 3 were bought 1908 by Carter-Kelley Lumber Co., for use in building a sawmill at Manning(about 18 mi. south); then in railroad building, logging, and passenger and freight hauling schedules. The 1906 wood-burning st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ4Q_nacogdoches-county_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Home of the Nacogdoches Indians in the 17th century.Spanish settlements,1716. Alternately settled and abandoned in 18th century due to French encroachments.Scene of the Fredonian Rebellion in 1827.Organized a municipality, 1832 under the Mexican …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ45_city-of-lufkin_Lufkin-TX.html
Founded 1882. Soon became a thriving sawmill community. Named for E.P. Lufkin, chief of crew that surveyed railroad through town. Has been county seat of Angelina County since 1892. Now a regional manufacturing and commerce center. Products includ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIYT_texas-prison-system-central-state-farm-main-building_Sugar-Land-TX.html
Central State Farm's roots trace to the late 1870s, when the original 5235 acres of the sugar plantation here were worked by convict labor. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, public sentiment largely supported a self-sustaining prison system, w…