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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS6_site-of-the-union-hotel-bracken-house-acme-hotel_Rusk-TX.html
Site of the Union Hotel/Bracken House/Acme Hotel. . The first hotel to occupy this site was the Union Hotel, a wood frame building erected in 1849. Renamed Bracken House for a subsequent owner, it continued to serve the city until 1889. Civil War …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS5_maydelle_Rusk-TX.html
Maydelle. . In 1906, the Texas State Railroad built to this area for timber to fuel iron manufacturing at the penitentiary in Rusk. The branch prison established at the railhead was called Camp Wright. When Rusk native Thomas Campbell became gover…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS4_little-beans-cherokee-village_Rusk-TX.html
Little Bean's Cherokee Village. . In the winter of 1819-1820 Chief John Bowles led about sixty Cherokee families from Arkansas to East Texas. Near this site a small settlement of about six families was established by a Cherokee leader named Little…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS3_swanson-cemetery_Palestine-TX.html
Swanson Cemetery. . Micam Main of Illinois was granted a league of land by the Mexican government in 1835. One of the area's first brickmakers, Samuel M. Warden, died while working on Main's estate on Christmas Eve in 1847. He was interred on this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS2_sutton-county-courthouse_Sonora-TX.html
Sutton County Courthouse. . This building, site of all land transactions incident to development of county. Water well, a few feet from building, was first water here, where sheepmen watered their flocks, hence locating here as a home. Father of f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS1_montgomery-county-jail_Montgomery-TX.html
Montgomery County Jail. The jail was built by Pauly Jail Company in St. Louis, Missouri. The cells were in a wooden-one room building that sat next to the courthouse which was located on this lot. The cells were moved down to the railroad depot af…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS0_texas-state-railroad_Palestine-TX.html
Texas State Railroad. . The Texas Prison System built a short rail line from the Rusk State Penitentiary to hardwood timber stands where charcoal was made for firing the prison's iron ore furnaces. The rail line became the foundation of the Texas …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRX_robert-bob-knight_Palestine-TX.html
Robert (Bob) Knight. . As a coach of athletics and a youth mentor, Robert (Bob) Knight positively influenced the lives of countless Palestine citizens. He was born in Iredell (Bosque County) in 1909, the last of eight children of William and Misso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRW_dr-bonner-frizzell_Palestine-TX.html
Dr. Bonner Frizzell. . Bonner Frizzell was born in the Pine Grove Community, near Athens, in 1882. He was the son of William Asachel and Frances Missouri (Knight) Frizzell. Bonner attended high school at Bruce Academy in Athens and then moved to T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRU_roy-b-wallace_Palestine-TX.html
Roy B. Wallace was born in Coolidge, Limestone County, on October 13, 1901, to Benjamin C. Wallace, Sr. And Mae McCoy Wallace. Roy attended school in rural Limestone County and attended Texas Christian University prior to earning his Bachelor's De…