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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29L0_titus-county-confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Mount-Pleasant-TX.html
North face:
CSA
1861 1865
Confederate
Soldiers
To the heroes of
1861 - 1865
Not dead, but living
in deeds,
such lives aspire.
East face:
As long as honor or courage
is cherished, the deeds of
these heroes will live.
Wes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299R_dellwood-park_Mount-Pleasant-TX.html
Before 1830, Caddo Indians had campgrounds here around mineral springs flowing red, white, and blue waters. First home at future Mount Pleasant was built here in 1830s by Benjamin Gooch.
A health-recreational resort by 1895, springs area was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299O_titus-county-c-s-a_Mount-Pleasant-TX.html
Created and organized in 1846. Named for pioneer resident Andrew Jackson Titus (1814-1855), who opened county's first road, to river port in Jefferson.
Until after the Civil War, Titus County also included areas of present-day Franklin and Mor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299N_first-presbyterian-church-of-mt-pleasant_Mount-Pleasant-TX.html
This church was organized by the Rev. William Waldo Brimm (b. 1837), an early area evangelist, on Aug. 14, 1881. Two years later the congregation bought the land at this site and soon after began constructing a white frame church building. Despite…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299L_henry-clay-thruston_Mount-Pleasant-TX.html
Estimated to be between seven feet one inch and eight feet tall, Henry Clay Thruston became known nationally and internationally for his height. Born in South Carolina (Greenville Co.), Thruston wed Mary B. Thruston, a cousin, in 1833; they had tw…