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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZX2_hampson-boren-gary_Tyler-TX.html
Born in Tyler, Gary was responsible for organizing the Smith County Rifles. He was also a soldier, public servant, diplomat to Egypt and minister to Switzerland.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZX1_camp-ford_Tyler-TX.html
Confederate training camp and largest Confederate prisoner of war camp west of the Mississippi for captured Union troops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZX0_brady-p-gentry_Tyler-TX.html
Gentry served as a U.S. Congressman and Texas Highway Commission Chair. He was instrumental in the development of Texas Farm Roads and the Interstate Highway System. He also was a benefactor to Tyler Junior College.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QB6_smith-county-rose-industry-and-the-tyler-rose-garden_Tyler-TX.html
A combination of sandy soil, year-round rainfall, and a long growing season make the Tyler area ideal for rose propagation. First known commercial production began here in the 1870s when industry pioneers such as G.A. McKee and Mathew Shamburger (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZY_john-b-ketura-douglas-house_Tyler-TX.html
Built about 1873, this was the home of John B. Douglas (1843-1893), a Civil War veteran, merchant and city official, and his wife Ketura (Kettie) Walker Douglas (1845-1912), a local church and civic leader. The area around this site was an upper-m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZX_colonel-thomas-r-bonner-texas-in-the-civil-war-1861-1865_Tyler-TX.html
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School named for Texas Confederate
Colonel Thomas R. Bonner
1836-1891
Born in Mississippi. Came to Texas 1849. In Texas militia at start of Civil War. Elected captain Co. C, 18th Tex. Infantry, C.S.A., 1862. Commanded 18th as Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZV_city-of-tyler_Tyler-TX.html
In area opened 1839 to white settlers by Republic of Texas victories over Cherokee Indians whose trails led the way to good springs, fine farmlands, useful salines. The first Legislature of the state of Texas named the town (founded 1846) for Pres…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZU_tyler-commercial-college_Tyler-TX.html
In 1894, C.L. and Noah Adair opened the Adair Normal School to provide a University-level education, but the school closed in 1896. In 1899, a charter was filed with the Secretary of State's office for Tyler Commercial College. The college used a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZT_tyler-carnegie-library_Tyler-TX.html
Five Tyler Women's clubs, the First Literary Club, Bachelor Maids, Quid Nunc, Sherwood Club and Athenian Club, collectively known as the Federated Women's Clubs of Tyler, worked several years to form a series of libraries for this growing East Tex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PZS_first-baptist-church-of-tyler_Tyler-TX.html
Organized on April 8, 1848, with six charter members, this congregation first met in a log cabin courthouse on the town square. Led by elders W. H. Ray and W. B. Langston, services were held monthly, with members being called by the blowing of a h…