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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13WI_mantooth-farm_Lufkin-TX.html
Members of the Mantooth family came to Angelina County in 1858. Albert Edwin (Eddie) Mantooth (1874-1969) was born in Homer, Angelina County, to Albert and Mary Richard Hall Mantooth. In 1897, Eddie married Sarah Annie Atkinson Mantooth (1879-1914…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP48_fairview-school_Lufkin-TX.html
The Angelina County School Board created Fairview Common School District Number 69 in the late 1800s. A one-room schoolhouse was built that served students from a wide rural area. The first school term, in 1898, was five months long. Fairview Sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO4S_berry-cemetery_Lufkin-TX.html
In 1850, Samuel and Elizabeth Berry brought their family and slaves here from Limestone Co., Alabama. Samuel's plantation covered hundreds of acres and included a cotton gin and gristmill. Berry Cemetery began in 1863 when Samuel's grandson and na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML7A_homer-cemetery_Lufkin-TX.html
In 1854 W.W. Manning established a drugstore and sawmill in this area, and named the community after his former home in Homer, Louisiana. In 1856 Homer was chosen as Angelina County seat, following a mandate from the Texas Legislature to locate a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML57_site-of-the-town-of-homer_Lufkin-TX.html
Also known as AngelinaThird county seat of Angelina County,1858 - 1890
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Created and organized in 1846. Originally a part of Nacogdoches County. Bears the name of the river traversing the region. The following towns have served as the county seat; Marion,1846-1854; Jonesville,1854-1858; Homer, Feb. 3 - May 17, 1858, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJT6_whitehouse-cemetery_Lufkin-TX.html
According to local tradition, this cemetery may take its name from the 19th-century Cole family home, a structure whose whitewashed exterior stood out from the majority of other log houses and frame buildings in the area. It lies on what was once …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJF0_kerrs-inc_Lufkin-TX.html
Regarded as the oldest Angelina County business in continuous operation, Kerr's began in 1870 as a general store in the early county seat of Homer (5 mi. SE). It was started by Civil War veteran Capt. Joseph Kerr (B. 1828), a native of South Carol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJEV_site-of-rehearsal-hall-for-the-the-hoo-hoo-band_Lufkin-TX.html
At the turn of the century, a group of Lufkin men organized a town brass band. It later became known as the Hoo Hoo Band after representing Texas at a national convention of the Order of Hoo Hoo, an organization of American and Canadian lumbermen.…
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…
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