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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPT_site-of-bivouac-and-banquet-for-the-new-orleans-greys_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Led by Adolphus Sterne, citizens of Nacogdoches helped outfit a volunteer force, the New Orleans' Greys, to fight in the Texas War for Independence. One company of Greys traveled overland to San Antonio by way of Nacogdoches in Nov. 1835. The 50-1…
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A pioneer citizen of Nacogdoches. Born in Cologne, Germany, April 5, 1801. Alcalde at Nacogdoches under the Mexican Government, member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas. Died March 27, 1859. Buried in Nacogdoches. Here General Sam Houston m…
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Stone Marker:Born a slave in South Carolina, 1794Escaped to Texas in 1821Rendered valuable assistance to the Army of Texas, 1836 Interpreter for the Houston-Forbes Treaty with the Cherokees, 1836Acquired wealth and was noted for his charityDied at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMZ_battle-of-nacogdoches_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Armed with nothing more than shotguns and various types of hunting weapons, the national militia of Nacogdoches, aided by militias from Ayres, Teneha, Sabine, Bevil, Settlement, and San Augustine, fired the opening guns of the Texas Revolution dur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJL7_nacogdoches-federal-building-post-office_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Designed by U.S. Treasury Department architect James A. Wetmore, this building was erected in 1917-1918 and housed the main city post office until 1964. Sold to the city in 1973, it was the public library until 1997, when it became a tourist infor…
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Headquarters of Colonel Jose de las Piedras, commander of the Mexican garrison in Nacogdoches, 1827-1839. The property, after the Texas Revolution, of General Thomas J. Rusk. Served as classrooms for the University of Nacogdoches, 1845-1852.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJIN_site-of-the-home-of-juan-antonio-padilla_Nacogdoches-TX.html
A native of Nacogdoches.Land Commissioner, 1829.Vice-Governor of the State ofCoahuila and Texas.Active in the Texas Revolution.Died in Houston in July, 1859.His wife, Maria Montes del Padilla,Died here, August 14, 1846.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJI6_site-of-the-mission-nuestra-senora-de-guadalupe_Nacogdoches-TX.html
A Spanish outpost founded in 1716 by the pioneer Franciscan Antonio Margil de Jesus as a means of civilizing the Nacogdoches Indians. Abandoned temporarily due to the French incursions from Louisiana in 1719. Restored by the Marquis of Aguayo in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJES_la-calle-real-del-norte_Nacogdoches-TX.html
An 18th-century trail connecting the Indian villages of the Nacogdoche and Nasoni Indians. Traveled by Spanish missionaries, soldiers and settlers, French traders and American filibusters before Anglo-American colonists came to make Texas their home.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMISS_gladys-hampton-building_Nacogdoches-TX.html
This is the site of the first house in Texas owned by Sam Houston. The building was built in 1891 according to tax records. It was used as a hotel with furnished rooms beginning 1910. It was officially shown as the Liberty Hotel with 75 rooms for …