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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S33_original-coleman-county-court-house_Coleman-TX.html
This monument erected as a memorial to the original Coleman County court house and to the pioneers who settled Coleman County.
The monument contains the original corner stone and great bell from the court house erected in 1884.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S32_co-b-142nd-infantry-36th-division-memorial_Coleman-TX.html
In Memoriam
World War II
Company B
142nd Infantry
36th Division
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S31_western-cattle-trail_Coleman-TX.html
This tablet commemorates the Western Cattle Trail that passed through Coleman in 1867-1895.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2T_county-named-in-1857-for-robert-m-coleman_Coleman-TX.html
Born in Kentucky. Came to Texas in 1832. Commanded company of volunteers at Siege of Bexar (San Antonio), Dec. 5-10, 1835. Delegate to constitutional convention where he signed Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Sam Hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2S_mrs-j-a-b-miller-public-library-building_Coleman-TX.html
Financed by the Self-Culture Club and other local women's organizations, this structure was erected in 1909 to provide a meeting place for the groups and to house the city's library collection. In 1924 when money was no longer available to pay a l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2R_coleman-county-jail_Coleman-TX.html
Second county jail. (First was a small 1879 structure on lawn of courthouse.) Erected in 1890, this building is a good example of Victorian jail architecture with some traces of Romanesque Revival. Belting at ground and second floors a notable det…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2Q_the-blair-house_Coleman-TX.html
A native of Georgia, J.T. Blair (1876-1949) migrated to this area in 1897. He married Carrie Agnes Love, of a pioneer Coleman County family. They had five children. Blair served as foreman of the Overall Ranch, in addition to managing his own ranc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S23_valera-cemetery_Coleman-TX.html
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad established a railway line about eight miles southwest of Coleman in 1904. The town of Valera developed in the area around the train depot. Its business district, established parallel to the railroad, ref…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZY_white-chapel-cemetery_Coleman-TX.html
Coleman County was organized in 1867. The landscape in this area included high grasses, pecan and live oak trees. Deer, turkey, bear and antelope roamed freely. Into this wilderness came such pioneers as John Thomas and Julia Gowens Hamilton, Juli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q5M_coleman-county_Coleman-TX.html
Formed from Travis and Brown
counties. Created February 1,
1858, Organized October 6, 1864.
Named in honor of
Robert M. Coleman
1799-1837
A signer of the Declaration
of Independence
A hero of San Jacinto,
Organizer of first company
o…