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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM969_kendleton_Beasley-TX.html
Kendleton was originally a large plantation area of land in the western section of Fort Bend County. During the Reconstruction Era, free Negroes from Colorado and Washington Counties developed a colony of 100-acre plots. Having relocated several t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM95R_camp-logan_Houston-TX.html
Soon after the United States' entrance into World War I in 1917, the U.S. Army established 34 training camps to prepare troops for warfare. Named for General John A. Logan, Mexican War and Civil War veteran and senator from Illinois, Camp Logan wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XV_bill-pickett_Taylor-TX.html
The son of a former slave, Willie M. (Bill) Pickett grew up in Taylor. Working as a cowboy in central Texas, he pioneered the art of "bulldogging," in which a cowboy jumps from his horse to twist a steer's horns to force it to the ground. One of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XU_bessie-coleman_Atlanta-TX.html
The tenth of 13 children born to tenant farmers Susan and George Coleman, famed aviatrix Bessie Coleman was a native of Atlanta, Texas. The family moved to Waxahachie when Bessie was two years old. She followed her brothers to Chicago in 1915 and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CX_the-port-arthur-refinery_Leland-TX.html
The eruption of the Lucas Gusher at the Spindletop oil field in January 1901 established Texas as a major oil source and signaled the beginning of a significant economic boom to the state. The new town of Port Arthur benefited tremendously from it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CW_early-oil-tanker-service_Leland-TX.html
Part of the huge transportation complex that moves petroleum to world markets. Traffic in oil tankers and barges in Texas mushroomed two months after the state's first oil gusher, "Spindletop," roared in. On March 11, 1901, the first boat to trans…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7WL_dr-pepper-texas_Dublin-TX.html
Site of the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant in the world!
Established 1891.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7WJ_bronte-depot_Bronte-TX.html
Built by local stonemason James C. Lammers (1874-1942), this depot was completed in 1911, two years after the first train arrived in Bronte. Built of locally quarried materials, the depot features stone lintels and window sills and a red tile roof…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SM_oldest-rock-building-in-city_Rowena-TX.html
Completed in 1903. 24-inch walls are made of sand and lime mix mortar. Originally used as grain and feed store.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SL_william-t-miller-grist-mill_Dublin-TX.html
Stonemasons Joe E. Bishop, "Rocky" Davis, and "Old Frank" Hamilton built this 2-story native stone mill for William T. Miller (1846-1936) in 1882. Steam power was used to grind grain here until a crude oil engine was installed (1918). The grist mi…