Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments
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A part of the Miller and Fisher Grant in 1842
Created a County March 13, 1874
Organized January 5, 1875
Named in honor of
General Thomas Green, 1814-1864
A veteran of San Jacinto
Member of the
Somervell Expedition
A Confederate Officer
…
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On November 21, 1831, James Bowie, Rezin P. Bowie, David Buchanan, Cephas D. Hamm, Matthew Doyle, Jesse Wallace, Thomas McCaslin, Robert Armstrong, James Coryell with two servants, Charles and Gonzales, held at bay for a day and night, 164 Caddos and Lipans…
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Formed from Jefferson CountyCreated February 5, 1852Organized March 20, 1852Named for the fruit grown in the district since the earliest settlements near the mouth of the Sabine River.County Seat, Madison, 1852Named changed to Orange February 6, 1858.
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Created Aug. 27, 1856. One of 128 counties formed from Bexar County that extended from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle, and as far west as El Paso. Named for Texas hero, Ben McCulloch, who fought in Texas Revolution, Indian, Mexican and Civil Wars.
India…
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A Spanish settlement on the Atascocito road was established here in 1757 to prevent French trade with the Indians. Four and one-half miles west of here the road crossed the Trinity. There Alonso de Leon, Spanish explorer, crossed in 1690. The road from Goli…
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The home of the Orcoquisac Indians. An East - West trail across the region traveled by Alonso De Leon in 1690 became the "La Bahia" or "Lower Road" of the 18th century and the Opelousas Road of the 19th. At the point this road crossed th…
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Escaped the massacre
March 27, 1836 and was the
last survivor of Fannin's
Army to die
Born in Kentucky in 1816
Died in Fort Worth, Texas
January 15, 1897
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM27GZ_chambers-creek_Forreston-TX.html
Named in honor of
Thomas Jefferson Chambers
(1802-1865)
to whom the first land grant within
present Ellis County was made in 1834
by the Mexican government
Also known as Howe's Settlement
in honor of William R. Howe,
first settler in the region
in …
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3 miles northeast
from here was buried
General Edward
H. Tarrant
Veteran of the War of 1812, member
of the Texas Congress and a
courageous Indian fighter · Born
in North Carolina, 1796 · Died in
Parker County, Texas, August 2,
…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM27H1_john-marr-hardeman_Italy-TX.html
A soldier in the Army of Texas
in 1836 · Born in Tennessee, Feb-
ruary 2, 1804; died October 15, 1891
His wife
Mary Hardeman
Born in Tennessee, February
12, 1812 · Died February 19, 1857