Texas Historical Marker #16653
Bryan-Chapman House (SUPPLEMENTAL). #16653
15 Courtlandt Place, Houston, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16687
Hockley County Cemetery. The Texas Legislature created Hockley County in 1876 but the county did not formally organize until 1921; the small settlement of Hockley City (now Levelland) was named the county seat in that year. The arrival of the Santa Fe railroad in 1925 caused tremendous population growth in the county, from 137 in 1920 to 9,298 in 1930. The railroad also encouraged the expansion of agricultural activities in the county, which required additional laborers to work the land. The growing economy brought the migration of many people, including minorities, to the area in a time when segregation was widely practiced. Hockley County commissioners court set aside two acres of land in fall 1927 for the establishment of a segregated cemetery for the burial of indigent and minority residents; it was known as the Hockley County Cemetery or north side cemetery. County death records indicate that the first burial at the site was that of Jerry McHenry, an African American who was interred in April 1930. In 1975, the burial of Nora Robertson was the last one recorded at the site. The cemetery contains fourteen marked graves and over 100 unmarked burials. Veterans of both World Wars are buried here. Although the cemetery remains open for interment, it has seen little use since the 1960s, when the city of Levelland Cemetery was desegregated. Today, Hockley County Cemetery serves as a reminder of an important group of people who worked hard to build Hockley County. #16687
?, Levelland, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16695
Mull Cemetery. The Rev. James Allen and John M. Mull, brothers who married sisters Rebecca and Mary Dempsey, respectively, brought their families here from Alabama in 1894. In Mar. 1896, Mary died of smallpox at age 34. Interment in the city cemetery was denied for fear of contamination, so Y. W. Rogers offered a burial place on his land on the San Augustine road. In 1901, John Mull bought two acres from Rogers and organized a trusteeship for Center South Cemetery (later Mull Cemetery). John, James and Rebecca are also buried here among at least ten family members; some graves are unmarked, with the latest believed to be from 1936. In 1956, the city of Center took over care of Mull Cemetery, a reminder of a family who brought their traditions to Texas. #16695
?, Center, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16703
Miami Cemetery. MIAMI CEMETERY THE EARLIEST CEMETERY IN THE TOWN OF MIAMI WAS ESTABLISHED SHORTLY AFTER 1887 WHEN THE SOUTHERN KANSAS BRANCH OF THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD WAS EXTENDED THROUGH MIAMI. THE EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL IS THAT OF EARLY PIONEER WILLIAM T. LARD WHO DIED ON DECEMBER 6, 1888 AND WAS REINTERRED HERE PRIOR TO 1900, ALONG WITH OTHER BURIALS THAT WERE RELOCATED TO THE OLD CEMETERY SECTION OF THE MIAMI CEMETERY. THE FIRST MARKED BURIAL IN THE MIAMI CEMETERY IS THAT OF SARAH A. BLACK, DAUGHTER OF G.M. & M.E. BLACK, WHO DIED ON AUGUST 6, 1896 AT THE AGE OF THREE MONTHS. IN 1900, THE CRESSWELL RANCHE & CATTLE COMPANY, LTD. OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, THE OPERATOR OF A LARGE RANCH IN THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, SOLD ROBERTS COUNTY SEVERAL ACRES OF LAND TO BE USED AS A CEMETERY. FIVE ACRES WERE DEEDED TO JUDGE S.G. CARTER OF ROBERTS COUNTY AND HIS SUCCESSORS FOR A PAYMENT OF $1.00. SUBSEQUENT PARCELS WERE ADDED IN 1919 BY CLEVE AND MATTIE COFFEE AND IN 1948 BY WALTER AND IRENE COFFEE. THE LANDSCAPE OF THE MIAMI CEMETERY IS TRADITIONAL FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WITH VAST, OPEN AREAS BORDERED BY A VARIETY OF VEGETATION, INCLUDING CEDAR, ITALIAN CYPRESS, CHINESE ELM, AND ROSE BUSHES, SURROUNDED BY CHAIN-LINK AND WIRE FENCING. THE CEMETERY IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR TWENTY-SIX VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, AS WELL AS VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, AND THE KOREAN WAR. TWO TEXAS RANGERS, FRANCIS LAWTON HOFFER (1862-1933) AND NEWTON F. LOCKE (1882-1965), ARE ALSO BURIED HERE. THE CEMETERY CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE AND IS CARED FOR BY ROBERTS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE CITIZENS OF MIAMI. #16703
?, Miami, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16710
Elm Flat Cemetery. A cemetery was established at this site in Nov. 1877 when Thomas B. and Elizabeth Stone (Anderson) Wells buried two young sons near their family cabin. Lucinda Wells, a freed slave who remained with the Wells family after emancipation, was buried here in 1889. In 1883, Elizabeth Wells donated 1.5 acres for the establishment of a church and school for the people of the rural community of Elm flat. Mrs. Wells moved to Grimes county just prior to her 1908 death, but before leaving, she deeded to the county this two acre site, assuring the permanence of her family cemetery, as well as providing a final resting place for the residents of Elm Glat. Her adopted son, W.A. Wells, was buried here in 1928, and the cemetery remains active. #16710
4950 Power Plant Court, Granbury, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16711
Minerva-Midway Cemetery. #16711
?, Cameron, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16714
Elbert Gray. ON FEB. 5, 1912, 16-YEAR-OLD ELBERT GRAY COMMITTED A MOST HEROIC ACT. TWO-YEAR-OLD CALVIN STEPP HAD FALLEN INTO A WATER WELL SIXTY FEET DEEP AND BARELY ONE FOOT ACROSS. LOWERED BY ROPE, ELBERT DESCENDED FEET FIRST TO CARRY CALVIN TO SAFETY, BUT NEAR THE TOP CALVIN SLIPPED AND FELL AGAIN. ON THE SECOND TRY, ELBERT WENT HEAD FIRST AND SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED CALVIN AFTER FOUR HOURS TRAPPED BELOW THE SURFACE. BOTH YOUTHS HAD ONLY MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT SENT TO THE CARNEGIE HERO FUND COMMISSION RESULTED IN ELBERT BEING AWARDED A CARNEGIE HERO MEDAL IN OCT. 1913. DURING WORLD WAR II, ELBERT LOST ALL FINGERS ON ONE HAND IN A DALLAS WAR DEFENSE PLANT. ELBERT AND CALVIN KEPT IN TOUCH THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. #16714
?, Wills Point, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16715
SPJST Moravia Cemetery. IMMIGRANTS FROM NORTHEASTERN MORAVIA (CURRENT CZECH REPUBLIC) SETTLED IN THE AREA PRESENTLY KNOWN AS MORAVIA, TEXAS. MORAVIA WAS FOUNDED BY JAKUB HOLLUB AND HIS SON-IN-LAW IGNAC (J. E.) JALUFKA WHEN THEY ESTABLISHED A STORE IN 1881. THEY NAMED THE COMMUNITY AFTER THEIR HOMELAND OF MORAVIA. A TOWN QUICKLY GREW WITH A BLACKSMITH SHOP, A GIN, A SCHOOL, STORE AND MORE. SPJST LODGE NO. 23 NOVA MORAVA WAS ESTABLISHED AS A CHARTER MEMBER OF SPJST (SLOVANSKA PODPORUJICI JEDNOTA STATU TEXAS), A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CZECH FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION, IN 1897. THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE LODGE CONSISTED OF IMMIGRANT FARMERS, STOREKEEPERS AND TEACHERS WHO MET AT THE MORAVIA HIGH SCHOOL. THE GROUP BUILT A LODGE HALL IN JANUARY 1914 AND, IN 1922, DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A CEMETERY. ON MAY 8, 1922, SPJST LODGE NO. 23 PURCHASED ONE AND A HALF ACRES OF LAND FROM FRANK BLAHUTA. THE FIRST BURIAL IN THIS HISTORIC CEMETERY IS THAT OF WILLIE TROJCAK, WHO WAS ONE-AND-A-HALF WHEN HE PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1923. SEVERAL VETERANS FROM WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II AND THE PERSIAN GULF WAR ARE BURIED HERE. THE CEMETERY IS BORDERED BY PASTURES AND A FENCE, AND INCLUDES GRANITE AND MARBLE HEADSTONES ORIENTED IN A FEET-TO-EAST POSITION WITH NATURAL VEGETATION. ORIGINALLY, THE CEMETERY WAS ESTABLISHED AS A BURIAL PLACE FOR MEMBERS OF LODGE NO. 23 AND THEIR FAMILIES BUT NOW ANYONE MAY PURCHASE A LOT. BURIALS INCLUDE CATHOLIC AND NON-CATHOLIC MEMBERS. SPJST MEMBERS PROVIDED FUNERAL AND BURIAL SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS IN THE CZECH LANGUAGE. THE BURIALS HERE PROVIDE A HISTORY OF SPJST LODGE NO. 23 CZECH-MORAVIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. #16715
?, Hallettsville, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16716
Grandview Masonic Lodge. #16716
101 Third St., Grandview, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16721
Melissa Cemetery. HTC Medallion only #16721
422 Melissa Rd. East, Melissa, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16722
1925 Henderson County Jail. #16722
201 E. Larkin, Athens, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16723
Annie Webb Blanton. #16723
9501 Stacee Lane, Argyle, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16725
Overton Cemetery. #16725
3229 Overton, Dallas, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16728
Smith Chapel United Methodist Church. SMITH CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ABOUT 1885, MEMBERS OF THE HOARD COMMUNITY ORGANIZED DAVIS CHAPEL CHURCH AND MET IN THE DEMOCRAT SCHOOLHOUSE AND A NEARBY BRUSH ARBOR. THE CHURCH WAS LATER RENAMED DEMOCRAT METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH, AND THEN SMITH CHAPEL. IN 1915, B. B. HART SOLD LAND FOR A NEW CHURCH, WITH 52 MEMBERS PLEDGING TO HELP WITH LABOR AND FINANCES. SAWMILL OWNER W. H. SMITH CONTRIBUTED MUCH OF THE MATERIALS AND MONEY. UNTIL 1950, THE CHURCH WAS PASTORED ONLY BY SUPPLY PASTORS. IN 1957, CROW METHODIST CHURCH MERGED WITH SMITH CHAPEL; SELLING THE PROPERTY AT CROW HELPED FINANCE THE CURRENT SANCTUARY. TODAY, SMITH CHAPEL CONTINUES AS A CENTER OF WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP FOR THE COMMUNITY. 175 YEARS OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE * 1836-2011 #16728
670 FM 1804, Mineola, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16729
Carver Homestead. IN 1838, MARY BEACHAM RECEIVED A HEADRIGHT LAND GRANT OF ONE LEAGUE AND ONE LABOR (ABOUT 4600 ACRES), INCLUDING THIS PROPERTY, MAKING HER FIRST IN A LINE OF NOTABLE WOMEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE. FOLLOWING MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP TRANSFERS, ELIPHAS SPENCER ACQUIRED THE LAND AND BUILT A TWO-ROOM LOG CABIN IN DEC. 1845. ELIPHAS LATER TRANSFERRED TITLE TO HIS WIFE, CATHERINE, WHOM HE MARRIED IN 1847. THE SPENCERS RAISED THEIR ONLY CHILD, EMMELINE, IN THE HOUSE. FORT GRAHAM (ACTIVE 1849-54, SIX MILES NW) AFFORDED SOME PROTECTION FOR THE FRONTIER HOUSE. ELIPHAS DIED IN 1860. SURVIVING LETTERS BETWEEN CATHERINE AND DISTANT FAMILY SPEAK OF ECONOMIC, HEALTH AND COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS, AND OF SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE COMMODITIES. COLMON CARVER, WHO VISITED THE HOUSE IN 1860, HAULED SUPPLIES INCLUDING SALT, COFFEE AND FLOUR FOR THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. CARVER RETURNED AND MARRIED EMMELINE IN 1868. IN 1875, THE SPENCER CABIN WAS INCORPORATED AS A KITCHEN INTO A LARGER VICTORIAN-STYLE HOME. FOUR YEARS LATER, THE HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD PLATTED THE TOWN OF WHITNEY ON LAND WEST OF THE CARVER PROPERTY. CATHERINE LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1882. THE CARVERS OWNED THOUSANDS OF ACRES ALL ACROSS TEXAS. COLMON CARVER DIED IN 1911. EMMELINE AND HER SON, CHARLES, HIRED JOHN E. BRUYERE OF WACO TO ADD A SECOND STORY IN 1912, CREATING A NEOCLASSICAL STYLE HOUSE WITH FULL-HEIGHT ENTRY PORCH AND LOWER FULL-LENGTH PORCH. EMMELINE CARVER DIED IN 1936. LATER OWNERS INCLUDED FORMER WHITNEY MAYOR FRED BASHAM AND HIS WIFE, JENNYE MAE. AFTER A 1971 TORNADO DESTROYED CHIMNEYS AND 18 WINDOWS, THE BASHAMS MADE REPAIRS AND ADDED A SMALL REAR ADDITION. THE HISTORIC HOMESTEAD INCLUDES A CARRIAGE HOUSE, SLAVE QUARTERS, HENHOUSE, AND OUTHOUSE, ALL OF FRAME CONSTRUCTION, AND A SMOKEHOUSE/PANTRY OF NATIVE LIMESTONE. #16729
1127 East Jefferson Ave, Whitney, TX, United States