Texas Historical Marker #16738
Cementerio La Loma De La Cruz. (HTC medallion only) #16738
?, Del Rio, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16743
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station No. 6. #16743
?, Denton, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16744
East Ward Elementary School. #16744
200 East 9th Street, Borger, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16768
Cpl. Harlon Block, USMC. During World War II, U.S. forces captured the small yet strategic Japanese-held Pacific Island of Iwo Jima. On Feb. 23, 1945, during combat, marine Harlon Block aided in laying telephone wire up an inert volcano. At the summit, Block and five others improvised a flagpole, attaching a flag visible to those on the island and outlying ships. In doing so, Block and his fellow servicemen became the subject of one of the most recognized photographic images of World War II, the U.S. flag raising on Mt. Suribachi. On Mar. 1, 1945, his squad leader was killed. Block took command, but was tragically killed hours later. His remains were repatriated in 1949 to his hometown of Weslaco and in 1995 to the Iwo Jima monument in Harlingen. #16768
1020 West 18th Street, Weslaco, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16769
Grand Court Order of Calanthe of Texas. #16769
2411 Dowling Street, Houston, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16770
Maurice J. Sullivan. #16770
1112 Southmore Boulevard, Houston, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16771
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. IN THE LATE 1890s, MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH ORGANIZED IN FREEDMANTOWN, AND WAS BRIEFLY KNOWN AS SHILOH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 1907, THE CHURCH BOUGHT LAND AT 1216 RUTHVEN STREET AND BUILT A ONE-STORY WOOD STRUCTURE. THE CHURCH INCORPORATED IN 1912 AS MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 1928, THE CHURCH SOLD THE PROPERTY AND PURCHASED LAND AT 1401 RUTHVEN STREET. A LARGE, ONE-STORY WOOD STRUCTURE WITH TWIN TOWERS WAS BUILT. OVER TWENTY YEARS LATER, A LARGER TWO-STORY STRUCTURE WAS ERECTED AND INCLUDED AN AUDITORIUM, CLASSROOMS, AND A KITCHEN. OVER THE YEARS, MACEDONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH HAS CONTINUED TO ENRICH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE. #16771
1401 Ruthven Street, Houston, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16779
Comstock. IN THE EARLY 1880s, COMSTOCK DEVELOPED AS A STATION ON THE GALVESTON, HARRISBURG AND SAN ANTONIO RAILWAY BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL LAKE AND WATER SUPPLY. THE FORMER TOWNSITE OF SOTO OR SOTOL CITY WAS REPLACED WITH COMSTOCK, NAMED AFTER JOHN B. COMSTOCK, A RAILROAD DISPATCHER. THE COMMUNITY QUICKLY GREW AND BOASTED A VARIETY OF ESTABLISHMENTS. THE TOWN WAS A KEY ELEMENT IN THE WOOL AND LAMB INDUSTRY AND SERVED AS A TEMPORARY HOME TO SEVERAL TEXAS RANGERS. AFTER WORLD WAR II AND ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY, THE POPULATION DECLINED. COMSTOCK IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE INFLUENCE OF SMALL COMMUNITIES THAT LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGER COMMERCIAL CITIES. #16779
?, Comstock, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16785
Rockport Marine Laboratory. #16785
702 Navigation Circle, Rockport, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16788
James Waller Thomas House. #16788
206 S. Benge Street, McKinney, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16791
Elm Grove Baptist Church. In August 1911, a Baptist revival was held at the Elm Grove School, which had served as a worship site for several churches for approximately twenty years. When the school closed in 1915, only the Baptist congregation continued to use the building, and did so until 1999, when the original school building was removed from the site to make way for new construction. Christian outreach has been an important part of the church’s ministry since the congregation’s earliest days. The church continues today to collect clothing and toys for needy children and support a local food pantry and a local clinic. Elm Grove Baptist church has also been proud to serve as a place of training for ministerial students throughout its existence. (2011) (Marker No. 16791)
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Texas Historical Marker #16792
La Trinidad United Methodist Church of Pharr. #16792
101 East Warren Street, Pharr, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16793
Stroud Creek Cemetery. The Stroud Creek community developed in the late 1870s and early 1880s due to post-Civil War migration, land grants, a nearby stagecoach line, and cessation of area raids by Native Americans. Stroud Creek settlers began to use this property, located on the Elizabeth Windsor survey and owned by Benjamin Irby, for burials in 1883, and it was later used by residents of Tolar. The interred include community and religious leaders, merchants, educators, farmers, and military veterans. The cemetery features curbing, fraternal markers, and vertical stones. Today, Stroud Creek Cemetery continues to be used and remains a testament to the pioneering men and women of western Hood County. #16793
2800 Stroud Creek Ct., Tolar, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16800
Vick Cemetery. #16800
2378 FM 1624, Giddings, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16803
Matsen House. In 1953, distinguished professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Texas at Austin, Frederick Albert Matsen (1913-2006), and his wife, Cecelia Christina (Kirkegaard) Matsen (1910-2006), built this home. The couple worked with Austin architects Carlton Brush and Joseph Buffler, influenced by Frank Lloyd wright, who was active in Racine, Wisconsin, native town of the Matsens. The two-story house is built of limestone walls and cedar shakes on a wood frame. It exhibits mid-century modern and international elements, including horizontal emphasis in the flat roof and windows, use of natural light, and a floor plan incorporating the slope of the site. #16803
1800 San Gabriel St., Austin, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16813
Hidalgo City Cemetery. #16813
902 South 2nd Street, Hidalgo, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #16819
James Walker Log House. #16819
4800 Old Chappell Hill Road, Brenham, TX, United States