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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193Y_harmon-luther-lowman_Huntsville-TX.html
A native Texan, Lowman saw World War I military service before attaining a bachelor's degree at Southwest State Teachers College in 1923, a master's degree at the University of Texas, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Chicag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193X_harry-fishburne-estill_Huntsville-TX.html
Estill was valedictorian of the Sam Houston Normal Institute's first senior class in 1880 and spent 55 years on campus as student, faculty member, and president. He authored early United States history texts for public-school students in southern …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193W_charles-norton-shaver_Huntsville-TX.html
Shaver received a bachelor's degree from Sam Houston State Teachers College in 1923. He served n the Texas Legislature and as President of the Texas State Teachers Association, helping to create the State's Teacher-Retirement System. Shaver receiv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193V_elliott-toulmin-bowers_Huntsville-TX.html
Elliott Bowers entered Sam Houston State Teachers College in 1937 and completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in Music by 1942. He earned a doctorate in Educational Administration at the University of Houston in 1959. After military service …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193U_steamboat-house_Huntsville-TX.html
Built in 1858 by Dr. Rufus Bailey, 1858-62 president of Austin College, as a wedding gift for son. Unusual house caused such joking, however, the couple refused to live in it.
In 1862, after Sam Houston left governorship of Texas, he rented Ste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193T_original-site-of-the-steamboat-house_Huntsville-TX.html
Dr. Rufus W. Bailey, a teacher, minister and attorney educated in New England, came to Huntsville as a language professor at Austin College in 1855. He acquired an eight-acre tract on this site and erected a house which he named "Buena Vista," but…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193S_peabody-library-building_Huntsville-TX.html
The first campus structure to be used exclusively for library purposes, this building was erected in 1902. Built with assistance from the Peabody Education Fund (a philanthropic program created by northern banker George Peabody soon after the Civi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193R_old-main-building_Huntsville-TX.html
First permanent structure built by state of Texas for teacher training—when Joseph Baldwin was president of Sam Houston Normal Institute, L. S. Ross was governor, and A. T. McKinney was chairman of the S.H.N.I. local board. Cornerstone was l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193Q_austin-college-building_Huntsville-TX.html
The Presbyterian Church established Austin College in Huntsville in 1849 and erected this structure in 1851-52. Austin College moved to Sherman in 1876, and in 1879 this building was deeded to the state for use by the newly-established Sam Houston…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXWK_union-soldiers-graves_Huntsville-TX.html
Seven Union Soldiers who died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1867 are buried here. They were sent to Huntsville during the reconstruction period to maintain order in Walker County four years after the soldiers had been in the penitentiary.
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