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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS6_site-of-the-union-hotel-bracken-house-acme-hotel_Rusk-TX.html
Site of the Union Hotel/Bracken House/Acme Hotel. . The first hotel to occupy this site was the Union Hotel, a wood frame building erected in 1849. Renamed Bracken House for a subsequent owner, it continued to serve the city until 1889. Civil War …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS5_maydelle_Rusk-TX.html
Maydelle. . In 1906, the Texas State Railroad built to this area for timber to fuel iron manufacturing at the penitentiary in Rusk. The branch prison established at the railhead was called Camp Wright. When Rusk native Thomas Campbell became gover…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS4_little-beans-cherokee-village_Rusk-TX.html
Little Bean's Cherokee Village. . In the winter of 1819-1820 Chief John Bowles led about sixty Cherokee families from Arkansas to East Texas. Near this site a small settlement of about six families was established by a Cherokee leader named Little…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRO_site-of-sam-houston-speeches_Rusk-TX.html
Site of Sam Houston Speeches. . Two speeches were delivered by Sam Houston in Rusk. The first, in 1855, was a debate with politician Frank Bowden. Houston, a U.S. Senator, was on a tour through central and east Texas trying to regain public favor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRN_mewshaw-state-sawmill-and-maydell-ccc-camp_Rusk-TX.html
Mewshaw State Sawmill and Maydell CCC Camp. . In operation from 1908 to 1912, the Mewshaw State Sawmill at this site produced 35,000 board feet of lumber daily and was staffed by convict laborers from the nearby Rusk Penitentiary. The village of M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRL_texas-state-railroad_Rusk-TX.html
Texas State Railroad. . In the late 1880s the Texas Prison System built a short rail line from the state penitentiary facility in north Rusk, southwestward to hardwood timber stands, where charcoal was made for use in firing the prison's iron ore …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SL3_cherokee-county-c-s-a_Rusk-TX.html
(front) Civil War manufacturing, supply and military center. Field Transportation Bureau shop made and repaired wagons, saddles, harnesses. Gun factory produced "Mississippi rifles" and pistols. Two iron works cast plows, skillets, pots, irons. S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRK0_bachelor-girls-library-club_Rusk-TX.html
Formed by 15 young single women in 1902 with fewer than 50 books, this library club would later donate to the City of Rusk a volume of books that greatly contributed to an inventory in excess of 23,000 books. The Book Club, originally housed-in do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRIP_norman-law-firm_Rusk-TX.html
Wyatt Thomas Norman and William Harrison Shook, both Cherokee County natives, opened a law office on the Courthouse Square in 1898. George Gibson became a partner in 1918. He later moved to Jacksonville and opened a branch there. Wyatt T. Norman's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRHF_the-james-i-perkins-family-home_Rusk-TX.html
Attorney James N. Thomas (b. 1816) erected the one-story portion of this residence before 1851. James I. Perkins (1847-1923) built the two-story wing and added Victorian detailing after he purchased the property in 1883. Head of a leading Rusk fam…
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