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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRR_palestine-high-school_Palestine-TX.html
Palestine High School. . A public school system in Palestine was established in 1881 under control of the municipal government. The first classes were held at the old Palestine Female Institute (built in 1858), then a high school was built in 1888…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DRQ_john-h-reagan_Palestine-TX.html
John H. Reagan. . John Henninger Reagan, son of Timothy and Elizabeth Lusk Reagan, was born on October 18, 1818, in Sevierville, Tennessee. He joined the Republic of Texas Army in 1839 and served in the Cherokee War. In the early 1840s, he held se…
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/HM2DR8_site-of-mary-allen-seminary_Crockett-TX.html
Site of Mary Allen Seminary. . In 1886 the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, under the leadership of the group's secretary the Rev. Richard Allen, began planning for the establishment of a black girls'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DR7_timothy-stephen-smith_Palestine-TX.html
Timothy Stephen Smith. (February 20, 1902 - April 30, 2000). Born the son of a runaway slave, Smith yearned for a better life. He attended Prairie View A&M College and received a degree in Vocational Agriculture. He became a teacher, educating the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DR6_samson-heidenheimer-building_Galveston-TX.html
Samson Heidenheimer Building. Samson Heidenheimer, pioneer Galveston merchant, had this building erected in 1877 on the site of the Grand Southern Hotel. The Grand Southern was a four-story forty-room Victorian Hotel of brick construction. . . …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DQY_micham-main_Palestine-TX.html
Micham Main. . Little is known about this Anderson County pioneer until he married Elizabeth Van Winkle in Crawford County, Illinois, in 1820. The Mains lived in the Illinois township of Palestine until 1833, when, drawn by a favorable change in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DQX_purvey-lee-p-l-chism_Palestine-TX.html
Purvey Lee (P. L.) Chism. . P.L. Chism's devotion to education was unsurpassed. From the time of his youth, through his many years as a teacher, principal, superintendent and supervisor, he never stopped challenging himself and others for educatio…