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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZII_smiths-station_Albany-TX.html
From 1858 until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, a station of the Butterfield Overland Mail route was located here. Despite a brief existence, it was an important stop on the early stage line that reached from Missouri to California. Stages …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZIH_the-cable-tool-oil-field_Albany-TX.html
The first cable tool oil field drilling rig was introduced in Texas in 1866. A cable tool rig consisted of a steel drilling cable with a bit suspended at the end. The bit would be dropped into a hole, and the impact would break up the ground. A ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZIG_cold-war-hardline-communications-pit_Albany-TX.html
In 1961, Dyess Air Force Base, of Abilene, Texas, was one of six United States Air Force bases selected to host the Atlas F Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. Twelve launch sites, complete with launch control centers and silos, were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X0G_russell-young-gilbert-historical_Albany-TX.html
In Memory of
Russell Young Gilbert
Nov. 7, 1841
Oct. 30, 1870
Served under Gen. Sul Ross
In Belknap Rangers 1862-1866
Government scout out of
Fort Griffin 1867-1870
Erected by his son
J.R. Gilbert
1954
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSZ_the-h-c-jacobs-house_Albany-TX.html
First permanent home in Albany. Built 1875 of stone from nearby deposits by Henry Carter Jacobs (1842-94), an organizer and the first sheriff of Shackelford County. A Kentuckian, Civil War veteran, and surveyor, Jacobs platted town of Albany, dona…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSY_rye-caperton-house_Albany-TX.html
Built in 1874, and used as an office building, this structure was moved here in 1879 from Fort Griffin. Owner Edgar Rye was a newspaper publisher, cartoonist, and held numerous elective offices. Rye sold the building in 1896 to Anna F. Caperton, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSX_shackelford-countys-first-permanent-jail_Albany-TX.html
Erected 1877-78 by architects and builders Thomas & Woerner of Fort Worth. Gerard B. Allen of Saint Louis furnished ironwork. Initials on many of the native limestone blocks show masons' claims to payment for work.
An early prisoner, Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSW_georgia-battalion-memorial_Albany-TX.html
In Honor of the Georgia Battalion
Georgia was the only state in the Union to supply arms from its state arsenal when her sons came to Texas to join the fight for freedom. The Georgia Battalion of 5 companies of volunteers came as a group to Tex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSS_ledbetter-picket-house_Albany-TX.html
William Henry Ledbetter (1833-84), a native of Georgia, came to Texas in 1858, and established a salt works on Hubbard Creek (8 miles SW) in 1862. Ledbetter withstood fierce Indian attacks before moving near Fort Griffin (15 miles N). He was elect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSA_texas-central-railway-company_Albany-TX.html
The Houston & Texas Central Railway, which began building north from Houston in 1856, was tapped in 1872 by a branch line from Waco. In 1879, the Texas Central Railway Co. was chartered to extend the branch from Ross, 11 miles north of Waco, to th…