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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21WY_wise-county-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Decatur-TX.html
Honoring all who served so well and dedicated to the everlasting memory of those from Wise County who made the supreme sacrifice in World War I 1917-1918 and World War II 1941-1945
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21VN_old-stone-prison_Decatur-TX.html
First stone house in Decatur. Erected by prison labor about 1859. Main house was residence of sheriff or deputy. Basement was used as jail. Meals were sent down a dumb-waiter located outside the east end of the house.
County sold property in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21VM_first-national-bank-of-decatur_Decatur-TX.html
This financial institution was organized in 1883 by Decatur bankers Dan Waggoner, Henry Greathouse, and other pioneer businessmen. Waggoner's son, W. T. Waggoner (b. 1854), a prominent Texas cattleman and oilman, served as bank president from 1904…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21VL_episcopal-mission-of-the-ascension_Decatur-TX.html
Oldest original church building in Decatur. Consecrated by great missionary bishop, the Rt. Rev. A.C. Garrett. Erected facing Main Street (2 blks. w. of square) in 1889.
Known as "The Little Church with the Crosses", by 1912 it had deteriorated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-095ac_wise-county-messenger_Decatur-TX.html
Started by William Forster in 1880, the "Messenger" was published in Paradise (10 mi. SW) and Alvord (11 mi. NW) before a permanent move to Decatur in 1885. Early editions included poems, love stories, and lists of strayed animals and mail at the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-30e17_decatur-baptist-college_Decatur-TX.html
World's first institution to be planned (in 1898) as a junior college. This hall was built in 1892 for an earlier school.
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Entered in the National Register of Historic Places
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-d277c_texas-ranger-captain-ira-long_Decatur-TX.html
Dedicated and courageous. Born in Indiana; reared in Missouri. Wounded twice in Confederate service during the Civil War.
On reorganization of Texas Rangers, 1874, was commissioned first lieutenant; promoted 1875 to captain, Company A, official…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-da458_the-wise-county-reunion_Decatur-TX.html
The Confederate veterans of Wise County are said to have held occasional reunions in the 1860s-1870s. Old settlers invited both the Confederate veterans and Wise County pioneers to an 1881 reunion at Cold Springs. This was on July 12, the annivers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21U3_captain-george-w-stevens_Decatur-TX.html
Captain George W. Stevens was born in Lowndes County, Alabama, on July 12, 1830. He lived in Arkansas briefly where he married Martha McDonald in 1852. The couple moved to the Wise County area in 1855 and Stevens became a leader in the efforts to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21U2_randolph-vesey_Decatur-TX.html
Respected Negro citizen and homeowner. Champion pioneer fiddler, popular at Forts Belknap, Griffin and Richardson and over county. Once when he was an Indian captive, held in Kansas, Texans sent ponies to ransom him. He is buried in Oaklawn, Decat…