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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OAW_a-new-county-is-born_Longview-TX.html
In January 1873, Upshur County Representative B.W. Brown (a Methodist lay preacher) introduced a bill in the Texas Legislature to make Longview the seat of a new county to be composed of portions of existing Upshur, Rusk and Harrison counties. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OAS_when-mule-power-moved-people_Longview-TX.html
In 1883, seven prominent Longview residents chartered the Longview & Junction Railway Company. For nearly thirty years, it operated a mule-drawn trolley that ran between the Junction Depot located at the intersection of Methvin and Sixth Street…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OAR_then-came-the-railroad_Longview-TX.html
On April 7, 1870, O.H. Methvin deeded one hundred acres of farmland to the Southern Pacific Railroad. The uptown depot was constructed immediately north of the rail track on Fredonia Street.
In 1872, the Texas & Pacific took over the line…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O8H_kelly-plow-company_Longview-TX.html
When George Addison Kelly came to East Texas in 1852 at the age of twenty, he saw possibilities in the manufacture and sale of cowbells to supply wagoners and traders. Resolving to make the bells resonance better, he made a journey to Louisvill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O8G_banking-the-final-ingredient_Longview-TX.html
Along with the abundance of natural resources, the growth of commercial agriculture and the distribution capability of the railroad, the establishment of banking supplied the final ingredient needed to solidify the development of Longview's exp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O8F_from-subsistence-to-cash-crops_Longview-TX.html
The early settlers farmed only to meet their family needs. Any produce left over was used to pay the doctor, the blacksmith or barter for the necessities of life.
Corn was indispensable, meeting a multitude of needs for both family and li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O7P_the-courthouses-of-gregg-county_Longview-TX.html
Gregg County was formed in 1873, and Longview was chosen as county seat. The first temporary courthouse was a small building at the corner of Fredonia and Tyler streets. It soon proved inadequate, however, and another temporary courthouse was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O7O_delta-drilling-company_Longview-TX.html
In response to the East Texas oil boom, Delta Drilling Company was founded in 1931 by Bob Stacy, Sam Dorfman, and Joseph Zeppa. Originally housed in an apartment at this site, the firm moved to Tyler in 1937. Delta drilled many of the oil wells th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O7N_dalton-gangs-last-raid_Longview-TX.html
May 23, 1894-A bloody day in early Longview. Bill Dalton, leader of armed gang presented a note for money at First National Bank. A gunfight erupted when Sheriff Jack Howard, City Marshall Mat Muckleroy and citizens resisted. Three local men&mdash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O7M_everett-building_Longview-TX.html
Built in 1910 to house the Citizens National Bank, this structure is the only example of classical revival commercial architecture in Longview. Designed by noted architect and educator Samuel J. Blocker, the Everett Building was constructed by Gla…