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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM276Y_horace-dickinson-taylor_Houston-TX.html
At the age of 17 Horace Dickinson Taylor left his native Massachusetts with his brother, Edward, after the sudden death of their parents. They settled in Independence, Texas, in 1838, and in 1848 the Taylor brothers moved to Houston where they est…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM276X_thomas-william-house_Houston-TX.html
A native of Stoke St. Gregory in Somersetshire, England, T.W. House emigrated to the United States in May 1835. A baker by trade, he soon was employed by the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans. By 1838 he had moved to Houston and established the com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM276O_site-of-capitol-of-the-republic-of-texas_Houston-TX.html
Commemorating days when after her glorious struggle Texas stood an independent nation.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM276K_site-of-the-organization-of-lady-washington-chapter-nsdar_Houston-TX.html
The Lady Washington Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) was organized on November 14, 1899, when 10 of the original 17 organizing members met in the western parlor of the Capitol Hotel (later known as the R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM271M_antioch-missionary-baptist-church_Houston-TX.html
The emancipation of slaves was heralded by federal officials in Galveston on June 19, 1865. Antioch became Houston's first African American Baptist Church when organized by nine former area slaves in 1866. Their first sanctuary, built nearby in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM270Q_first-united-methodist-church-of-houston_Houston-TX.html
The foundation of Methodism in Houston began in 1837, when missionaries Martin Ruter and Littleton Fowler established a Sunday School Society. On April 14, 1839, the Rev. Jesse Hord received 14 members by transfer of letter, establishing the Metho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2704_christ-church-cathedral_Houston-TX.html
The second Episcopal parish in the Republic of Texas. Led by a missionary of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rev. R.M. Chapman, and by an early Houstonian, Col. William Fairfax Gray, thirty-nine men came together on March 16, 1839, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2701_houston-bar-association_Houston-TX.html
Members of the legal profession began practicing in Houston in 1837, one year after Texas gained its independence from Mexico and became a Republic. The earliest evidence of organization among the city's attorneys dates to 1870, when the original …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25VJ_magnolia-park-city-hall-and-central-fire-station_Houston-TX.html
The city of Magnolia Park was incorporated on July 1, 1913, on property first developed by John Thomas Brady in 1890 as a large excursion park. For the municipality's first ten years, city offices were located in various temporary facilities, all …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XSY_little-joe-ii-historical_Houston-TX.html
The first major flight tests in the Apollo program were performed by the Little Joe II launch vehicle. These unmanned flights tested the command module launch escape system and qualified it for operational use in the Apollo program. The test serie…