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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29FF_historic-roadside-park_Sulphur-Springs-TX.html
The picnic area on SH 19 in Hopkins County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department - now Texas Department of Transportation. It was built from 1939-1940 using labor from the National Youth Administration, a Federal Work…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM294E_hopkins-county-courthouse_Sulphur-Springs-TX.html
The third Hopkins County Courthouse, built in 1882, was destroyed on Feb. 11, 1894 by a fire that also burned the jail and several nearby structures. Plans were soon made for a new court building to be erected on this corner rather than in the mid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM293X_home-county-of-texas-confederate-general-w-h-king-texas-in-the-civil-war_Sulphur-Springs-TX.html
Front Home County of Texas Confederate General W. H. King Georgian. Moved to Texas 1861. Rose to rank of colonel, 18th Texas Infantry. Led regiment in Red River Campaign of 1863 to prevent split of South along Mississippi. Commanded the 18th i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM293W_sulphur-springs-volunteer-fire-department-and-fire-bell-of-1889_Sulphur-Springs-TX.html
Volunteer fire fighters, organized soon after Sulphur Springs was incorporated (1870), used a "bucket brigade" and hand-drawn equipment to control blazes before the city purchased a steam fire engine in 1888. To summon firemen, this 500-pound bras…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM293U_townsite-of-tarrant_Sulphur-Springs-TX.html
Eldridge Hopkins, for whose family Hopkins County was named in 1846, donated this site for the county seat. Named for Gen. Edward H. Tarrant (1796-1858), Texas Ranger and Mexican war veteran, Tarrant Post Office was established in March 1847. A tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM293T_city-national-bank_Sulphur-Springs-TX.html
The oldest banking institution in Sulphur Springs, City National Bank was organized in 1889. The first board of directors included J. J. Dabbs, John T. Hargrove, J. F. Carter, J. A. B. Putnam, W. B. Womack, W. A. Dabbs, and S. W. Summers. A two-st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2939_site-of-the-union-stockade_Sulphur-Springs-TX.html
The Reconstruction era which followed the Civil War (1861-65) was a time of unrest in Texas. In this area a gang of outlaws whipped and killed blacks and harassed other citizens. On August 10, 1868, Capt. T. M. Tolman brought Federal troops here t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2938_hopkins-county-echo-daily-news-telegram_Sulphur-Springs-TX.html
Deed records indicate that a newspaper was being published in Hopkins County as early as 1854. It was known as the "Texas Star" and was located in Tarrant, which then served as county seat. In 1855, the printing presses were purchased by William W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28UR_confederate-refugees-in-texas-c-s-a_Sulphur-Springs-TX.html
In the vicinity of Old Tarrant, south of here, the Civil War refugee family of Mrs. Amanda Stone, of Louisiana, was shown great kindness when rescued by Hopkins countians after a road accident. The Stones saw the Texans share the little they had, …
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