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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RS9_the-albany-news_Albany-TX.html
In 1866, a Union Army Regular, Harry Hall (H.H.) McConnell (1837-1895), left Pennsylvania and traveled to Fort Belknap near Jacksboro. A natural journalist, he was a talented writer with an inquisitive mind and sense of humor. Along with his partn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RS8_city-of-albany_Albany-TX.html
Chosen county seat of Shackelford in 1874, Albany had a 43-acre townsite donated by Sheriff Henry C. Jacobs. County Clerk W.R. Cruger named city for his old home, Albany, Ga. A wooden picket courthouse was erected. The post office opened Aug. 1, 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RRX_first-united-methodist-church-of-albany_Albany-TX.html
Oldest congregation in Northwest Texas Conference of Methodist Church. First church of any denomination founded in Shackelford County. Organized in 1873 at ranch home (8 mi. E) of J.C. Lynch (1828-1912), a later county judge, after Shackelford was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RRW_site-of-the-reynolds-presbyterian-academy_Albany-TX.html
Founded on counsel of the Rev. French McAfee; named in honor of pioneer rancher, Barber Watkins Reynolds (d. 1882). The Reynolds Presbyterian Academy opened in 1898, with classes meeting in a vacant storehouse. A Richardsonian Romanesque-style bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RRV_trinity-episcopal-church_Albany-TX.html
The oldest church building in Albany. Methodists, who organized their church in 1873, built this sanctuary on Schoolhouse Hill in 1889, moved it to Main Street in 1909. Trinity Episcopal Mission, founded 1910, bought structure in 1913, remodeled i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RPK_lieutenant-colonel-william-edwin-dyess_Albany-TX.html
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Graduated
John Tarleton College
May 18, 1936
Graduated
Advanced Flying School
Kelly Field
October 6, 1937
"I want you to know I love every one of you"
Last words spoked to Albany friends 11-5-43
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