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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WBQ_the-vigo-park-methodist-church-historical_Tulia-TX.html
The Indiana-Texas Land Company planted a town at this site in 1906, naming it for adjoining counties in western Indiana. It was to be a shipping point on a new railroad line. C. R. Gardner and J. C. Stitt of Terre Haute, Indiana, built a 2-story h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VT9_palo-duro-canyon-historical_Tulia-TX.html
Two miles north of here
Gen. Ranald S. Mackenzie, 4th U.S. Cavalry, ordered shot the 1450 horses captured from Indians in battle in Palo Duro Canyon, September 28, 1874, to prevent their possible recovery by the Indians and to force the Indians t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VT6_quanah-parker-trail-historical_Tulia-TX.html
Quanah Parker never forgot that
nearby on Sept. 28 & 29, 1874, the
U.S. Army shot 1,048 Indian horses
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VT0_quanah-parker-trail-historical_Tulia-TX.html
Quanah Parker's Peyote blanket and
other Indian artifacts are part of
Swisher County's Museum collection
Arrow Sculptor: Charles A Smith
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VSZ_quanah-parker-trail-historical_Tulia-TX.html
Comanche and other Indian
Tribes camped and hunted
along the Tule Creek
Arrow Sculptor: Charles A Smith
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VSU_first-baptist-church-of-claytonville-historical_Kress-TX.html
Organized as New Hope Baptist Church of Christ in 1891, this congregation changed its name in 1912 to Whitfield Baptist Church. It acquired a good church plant, a parsonage, and a cabin site at Plains Baptist Assembly Grounds. Steps began in 1960 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVH_united-methodist-church-of-kress_Kress-TX.html
Organized 1906 at Wright (4 miles NE), this church was relocated in 1907 when the Santa Fe Railway bypassed Wright, founding Kress. With their own hands, members built the first section of this sanctuary (1908), sharing its use with other faiths. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVD_first-united-methodist-church_Happy-TX.html
Meetings held in early settlers' homes led to the formation of a Methodist fellowship in Happy in 1905. Services were first held in a schoolhouse and then in a small, frame church constructed by carpenter J. F. White. The structure stood on land d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVC_happy-public-schools_Happy-TX.html
Formal education began for students of Happy, Texas when the original settlement, two miles east, moved to this townsite in 1906 in response to the newly laid Santa Fe Rail Line. Sarah Ann Rose taught local students in a one-room frame schoolhouse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVB_happy-cemetery_Happy-TX.html
The Happy Cemetery Association, organized on March 18, 1912. Purchased five acres of land for two adjacent cemeteries (one specifically for Catholics) from local businessman James F. White. The oldest recorded grave is that of William T. King (187…