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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPP_joseph-hudson-barwise-historical_Wichita-Falls-TX.html
A native of Ohio, Joseph Hudson Barwise brought his family to Texas in 1877 and to Wichita County in 1880. An astute businessman and community leader, he earned the nickname "Father of Wichita Falls" after he donated land to the Fort Worth and Den…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPG_henry-c-luecke-historical_Wichita-Falls-TX.html
A native of Missouri, Henry C. Luecke (1861-1937) came to Texas about 1890. He opened a blacksmith shop at this intersection in 1903. Here he developed and manufactured the Wichita Gang Plow, patented in 1905. His device was similar to other plows…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPF_george-alonzo-soule-historical_Wichita-Falls-TX.html
Before coming to Wichita Falls George Alonzo Soule (1840-1913) owned a freight and stage line in Jacksboro and Fort Griffin. After the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad came through here, Soule brought his wife Lilla and Family in 1883. He opened a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPE_site-of-st-james-hotel-historical_Wichita-Falls-TX.html
Joseph Alexander Kemp (1861-1930), a Wichita Falls merchant, and Morris Lasker (1840-1916), a native of Prussia who later served as state senator from Galveston, formed a partnership in 1892 for the construction of a hotel at this site. Built by M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPD_j-a-kemp-wholesale-grocery-building-historical_Wichita-Falls-TX.html
Built in 1892, this structure housed the J. A. Kemp Wholesale Grocery business for 35 years. The building originally measured 50 by 100 feet and contained a full basement. A two-story brick addition was completed by 1901. The Industrial Supply Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPC_the-zale-legacy-historical_Wichita-Falls-TX.html
In the early 20th Century, the Wichita Falls oil boom attracted several immigrant Russian Jewish families seeking a better life. One such immigrant to the town, Morris Bernard Zalefsky (1901 - 1995), began to learn the jewelry trade from his uncle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPB_john-f-o-donohue-historical_Wichita-Falls-TX.html
Mississippi native John F. O'Donohue (1885 - 1967) first came to Wichita Falls in 1909 as a scout for the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company, which later became the Gulf Oil Corporation. While staying in the Jolene Hotel, the
wildcatter O'Donohue sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T7U_spanish-war-veterans-statue-a-war-memorial_Wichita-Falls-TX.html
This monument erected
to commemorate the valor and
patriotism of the men who served
in the war with Spain, Philippine
Insurrection, and China Relief
Expedition, 1898 - 1902
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F64_the-red-river_Burkburnett-TX.html
Named for the red soil across which it flows, the main stream of the Red River is 1,360 miles long, and for 440 miles the river forms the Texas-Oklahoma boundary. For years, this was an international boundary. The 1819 treaty with Spain establishe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F62_burkburnett_Burkburnett-TX.html
One of the most famous Texas boom towns. Name was given to post office at request of President T.R. Roosevelt after his 1905 wolf hunt with rancher Burk Burnett in this area. Townsite was laid out in 1907 by Joseph A. Kemp and Frank Kell, surveyor…