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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QIJ_pine-springs-baptist-church_Tyler-TX.html
In 1881, E.S. Cook and Perry Ray, trustees for the Pine Springs School community, purchased nearby land for the construction of a schoolhouse. Soon after, the Pine Springs Baptist Church of Christ was organized under the direction of the Rev. Marc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QII_shamburger-cemetery_Tyler-TX.html
Members of the Peter Shamburger family came to this area of Texas from Mississippi in 1847. Peter and his family lived near Starrville. His son, Mathew, married Julia Ann Shockley in 1849 and settled in the Fruit community (later renamed Pine Spri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O06_harris-creek-cemetery_Tyler-TX.html
Harris Creek Baptist Church organized in Oct. 1849, with 15 charter members and elder William H. Ray elected as pastor. Ray, who organized the First Baptist Church of Tyler the previous year, preached at Harris Creek for two years before resigning…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O03_nicholas-wren-1807-1859_Tyler-TX.html
Came to Texas, 1833. Became a
soldier in the Texas army, 1836.
Was commissioned Lieutenant of
Rangers by Sam Houston, President
of Texas.
Fought for Texas during the
Vasquez and Woll invasions. Had
horse shot from under him in
Battl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O00_scouts-of-texas-army_Tyler-TX.html
In the vicinity
of Harris' Place
Scouts from the Army of the
Republic of Texas were dispatched
from the present county of Van Zandt
after the battle with Cherokees
and associate tribes July 16, 1839
in which Chief Bowles was killed
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16KD_our-land-our-heritage_Tyler-TX.html
Our Land - Our Heritage1894 - 1942
Dedicated to those who sacrificed their land andheritage when Camp Fannindisplaced a number of familiesfrom their original homesteads. Placed in remembrance andacknowledgement of their loss.March 1998Donated b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15WX_camp-fannin-texas_Tyler-TX.html
??The camp was named in honor of Col. James Walker Fannin, who was killed at the Battle of Goliad in the Texas Revolution. It opened in March, 1943, the first cadre from Camp Robinson, Arkansas arrived in March 1943 and the first trainees arrived …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1567_camp-fannin-internment-camp_Tyler-TX.html
Camp Fannin was also the site of an internment camp, with the first prisoners of war (POWs) from Germany's Afrika Korps arriving in Oct. 1943. BY early 1944, the military designated the site a POW base camp that administered a number of smaller br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1566_camp-fannin_Tyler-TX.html
Numerous military bases were expanded or established throughout Texas during World War II. Originally planned as an Air Corps installation, construction of Camp Fannin began in late 1942. Named in honor of Texas revolutionary hero James Walker Fan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1565_cabin-of-lt-col-j-b-leake_Tyler-TX.html
???J.B. Leake was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 20th Iowa. Captured at the battle of Stirling Plantation near Morganza, Louisiana September 29, 1863, he arrived in the first large group of prisoners on October 23, 1863. Lt. Col. Leake, being the hig…