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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