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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LV9_lt-col-william-e-dyess_Albany-TX.html
A native of Albany, and a graduate of Albany High School and John Tarleton Agricultural College, William Edwin Dyess was the son of Judge Richard T. and Hallie Graham Dyess. Trained as a pilot at Randolph Field, San Antonio, he led the 21st Pursui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LOT_albanys-first-public-school_Albany-TX.html
On this hill stood Albany's first public school, a wooden building, erected 1884. It was replaced, 1909, by a stone structure which was enlarged - to the west, 1923, to the east, 1927, a gymnasium was added on the north, 1928. The school and gymna…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LOS_fort-griffin-fandangle_Albany-TX.html
In July 1938, area residents gathered here to participate in the first showing of the Fort Griffin Fandangle. Earlier that year, Albany High School drama teacher Robert Nail, Jr. wrote and directed a play depicting the settling of the Fort Griffin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LOE_jackson-warehouse_Albany-TX.html
T.E. Jackson, a prominent businessman from Fort Griffin (15 mi. N) built this structure in the late 1870s as a warehouse for a general merchandise store. For more than 100 years, it served the town of Albany as the site of various commercial busin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LOD_hartfield-building_Albany-TX.html
Charles A. Hartfield purchased the lot on this site in 1881. A noted area cook, he quickly established "Charley's Restaurant," which included a bakery and boardinghouse. Hartfield was so successful that he planned an elegant rock structu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LOC_white-elephant-saloon_Albany-TX.html
The land on this site, Lot 9, Block 3 of the original town plat of Albany, was purchased in 1882 by noted local restauranteur Charles Hartfield. He planned to build a restaurant next door, and the pending establishment was much anticipated by loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LND_robert-edward-nail-jr_Albany-TX.html
Robert (Bobby) Nail graduated from Albany High School in 1926. In New Jersey, at Lawrenceville Prep. School and Princeton U., his literary activities were highly acclaimed. Nail directed theater groups in Fort Worth, Dallas and Abilene before retu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LNC_the-lynch-building_Albany-TX.html
This was Albany's first stone mercantile store. It was erected in stages, combining Greek Revival and Victorian Italianate designs. In 1878, W.H. Miller built 1-story east unit, and permitted Albany Masonic Lodge to erect a second story. Local ran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LNB_first-christian-church_Albany-TX.html
In December 1886, Evangelist J.P. Pinkerton led 26 people from 19 families to found this church. Members met in the Shackelford County courthouse. Miss Betty Parker then gave $50 to buy land for a one-room frame building completed in January 1889 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ILD_the-cook-ranch-oil-field_Albany-TX.html
William Ivy Cook (1857-1923) and his wife Matilda moved to this county in 1895. With a brother-in-law, J.H. Nail, Cook purchased a 27.75-section ranch. The Cooks bought out Nail in 1898, and have owned the ranch ever since. During the 1918 Breckin…