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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM298C_sam-houston_Huntsville-TX.html
Sam Houston American, Texan, Patriot, Master Mason U.S. Congressman - Tennessee 1823-1827 Governor of Tennessee 1827-1829 President - Republic of Texas 1836-1838 and 1841-1844 U.S. Senator - Texas 1859-1861 "The great misfortune is t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27QA_josey-boy-scout-lodge_Huntsville-TX.html
Oilman and Huntsville native Robert A. Josey donated funding for the construction of this log structure in 1933. Additional funding was obtained from the federal government's Civil Works Administration (CWA), and Gibbs Brothers and Company donated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2443_site-of-first-masonic-lodge-building_Huntsville-TX.html
Forrest Lodge No. 19, A.F & A.M., erected its first lodge building at this site early in 1850 on a lot measuring 50 by 75 feet purchased in 1849. The two-story white frame building was 50 feet square with five plastered brick columns in front. Lod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2440_sam-houston-whittling-site_Huntsville-TX.html
This corner was a favorite site where General Sam Houston sat in a special hide-bottom chair to whittle small objects and talk with customers at the General Mercantile Store owned by his friends Thomas and Sandford Gibbs. Early records of the comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM243Z_sam-houston-whittling-site_Huntsville-TX.html
General Sam Houston is credited with having sat on this corner to whittle and tell stories to groups of listeners who gathered around him while visiting a store operated at this location during the years the Houston family lived in Huntsville - 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23IN_first-presbyterian-church-of-huntsville_Huntsville-TX.html
Organized by the Presbytery of the Brazos in June 1848, the First Presbyterian Church of Huntsville began with one elder and ten members. Early worship services were held in the county courthouse, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and the chapel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DM3_cornerstone-of-the-fourth-courthouse_Huntsville-TX.html
This building was completed in 1899 and was used until the courthouse and the third floor were destroyed by fire early on the morning of December 24th 1968. No records were lost in the fire and later that day all the county offices were moved to a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193Z_the-presidents-tree_Huntsville-TX.html
During the summer of 1911, the "State Residence" built by President H.C. Pritchett was moved from its original location to the Wilson lot, current site of the Lowman Student Center. While the residence was being remodeled for President Harry F. Es…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193U_steamboat-house_Huntsville-TX.html
Built in 1858 by Dr. Rufus Bailey, 1858-62 president of Austin College, as a wedding gift for son. Unusual house caused such joking, however, the couple refused to live in it. In 1862, after Sam Houston left governorship of Texas, he rented Ste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193S_peabody-library-building_Huntsville-TX.html
The first campus structure to be used exclusively for library purposes, this building was erected in 1902. Built with assistance from the Peabody Education Fund (a philanthropic program created by northern banker George Peabody soon after the Civi…
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