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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMGG_jalufka-galatos-house_Corpus-Christi-TX.html
A first-generation Texan, James Jalufka (1879-1969) was born in Lavaca County, the son of Moravian (Czech) immigrants. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, he also served as at soldier in World War I. He was a prominent South Texas cotton grower…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMEY_sidbury-house_Corpus-Christi-TX.html
Charlotte Scott (Mrs. Edward D.) Sidbury (1830-1904), the builder of this house, was born in North Carolina and came with her parents to Sterling Robertson's colony before the Texas Revolution (1836). She married John Wesley Scott in 1848; they mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMEE_wood-verner-cemetery_Tyler-TX.html
The oldest known graveyard in the Dixie area, Wood-Verner cemetery is named for two families who owned land surrounding the site. The earliest marked grave is that of John Gordon, who died in 1850. Affiliated with the local Methodist church for mu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMEC_tyler-junior-college_Tyler-TX.html
Tyler Junior College was established in 1926 during the formative years of the junior college movement in Texas. This institution began as an extension of the Tyler public school system with school superintendent G.O. Clough serving as its first p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMCW_gladewater_Gladewater-TX.html
Founded as St.Clair, about 3 miles east. Moved to present site on Glade Creek and T&P Railway, 1872. Population grew from 500 to 7000 after oil was discovered in 1931. It became hub of production and refining operations.Manufacturing, clothing, me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMCM_grande-grossman-house_Corpus-Christi-TX.html
This structure was built in 1904 as a residence for the family of Benito Grande (1865-1926). Originally located at 709 Artesian Street (approximately1 mile southwest), it was moved here in 1982 to preserve it from demolition. Benito Grande moved t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMBC_the-kay-house_Winona-TX.html
South Carolina planter Francis Lemuel Kay (1814-1867) settled in Smith County in 1856. Between 1856 and 1860, Kay bought 640 acres of land and built this two-story home for his wife Mary Ellen (Black) (1826-1896) and their eleven children. By 1860…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMAU_elisha-everett-lott_Tyler-TX.html
Elisha Everett Lott moved to Harrison County, Texas in 1840. Elected to the Republic of Texas Congress in 1842, he helped open this area of Texas for settlement. He moved here in 1845, and in 1846 was instrumental in the organization of Smith Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMAQ_camp-ford_Tyler-TX.html
stockade prison of Federal soldiers during the Civil War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMAP_milburn-gary-house_Tyler-TX.html
Anglo settlement of the Gum Springs area in Smith County was underway when the community name changed to Starrville in 1852, in honor of pioneer Russel Julius Starr. Located on the Dallas-Shreveport Freight Route, Starrville included a post office…