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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMAN_chisholm-cemetery_Rockwall-TX.html
Enoch P. Chisholm, a circuit-riding Methodist minister, brought his family to this area in the 1860s. The community which grew up here was named in his honor. Chisholm donated land for this graveyard in 1871, and in 1875 he became the first person…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMAM_heath-methodist-church_Heath-TX.html
Founded in 1890 at a site just south of town, this church originally was named Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The congregation and the church building moved to Heath between November 1909 and March 1910, and the original building was re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMAL_sterling-rex-barnes_Heath-TX.html
Virginia native Sterling Rex Barnes (1799-1866) migrated to this area from Mississippi with his wife Martha Ann (Mitchell) (b.1809) and family in 1846. A pioneer settler in the community of Black Hill, now Heath, he was a charter member of East Tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMAJ_merriman-house_Corpus-Christi-TX.html
Originally built on property that was part of a Mexican land grant awarded to Enrique Villareal in 1831, this house was constructed for Walter Merriman in 1851. Merriman, a lawyer, had moved to Corpus Christi from Illinois shortly after his marria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM8W_kovner-bobys-homestead_Corpus-Christi-TX.html
On original Spanish land grant of 1831, "Rincon de Oso". Built 1851. Lumber of native wood, sawed by hand. Square nails. 3 gables, 2 chimneys.
Commandeered as hospital during the Civil War and in a yellow fever epidemic.
Scene of many gala a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7N_french-galvan-house_Corpus-Christi-TX.html
Originally located at the corner of Waco and Comanche Streets, this colonial revival home was built in 1907-08 for the family of Asa Milton and Frances Garrett French. A.M. French (1850-1936), a native of New Hampshire, was a surveyor and civil en…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7C_mccampbell-house_Corpus-Christi-TX.html
Mary Alice Ward McCampbell, widow of William Berry McCampbell, purchased land at 1421 Water Street in the old Irishtown section of Corpus Christi in 1908. Soon thereafter she hired local architect and builder William F. Bowles to design and build …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM60_the-waco-suspension-bridge_Waco-TX.html
In 1866 the Waco Bridge Company was granted a 25 year charter to build a toll bridge here. The charter guaranteed that no other bridge or ferry could be built within five miles. Construction began in 1868 and, after much financial difficulty, was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM5X_first-national-bank-of-el-campo_El-Campo-TX.html
The First National Bank of El Campo traces its history to the Koch and Poole Mercantile Company. In 1890 El Campo was an exciting new railroad town. Customers left their money in the Koch and Poole safe for protection, and soon the store assumed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM59_ni_Corpus-Christi-TX.html
This ship is a replica of Christopher Columbus' ship Ni?a. It is one of three ships built in Spain to commemorate the historic 1492 voyage. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the three ships toured American ports in 1992 before coming to their per…