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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMT_ratcliff-ccc-camp_Kennard-TX.html
J.H. Ratcliff's 1880s sawmill and village here gave way to major timber industry operations that by the early 1930s had decimated Houston County's densest virgin forest. As part of federal efforts to restore the nation's natural resources, Civilia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMP_german-pows-in-the-east-texas-timber-industry_Lufkin-TX.html
The U.S. Army began building POW camps in the United States in early 1942 for captured Axis prisoners. During World War II, the Army shipped almost 425,000 military prisoners to 511 camps in the U.S. Approximately 50,000 of those POWs, primarily G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJM4_the-civilian-conservation-corps-and-forestry-in-texas_Lufkin-TX.html
Continuing efforts started in the 1920s by the Texas Forest Service (TFS),the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established through the Emergency Conservation Work Act (1933) during the Great Depression, aided in efforts to preserve Texas forests…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJL7_nacogdoches-federal-building-post-office_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Designed by U.S. Treasury Department architect James A. Wetmore, this building was erected in 1917-1918 and housed the main city post office until 1964. Sold to the city in 1973, it was the public library until 1997, when it became a tourist infor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKZ_wilson-van-dyke_Belton-TX.html
A native of South Carolina, Wilson Van Dyke served as a member of the Somervell Expedition, which was organized in 1842 to expel the Mexican Army from Texas. Under command of Col. W.S. Fisher, he crossed the Rio Grande and was captured. A survivor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKX_gulf-colorado-and-santa-fe-railway-planing-mill_Belton-TX.html
Built in 1912 at the Santa Fe rail yards in Temple, this planing mill was part of a complex of buildings that housed repair facilities for the railroad. Workers at the mill manufactured replacement parts for wooden elements of the Santa Fe's boxca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKW_bell-county_Belton-TX.html
Settlement began on Lampasas River, 1847. Created Jan. 22, organized Aug. 1, 1850. Named for Peter Hansbrough Bell (1812-1898), native of Virginia; veteran of Battle of San Jacinto; served in Somervell expedition to stop Mexico's Raids into Texas;…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKV_little-river-fort_Belton-TX.html
A stockade and blockhouse of the Republic of Texas. Built in November, 1836, by a unit of some 20 Rangers under Lt. George B. Erath (soldier-statesman for whom Erath County was named).
By Christmas they had erected 7 or 8 cabins, a blockhouse a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKT_salado-cemetery_Salado-TX.html
Established 1856 on 2.5-acre site given by E.S.C. Robertson.
Distinguished Texans interred here include the Rev. G.W. Baines, great-grandfather of President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Rev. and Mrs. J.E. Ferguson, parents of Governor James E. Fergus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKS_dr-samuel-j-and-charlotte-h-jones_Salado-TX.html
Educators Samuel Jackson (1858-1918) and Charlotte Hallaran (d. 1904) Jones taught at Salado College in 1884-1885. In 1890, the Joneses opened Thomas Arnold High School in the former Salado College buildings. Charlotte died in 1904, leaving five y…