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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMP_jim-reeves_Carthage-TX.html
Born in Galloway, James Travis Reeves played professional baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals' minor league team until an injury forced him to abandon that career. He became a radio disc jockey and formed a country western band. Joining the Grand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMK_southwestern-telegraph-telephone-building_Austin-TX.html
Veteran Travis County official and historian Frank Brown (1833-1913) erected this structure in 1886. Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company bought and restyled the building in 1898. Architect A.O. Watson designed the ornate fa?ade. Previously …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMJ_southgate-lewis-house_Austin-TX.html
Local bookbinder and printer John Southgate had this house built for his family in 1888. The High Victorian structure features a bay window, second-floor bands of shingles, and distinctive window surrounds. Businessman Charles Lewis (1872-1922) pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMI_smith-clark-smith-house_Austin-TX.html
When the State Capitol burned in 1881, Scottish-born James Baird Smith (1843-1907) cleared the site and erected a temporary statehouse nearby. Salvaged brick and stone, which he used to build this rent house about 1886, probably came from the burn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMH_jersey-lily-saloon-1882-1903_Langtry-TX.html
"Law West of the Pecos" Courtroom. Named for Judge Bean's idol, actress Lillie Langtry. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMG_henry-smith_Austin-TX.html
Henry Smith (1788-1851) immersed himself in public affairs soon after arriving in Texas in 1827. Initially a local political leader in what is now Brazoria County, he was appointed in 1835 as a delegate to the San Felipe Consultation, which met to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMF_old-b-j-smith-property_Austin-TX.html
Purchased from State of Texas at auction in 1853, by Smith, a school proprietor. Structure, one of the better early homes in Austin, was probably built in the 1850's.
Handmade hardware, doors, and other structural parts reveal fine workmanship.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHME_the-dean-of-texas-trail-drivers-oliver-loving-1812-1867_Weatherford-TX.html
Founder of three major cattle trails, Oliver Loving came from Kentucky to Texas in 1845 and to Parker County about 1855. During the Civil War (1861-65), he supplied beef to Confederate forces. With Charles Goodnight as partner on a drive to New Me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMD_sixth-street_Austin-TX.html
Originally named Pecan Street on Edwin Waller's 1839 plan for Austin, Sixth Street served as a farm to market road entering the city from the east. Bringing together a diverse ethnic population, it became a center for Austin's 19th century develop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMC_john-hawkins-singleton_Austin-TX.html
Served in the Army of Texas, 1836, the Army of the United States in the Mexican War, 1846, the Confederate Army, 1861-1865. Born in Kentucky June 25, 1818. Died in Ellis County, Texas August 3, 1884.
His wife Rebecca Ann (Barker) Singleton. Bor…