Historical Markers in Corsicana, Texas

Start with these Corsicana stories

• Corsicana Newspapersplaced 1996

  The first newspaper in Navarro County, called the "Prairie Blade," began publication in 1855 and was owned by Dan Donaldson.

• Odd Fellow and Rebekah Children's Homeplaced 1977

  In 1885 the Grand Lodge of Texas, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, founded the I. O. O. F. Widows and Orphans Home, one of the first fraternal…

• Corsicana in 1860-1872placed 1974

  A center of patriotism especially committed to the Southern cause. After the Nov. 1860 presidential election, citizens lowered the Stars and Stripes…

• Dunn-Ransom Homeplaced 1981

  A native of Kentucky, Ewing Eric Dunn (1835-1917) came to Texas in 1850. He served as Navarro County deputy sheriff, 1854-1858, and joined the…

• Site of Tuckertownplaced 2000

  Oil was discovered in Corsicana on June 19, 1894, during the drilling of a water well, setting off the oil boom in Texas.

• Thomas Ingles Smithplaced 1986

  (1800-1848) Thomas Ingles Smith was born in 1800 in Virginia and was a soldier in the War of 1812 in a company commanded by his father, General Bird…

Corsicana on the Texas history calendar

• September 7: Corsicana Newspapers
• April 26: Odd Fellow and Rebekah Children's Home

All 84 historical markers in Corsicana

• 15th Texas Infantry Companies E and G2009
• Air Activities of Texas, Corsicana Field1996
• Alexander Beaton1985
• Alva Everett Taylor1974
• American Well & Prospecting Company1982
• Angus Schoolhouse1981
• Beauford Halbert Jester Home1968
• Birthsite of Beauford H. Jester1968
• Capt. Charles Henry Allyn1985
• Col. Clinton McKamey Winkler1971
• Collin Street Bakery1967
• Colonel Roger Q. Mills1964
• Conner Cemetery1994
• Corsicana1985
• Corsicana City Jail of 19081976
• Corsicana Hebrew Cemetery2009
• Corsicana in 1860-18721974
• Corsicana Newspapers1996
• Corsicana Public Library
• Corsicana State Home1977
• David Reed Mitchell
• Davidson Family Cemetery2012
• Dr. Will Coleman, Sr.1986
• Dunn-Ransom Home1981
• Early Texas Natural Gas Pipelines1967
• Fire Station No. 21977
• First Baptist Church of Corsicana1981
• First Independent Baptist Church of Corsicana1980
• First Methodist Church1967
• Former Site of Fred Douglass - G.W. Jackson School1977
• Frank Neal Drane1978
• George Taylor Jester1967
• George Washington Shelton1967
• Grange Hall Cemetery1983
• Grape Creek Cemetery1980
• Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery1978
• Hamilton-Bragg Cemetery2009
• Henry G. Damon1984
• Holman Home1983
• J. A. Megarity Homestead1983
• James Clinton Neill1986
• James Emerson Whiteselle1982
• James L. Collins1983
• Jester-Butler House1997
• Jose Antonio Navarro1936
• Joseph S. Cullinan, Pioneer in Texas Oil1979
• Judge E. J. Simkins House1975
• Judge John S. Callicutt1988
• Lemon-Edens House1983
• Magnolia Oil Refinery2013
• Meritt Drane2022
• Navarro County1936
• Navarro County Courthouse1983
• Navarro Rifles2007
• Oak Valley School
• Odd Fellow and Rebekah Children's Home1977
• Oil City Iron Works1975
• Old Welding Shop of H. C. Nicol1968
• Petty's Chapel2006
• Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church1981
• R. N. White1980
• Rex Ingram1976
• Roane Baptist Church
• Roger Q. Mills Home1967
• Rosenberg Family1984
• Samuel R. Frost1984
• Samuel Wistar Johnson, M. D.1989
• Senator James H. Woods Home1967
• Site of Merchants Opera House1974
• Site of the First Courthouse1976
• Site of Tuckertown2000
• Smith-McCrery Home1984
• St. John's Episcopal Church1980
• State National Bank of Corsicana1984
• Stephen Augustus Pace1990
• Tatum Home1983
• Temple Beth-El1981
• The Birthplace of the Petroleum Industry1936
• The First National Bank of Corsicana1971
• The Molloy Hotel1983
• The Scales-Fortson House1980
• Thomas Ingles Smith1986
• Westminster Presbyterian Church1976
• YMCA of Corsicana1986

Historical markers near Corsicana

• Chatfield5 stories · 11 mi
• Rice5 stories · 11 mi
• Eureka5 stories · 12 mi
• Richland5 stories · 13 mi
• Blooming Grove6 stories · 14 mi
• Kerens6 stories · 15 mi

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