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Wharton County, Texas
Historical Markers in Egypt, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 5 Texas historical markers in Egypt, in Wharton County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Texas Revolution, Ghost Towns, and Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1993 and 2015.
Start with these Egypt stories
- William Jones Elliot Heard and Egypt Plantationplaced 1993
William Jones Elliot Heard was born in Tennessee in 1801, the first of Stephen R. and Jemima M. Heard's nine children.
- Community of Egypt
One of most historic towns in county. Named following the drouth of 1827, when pioneers of Stephen F. Austin's colony came to this fertile region to…
- Frazarvilleplaced 2015
Near this site once stood the community of Frazarville, founded in 1857 by Dr. Isaac James Frazar and his father, Col. James Watson Frazar.
- Egypt Plantation Cemeteryplaced 2002
Egypt Plantation Cemetery In 1838, William Jones Elliot Heard purchased more than 2,000 acres of land from John C. Clark and established the Egypt…
- Joseph and Rachel Rabb Newmanplaced 2002
Joseph and Rachel Rabb Newman Joseph (c. 1787-1831) and Rachel Rabb (1790-1872) Newman were married in 1806 in Ohio.
All 5 historical markers in Egypt
Historical markers near Egypt
- Hungerford6 stories · 10 mi
- Eagle Lake8 stories · 12 mi
- Wharton23 stories · 12 mi
- El Campo6 stories · 16 mi
- Wallis8 stories · 18 mi
- Louise5 stories · 24 mi
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