Historical Markers in Gainesville, Texas

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• Cooke County, C.S.A./2nd Frontier Regimentplaced 1963

  Military, defense center in Civil War. Cooke voted 231 to 137 anti-secession, yet nine military units served Confederacy from here.

• The Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862placed 1964

  Facing the threat of invasion from the north and fearing a Unionist uprising in their midst, the people of North Texas lived in constant dread during…

• American Paint Horse Associationplaced 2013

  Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century brought two-toned horses with them, descendants of horses from North Africa and Asia Minor.

• Clark Cemeteryplaced 2009

  This burial ground was established by the Hatcher family and others in the 1850s. By the Civil War, it became known as Clark Cemetery, named for a…

• Cooke Countyplaced 1936

  Created March 20, 1848. Organized March 10, 1849. Named in honor of William G. Cooke 1808-1847.

• Fairview Cemeteryplaced 1997

  Originally the Howeth Family Cemetery, this site traces its history to 1854, when a tornado struck the Howeth family cabin near Gainesville.

All 14 historical markers in Gainesville

• American Paint Horse Association2013
• Booker T. Washington School1986
• Clark Cemetery2009
• Cooke County1936
• Cooke County Free Library2001
• Cooke County, C.S.A./2nd Frontier Regiment1963
• Fairview Cemetery1997
• G. H. Ragsdale2013
• Gainesville Community Circus1975
• Gainesville-Fort Sill Road2006
• Moffett Park2005
• Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School2006
• The Cross Timbers1970
• The Great Hanging at Gainesville, 18621964

Historical markers near Gainesville

• Pilot Point7 stories · 18 mi
• Sanger8 stories · 19 mi
• Saint Jo6 stories · 25 mi
• Denton36 stories · 28 mi
• Pottsboro5 stories · 29 mi
• Celina5 stories · 30 mi

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