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Wood County, Texas
Historical Markers in Hawkins, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 5 Texas historical markers in Hawkins, in Wood County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1969 and 2013.
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- Jobe Cemeteryplaced 2013
African American families settled the Jobe Community on the Lemuel G. Powers survey. Brothers Phelix and Sampson Jobe bought several tracts of land…
- Jarvis Christian Collegeplaced 1993
In 1904 the Texas Negro Disciples of Christ joined with the Christian Women's Board of Missions (CWBM) to establish a school for Black youth.
- Lillian Richardplaced 2011
Born in the Fouke community in 1891, Lillian Richard was one of eleven children of Derry and Cornelia (Washington) Richard.
- Macedonia Schoolplaced 1969
One of first one-teacher schools in Wood County. Served the county's earliest community -- Macedonia, which was renamed Redland in 1900.
- Rosenwald Schools in Wood Countyplaced 2012
In the 1920s, black schoolchildren, mostly poor and rural, attended school in old dilapidated buildings with out-of-date textbooks.
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