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Walker County, Texas
Historical Markers in Huntsville, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 39 Texas historical markers in Huntsville, in Walker County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War, Tales of Tragedy, Texas Revolution, and Native History. The markers on this list were placed between 1962 and 2018. 2 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Huntsville stories
- Sam Houstonplaced 1967
Born March 2, 1793, in Rockbridge County, Va.; son of Samuel and Elizabeth Houston. Moved to Tennessee in 1807 with widowed mother and her family.
- Houston, Margaret Moffette Leaplaced 2008
(April 11, 1819 - December 3, 1867)Margaret Moffette Lea was born on her family's farm in Pleasant Valley, near Marion, Alabama.
- Original Site of The Steamboat Houseplaced 2000
Dr. Rufus W. Bailey, a teacher, minister and attorney educated in New England, came to Huntsville as a language professor at Austin College in 1855.
- Forrest Lodge No. 19, A.F. & A.M.placed 1978
One of 25 lodges started during the Republic of Texas, Forrest Lodge No. 19, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, was chartered on Jan. 11, 1844.
- John William Thomason Jr.placed 2017
Huntsville native John William Thomason Jr. was born on February 28, 1893, as the eldest of nine children of Dr. John Williams and Sue Hayes (Goree)…
- Sallie E. Gibbsplaced 2005
Successful businesswoman Sallie E. Gibbs was born Sarah Elizabeth Smith in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on October 18, 1844 to Mary Washington…
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All 39 historical markers in Huntsville
- Ball, The Rev. Thomas H.1984
- Bishop Ward Normal and Collegiate Institute2018
- Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery2013
- Emancipation Park
- First Baptist Church of Huntsville1977
- First Christian Church of Huntsville1984
- First Presbyterian Church of Huntsville1990
- First United Methodist Church of Huntsville
- Forrest Lodge No. 19, A.F. & A.M.1978
- Founding of Huntsville and of Historic Indian Post
- George Washington Grant and Grant's Colony2014
- Harmony Grove Missionary Baptist Church2010
- Henry Opera House1972
- Hillary Mercer Crabb
- Houston, Margaret Moffette Lea2008
- Huntsville "Walls" Unit2001
- Huntsville Branch Railway, "Tilley's Tap"2014
- Huntsville Item2000
- Huntsville Springs1993
- John William Thomason Jr.2017
- Joshua Houston2000
- Oakwood Cemetery1976
- Original Site of The Steamboat House2000
- Pleasant Williams Kittrell1997
- Powell Sanctuary2015
- Rogersville2011
- Sallie E. Gibbs2005
- Sam Houston1967
- Sam Houston Industrial and Training School2005
- Site of Andrew Female College1999
- Site of Boettcher's Mill2006
- Site of Cumberland Presbyterian Church2001
- Southend Cemetery2018
- St. James United Methodist Church of Huntsville1981
- State Penitentiary C.S.A.1963
- The Five Courthouses of Walker County1999
- The Huntsville Yellow Fever Epidemic of 18672016
- Union Hill Church2003
- Woodland, Home of Sam Houston1962
Historical markers near Huntsville
- Trinity6 stories · 20 mi
- Montgomery10 stories · 24 mi
- Bedias5 stories · 25 mi
- Lovelady5 stories · 26 mi
- Coldspring5 stories · 27 mi
- Conroe8 stories · 30 mi
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