Historical Markers in Huntsville, Texas

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• 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…

Huntsville on the Texas history calendar

• January 11: Forrest Lodge No. 19, A.F. & A.M.
• April 11: Houston, Margaret Moffette Lea
• February 28: John William Thomason Jr.
• July 26: Original Site of The Steamboat House
• October 18: Sallie E. Gibbs
• March 2: Sam Houston

All 65 historical markers in Huntsville

• "Old" Main Building1980
• Angier Farm2016
• Austin Hall1936
• Baker, James Addison2003
• Ball, The Rev. Thomas H.1984
• Bath Cemetery2002
• Bishop Ward Normal and Collegiate Institute2018
• Boettcher House1991
• Camp Huntsville, World War II Prisoner of War Camp2006
• Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery2013
• Eastham-Thomason House1989
• Ebenezer Cemetery2007
• Emancipation Park
• Farris Chapel Methodist Church1965
• First Baptist Church of Huntsville1977
• First Christian Church of Huntsville1984
• First Missionary Baptist Church2011
• 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
• Gibbs-Powell House1989
• Harmony Cemetery2000
• Harmony Grove Missionary Baptist Church2010
• Henderson Yoakum1976
• Henderson Yoakum Homesite2016
• Henry Opera House1972
• Hillary Mercer Crabb
• Houston, Margaret Moffette Lea2008
• Huntsville "Walls" Unit2001
• Huntsville Branch Railway, "Tilley's Tap"2014
• Huntsville Item2000
• Huntsville Springs1993
• Jesse Parker
• John William Thomason Jr.2017
• Josey Boy Scout Lodge2010
• Joshua Houston2000
• Oakwood Cemetery1976
• Old Gibbs Store1964
• Original Site of The Steamboat House2000
• Peabody Library Building1990
• Pine Prairie Free Will Baptist Church and Cemetery2019
• Pleasant Williams Kittrell1997
• Powell Sanctuary2015
• Pritchett House2001
• Rogersville2011
• Sallie E. Gibbs2005
• Sam Houston1967
• Sam Houston Industrial and Training School2005
• Samuel Calhoun Cemetery1969
• Site of Andrew Female College1936
• Site of Andrew Female College1999
• Site of Boettcher's Mill2006
• Site of Cumberland Presbyterian Church2001
• Site of the Home of Henderson Yoakum1936
• 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
• Walker County
• Woodland, Home of Sam Houston1962
• Wynne House2007

Historical markers near Huntsville

• New Waverly7 stories · 13 mi
• Trinity17 stories · 20 mi
• Willis7 stories · 21 mi
• Point Blank7 stories · 21 mi
• Richards5 stories · 21 mi
• Bedias6 stories · 23 mi

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