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Kaufman County, Texas
Historical Markers in Mabank, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 5 Texas historical markers in Mabank, in Kaufman County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. The markers on this list were placed between 1979 and 1993.
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- First Baptist Church of Mabankplaced 1979
In 1898 or 1899 nine charter members under The Rev. E. J. Thompson, a missionary for the East Fork Baptist Association, organized Lawndale Baptist…
- First Presbyterian Church of Mabankplaced 1990
Organized on September 11, 1896, this church began as a small Cumberland Presbyterian congregation in the town of Lawndale (about 2 mi.
- Mabankplaced 1979
Originally part of the George T. Walters Survey, this acreage in the 1840s and '50s belonged to many absentee landowners including Sam Houston.
- Roddy Lodge No. 734, A.F. & A.M.placed 1993
The community of Roddy (4 mi. NE) was established by Stephen G. Roddy in 1884. The Roddy Masonic Lodge was chartered on May 14, 1892.
- White Hall Schoolplaced 1990
Built in 1888 on land donated by the Albert T. Rice family, the first White Hall School was a one-room building.
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