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Dallas County, Texas
Historical Markers in Mesquite, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 7 Texas historical markers in Mesquite, in Dallas County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War and Outlaws & Lawmen. The markers on this list were placed between 1968 and 2020.
Start with these Mesquite stories
- Sam Bass Train Robberyplaced 1968
Sam Bass -- with Seab Barnes, Hank Underwood, "Arkansas" Johnson, and Frank Jackson -- held up a Texas & Pacific train here, April 10, 1878.
- Potter Cemeteryplaced 1998
John P. (1827-1899) and Martha (Oden) (1835-1872) Potter, pioneer citizens of the Republic of Texas, bought a farm near the Haught's Store community…
- CCC Company 850placed 2020
During the Great Depression, Hicks Jobson set aside eight acres of his farm to allow the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of President Franklin…
- City of Mesquiteplaced 2003
In May 1873, Texas & Pacific Railroad engineer A.R. Alcott platted a new depot town named Mesquite. The post office opened the following year.
- First Methodist Church of Mesquiteplaced 1991
In 1857, prior to the incorporation of the town of Mesquite, a group of area residents began gathering occasionally for Methodist worship services…
- Mesquite Cemeteryplaced 2001
This burial ground was in use well before the Texas and Pacific railroad established the city of Mesquite in 1873.
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