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Historical Markers in Mineola, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 13 Texas historical markers in Mineola, in Wood County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Outlaws & Lawmen, Civil War, Native History, and Texas Revolution. The markers on this list were placed between 1975 and 2017.
Start with these Mineola stories
- C. W. Rainesplaced 2001
A native of Upson County, Georgia, Cadwell Walton Raines (1839-1906) contributed to Texas history as a Methodist preacher, schoolteacher, attorney…
- Caddo Indian Communities in Wood Countyplaced 2007
Early in the ninth century, the Caddo, several affiliated groups of people with distinct dialects and customs, moved into parts of present Arkansas…
- Gov. James Stephen Hogg and Wood Countyplaced 2006
James Stephen Hogg lived in Wood County from 1868 to 1882, formative years of his political career.
- Martin Varnerplaced 1975
(March 4, 1787 - Feb. 14, 1844) Came to Texas before 1820, and, in partnership with Henry Jones, operated a trading post in the Red River settlement…
- Mineola Masonic Lodge No. 502, A.F. & A.M.placed 1979
On February 8, 1878, the 17 members of this lodge were set to work under dispensation of the Grand Master of Texas.
- Mineola Opera Housesplaced 2008
The Opera House Era in Mineola lasted from the 1870s until the 1910s and was an important period in the city's social history.
All 13 historical markers in Mineola
- C. W. Raines2001
- Caddo Indian Communities in Wood County2007
- Gov. James Stephen Hogg and Wood County2006
- John Creighton Buchanan1999
- Martin Varner1975
- Mineola Black Spiders2010
- Mineola Fire Department2005
- Mineola Masonic Lodge No. 502, A.F. & A.M.1979
- Mineola Opera Houses2008
- Railroads in Mineola2007
- Rufus Cornelius Hickman2017
- William Jesse McDonald1999
- Wisener Field1988
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