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Hunt County, Texas
Historical Markers in Wolfe City, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 5 Texas historical markers in Wolfe City, in Hunt 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 1967 and 2018.
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- Blanton Schoolplaced 2015
In 1912, African American educator Booker T. Washington partnered with Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck & Company, to build schools for…
- Ebenezer Baptist Churchplaced 2018
The earliest African Americans in northern Hunt County came as enslaved people in the 1840s.
- Historic Site of Wolfe's Millplaced 1971
Grist (corn) mill built about 1873 by pioneers Lemuel P. Wolfe and Abbey Wilson. Powered by oxen, treading inclined wheel.
- Mt. Carmel Cemeteryplaced 1975
(0.9 miles south) William J. "Uncle Billy" Williams (1826-1918), whose family settled this area in 1844, set aside 3.5 acres of this cemetery in 1852…
- Old National Road Crossingplaced 1967
1 mi. N.E. below junction of Short Creek and Sulphur River. The Central National Road of Texas (Republic) was created by act of Texas Congress, 1844…
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