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Marker Title: Gus Bailey
City: Blum
Year Marker Erected: 1963
Marker Location: at Junction of FM 933 and FM 67, Blum.
Marker Text: Leader, Hood's Texas Brigade Band. His wife Mollie smuggled
notes and quinine past enemy in her hair. Baileys' postwar shows still
flew Confederate flag. 1869 and afterwards, Gus and Mollie and nine
children headquartered circus in Blum. Owned show lots in 100 towns
of Texas. Ex-Confederates saw their circus free. Bailey wrote "Old
Gray Mare Ain't What She Used to Be" on eve of second Manassas
Battle, when mare spooked camp by running thru with load of tin pans.
A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy erected by the State
of Texas, 1963. (Back Side Gus Bailey) Texas Confederate Songs: "Lone
Star Defenders", "Land of Texas", "Bombardment and
Battle of Galveston", "Dick Dowling and the Davis Guards at
Sabine Pass", "The Ranger's Farewell", "Baylor's
Partisan Rangers", "Awake! to Arms in Dixie!", "Capture
of 17 of Co. H, 4th Texas Cavalry", "My Texas Land",
"To the Beloved Memory of Maj. Gen. Tom Green", "Lone
Star Banner of the Free", "The Gallant Second Texians",
"The Rum Raid at Velasco", "The Texas Rangers at the
Battle of Chickamauga", "Terry's Texas Rangers", "Hood's
Texas Brigade", "The Navasota Volunteers", "Song
of the Fifth Texas Regiment", "The Dying Texas Soldier Boy",
"Texians, to your Banner Fly", "The Horse Marines at
Galveston", "O, He's Nothing But a Soldier", "The
Martyrs of Texas", "The Texas Sentinel in Virginia",
"An Old Texian's Appeal." Texas Troops marched also to such
southern favorites as "Dixie", "The Yellow Rose of Texas",
"The Bonny Blue Flay" and "Mother Is the Battle Over?"
Marker Title: Old Carr Ranch
City: Abbott
Marker Location: 1 mile south of Abbott on Willie Nelson Road (near
old chimney ruin).
Marker Text: In 1854 area pioneer D.C. Carr settled this ranch, which
covered land in both Hill and McLennan counties. D.C. Carr and his
brother J.C. had come to Texas in 1840 and were instrumental in the
early growth of the nearby towns of Abbott and West. A log cabin built
on the ranch served as a store, postal station, and the office of the
stagecoach line that serviced the area until 1881. The historic property,
which has remained in the Carr family, contains evidence of an early
Indian camp and burial mound and is the site of a cave formed by the
Balcones Fault.
Marker Title: Site of Early Cattle Trail
Year Marker Erected: 1967
Marker Location: on SH 174 about 0.5 mile east of Brazos River Bridge.
Marker Text: Often called Chisholm Trail, since it connected with that
famous route lying to the north. At Kimball Crossing (1.3 miles southwest)
this trail entered Hill County. Drovers rested and reshod horses at
Towash and Fort Graham, and then forded the Nolan River into Johnson
County.
Marker Title: Fort Graham
City: Whitney
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Marker Location: Fort Graham Park from Whitney take FM 933 north about
5.3 miles turn west onto FM 2604 and follow to Old Fort Park, barracks
and marker located on Cedar Hill Road.
Marker Text: The Commission allocated $6,700 for the purchase of the
fifty-acre site and the reconstruction of the barracks, partly from
the original stone. The property is deeded to the Hill County Commissioners
Court and is supervised by four trustees. The building and grounds are
used for public gatherings and as a meeting place for civic organizations.
A bronze plaque on a small granite monument briefly relates the history
of the fort. J.O. Galbraith, architect, drew the plans for the reconstruction.
Reconstructed Barracks of Fort Graham A frontier military post established
on the site of a Waco Indian village by Brevet Major R.A. Arnold, Second
United States Dragoons, on March 27, 1849. Named in honor of Lt. Col.
William M. Graham who fell at Molina del Rey, September 8, 1847. Abandoned
November 9, 1853, after settlements had been made further west. More
Marker Title: Fort Graham Cemetery
City: Whitney
Year Marker Erected: 1995
Marker Location: from Whitney take FM 933 about 4.5 miles north.
Marker Text: Settlement in this area began shortly after Fort Graham,
a frontier military post established here in 1849, was abandoned in
1853. The first recorded burial in this cemetery, named after the fort,
was that of infant Charley Botkin in 1879. The cemetery was the only
one of a number of historic graveyards in this area to remain undisturbed
by the creation of Lake Whitney in the early 1950s. Among the more than
300 people buried here are many of the area's early settlers and their
descendants. The cemetery remains active and is maintained by an association
formed in 1966. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995
Marker Title: Site of Fort Smith
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Marker Location: from Itasca take FM 934 about 8 miles east to FM 4319
marker is across the road on a dirt trail just north on the west side
of the intersection, behind fence.
Marker Text: One of the chain of fortifications extending from the Colorado
to Red River established in about 1846 as a protection against Indians;
named for Major Thomas I. Smith.
Marker Title: Gathings College
City: Covington
County: Hill
Year Marker Erected: 1965
Marker Location: Business 171 (North Barron) at West College, Covington
Marker Text: Established about 1860 by the founder of Covington, Col. James Gathings, and his brother Philip. Over 200 students enrolled. A military department prepared young men for duty in Civil War. Many of the 25 colleges in Confederate Texas closed, due to shortage of teachers and books. But college here stayed open. Col. Gathings operated flour mill, tannery, shoe shop, machine shop (made wagons, coffins, farm equipment), brick kiln, saddlery. To needy families of soldiers he gave flour, meat and shoes. He also mounted, clothed and equipped army units free.
Marker Title: Hill County
City: Hillsboro
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Marker Location: at East side of Courthouse Waco Street and Franklin,
Hillsboro.
Marker Text: Created February 7, 1853. Organized May 14, 1853. Named
in honor of Dr. George W. Hill, 1814-1860. Member of the Texas Congress
and Legislature. Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas, 1843-1845.
Lexington, first village 1853. Hillsboro, county seat since.
Marker Title: Hill County, C.S.A.
City: Hillsboro
Year Marker Erected: 1965
Marker Location: In front of History Center and Museum.
Marker Text: Civil War supply center. Sent into service an infantry
and 3 cavalry companies. Flour, shoes, saddles, machinery were made.
The county commissioners court equipped and clothed troops. Also furnished
medicine, cotton, wool, meat, corn and salt to the families of soldiers.
The court raised funds by issuing bonds and script and assessing a tax
of 75 cents per $100 taxable property to aid soldier's dependents and
15 cents for military purposes. Located here is a Confederate research
center and museum.
Marker Title: Hubbard
City: Hubbard
Year Marker Erected: 1964
Marker Location: Magnolia and 2nd Street, City Hall, Hubbard.
Marker Text: Founded 1881, as a shipping center and supply point on
the St. Louis and Southwestern Railway. Named for Richard B. Hubbard
(1832-1901), colonel in the 22nd Texas Infantry during the Civil War;
Texas Governor 1876-1879; United States Minister to Japan 1885-1889.
Banking and market town. Has mineral waters.
Marker Title: Itasca Railroad Depot
City: Itasca
Year Marker Erected: 1982
Marker Location: at Itasca Museum, Hooks Street, on east side of Itasca.
Marker Text: The second railroad depot for Itasca, this Victorian structure
was built in 1895, fourteen years after the town was founded along a
line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad. It was constructed
large enough to accommodate both passenger and freight service. A landmark
in the town and a symbol of the area's early economic growth, the depot
served as a transportation center until the late 1960s. In 1972 it was
moved to this site. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1982
Marker Title: Erected in Memory of Phillip Nolan
City: Blum
Year Marker Erected: 1965
Marker Location: from Blum take SH 174 north about 3 miles to marker.
Marker Text: Born in Ireland; first came to Texas and established residence
at Nacogdoches in 1791. When killed, was a resident of Natchez, Miss.
Killed near this site, March 21, 1801 by the Spaniards. Was buried here
by his Negro slaves Caesar and Robert. Nolan's death aroused a wave
of indignation that led to the Independence of Texas.
Marker Title: Colonel Leonard Williams
City: Mt. Calm
Year Marker Erected: 1967
Marker Location: from Mt. Calm take SH 31 about 1 mile southwest to
marker at intersection with CR 3272.
Marker Text: Heroic frontiersman and soldier. Was made colonel by his
friend, President Sam Houston. After being a Comanche captive, was a
diplomat and Indian agent. Settled near here, 1845. Built area's first
tank, using scraper of cowhide. Wife was Nancy Isaacs. They had six
children.
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