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General Elkanah Greer / Knights of the Golden Circle

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Marshall, Texas.
(front) Home Town of Texas Confederate General Elkanah Greer (1825-1877) Born Tennessee. Fought Mexican War. Came to Texas 1848. Commissioned colonel and raised 3rd Texas Cavalry. Attached to Ross' Texas Brigade. Fought . . .

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • War, Mexican-American • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Governor Edward Clark

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Marshall, Texas.
(front) Home Town Texas First Confederate Governor Edward Clark (1815-1880) Son of a Georgia governor. Came here in 1842. Member Annexation Convention, 1st and 2nd Texas Legislatures. Participant Mexican War. Secretary of . . .

(Politics • War, Mexican-American • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marion County Courthouse

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Jefferson, Texas.
The Texas Legislature created Marion County in 1860. Jefferson, established as early as 1841, was chosen as county seat. By 1860, Jefferson was a regional economic center for steamboat traffic on Big Cypress Bayou, navigable . . .

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Trammel's Trace

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Jefferson, Texas.
Traces began as foot paths used by the Indians to mark their trails through wilderness areas. They later were used by surveyors in mapping early land grants. In 1824 Nicholas Trammel (1780-1852), a government scout, began . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Captain William Perry

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Jefferson, Texas.
William Perry was among the first settlers of Jefferson, arriving ca. 1840. Through his shipping business and his work in dredging a turning basin for ships in the Big Cypress Bayou, he played a significant role in the early . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Politics • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Excelsior House

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Jefferson, Texas.
Oldest hotel in East Texas. Frame part built in 1850’s; brick wing added 1864. Among famous guests during river port days of Jefferson were presidents Grant and Hayes, and poet Oscar Wilde. Restored 1961-63 by Jessie Allen . . .

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First Texas Artificial Gas Plant

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Jefferson, Texas.
Jefferson Gas Light Company, chartered 1870 for public and domestic service, used retorts--7 foot iron drums with small necks--to make illuminating gas. (One retort stood on this site.) Loaded with pine knots and rich pine . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sterne Fountain

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Jefferson, Texas.
Settling in Jefferson prior to the Civil War, Jacob and Ernestine Sterne became prominent leaders of the community. Their early management of the post office here and their involvement in civic and cultural activities . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jefferson Public Library

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Jefferson, Texas.
Built 1907 by local funds plus a gift from Andrew Carnegie Foundation – one of 34 such grants made in Texas (where the movement for public libraries had begun in 1881). A center of interest in a culture-loving town. . . .

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Shelby County Courthouse

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Center, Texas.
Built to resemble Irish castle (1883-1885) by architect J.J.E. Gibson, from Ireland. Style is, in part, “Romanesque Revival.” In 1866 County records were held at this site after being secretly taken from Shelbyville by R.L. . . .

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Jefferson C.S.A.

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Jefferson, Texas.
Metropolis of commerce and culture for East Texas, Jefferson became important center for Confederate activity. Major quartermaster depot for northern Texas established 1862 supplied clothing and camp equipment. Cotton Bureau . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Jay Gould Railroad Car

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Jefferson, Texas.
Built in 1888 by the American Car & Foundry Company of St. Charles, Missouri, this was the private railway car of Jay Gould (1836-1892). A native of New York, Gould was a noted financier and the owner of numerous railroad . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Spiritual Power of Stones

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Hilo, Hawaii.
Traditions tell us that the larger Naha Stone was brought by canoe to Hilo from the chiefly valley of Wailua on Kaua'i by Chief Makali'inuikuakawaiea centuries ago. The stone had a place of honor at one of several heiau in . . .

(Anthropology • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Murphy Building

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Jefferson, Texas.
Brothers John C. Murphy (1816-71) and James M. Murphy (b. 1820) of Tennessee came to Jefferson, Texas, in 1850. They owned a wholesale cotton firm and were prominent businessmen. In the early 1850s they built this structure . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Early Jefferson Lodge Building

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Jefferson, Texas.
Built in the late 1850s, this building first housed the Jefferson Masonic Lodge. A number of businesses were located here during the Civil War, and later it was used by the Knights and Ladies of Honor of Myrtle and the . . .

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Mergenthaler Linotype Typesetting Machine

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Jeffferson, Texas.
This machine was used by the Jefferson Jimplecute to make newspaper printing plates until the early 1970’s. This “hot type” machine actually melted lead that was then cast into strips of lead type that were locked into place . . .

(Communications • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hilo Town Plantation Bell Tower

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Hilo, Hawaii.
Dedicated to the memory of the people who have contributed to the growth of the Big Island, its economy and its culture through their work on our many island plantations. This bell originally served the Hakalau Sugar Company.

(Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marion County

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Jefferson, Texas.
Established in 1845. Named in honor of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) Author of the Declaration of Independence of the United States Early navigation headquarters on Cypress Bayou. County seat of Marion County since 1860. . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Federal Court and Post Office Building

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Jefferson, Texas.
Used 1890-1964 by court of Eastern District of Texas. Now a museum. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark–1966

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John Joseph Emmett Gibson

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Center, Texas.
John Joseph Emmett (J.J.E.) Gibson was born in Dublin, Ireland. Because of an illness, he was left behind with an aunt when his family immigrated to the United States about 1851. Gibson reportedly studied architecture in . . .

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