Moore, John Creed · 1963
Star and Wreath Brigadier General, C.S.A. Commended for outstanding gallantry at Shiloh, led brigade at Corinth and Vicksburg, fought at Chattanooga and Mobile. Erected by the State of Texas, 1963.
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Historical Markers in Crawford, Texas
Crawford is home to 11 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
Shiloh Baptist Church · 1984
On May 17, 1884, five people gathered in Bellview Schoolhouse to organize Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. The congregation initially met only once a month, with meetings lasting two or three days. Most of the early…
View on map ↗Osage Cemetery · 1991
Residents of the Osage community began using this site as a burial place about the mid-1870s, soon after area settlement began. Though the presence of unmarked burials indicates possible earlier usage, the first marked…
View on map ↗Canaan Baptist Church · 1992
This congregation traces its history to 1891 when Germans in the Prairie Chapel community organized a Baptist church congregation in a local schoolhouse on property owned by Heinrich Englebrecht. Forty people became…
View on map ↗Prairie Chapel School · 1995
Local records indicate that the Prairie Chapel rural school district was established in 1884, and in 1885 McLennan County commissioners appointed J. P. Riley, E. D. Parr, and C. Petall as school trustees. Prairie Chapel…
View on map ↗Crawford Cemetery · 2001
"H. Kee" chiseled on a rockpile marks the first burial at this site, that of Harvey Gilmore Kee (1875-1876), son of Richard and Sarah (Hughes) Kee, who settled in this area for a time in the mid-1870s. Neighbor Uriah…
View on map ↗Crawford · 2003
Crawford Located in an area of McLennan County once inhabited by Tonkawa Indians, the community of Crawford grew slowly from an 1850S settlement centered around Tonk Crossing (two miles northeast). The first townsite…
View on map ↗Crawford Schools · 2004
Educational efforts in Old Crawford (2 mi. E), also known as Tonk Crossing, began in the 1870s. There, John H. Gouldy, Dr. J.B. Cranfill and other early teachers conducted classes in a one-room schoolhouse. When the…
View on map ↗First Baptist Church of Crawford · 2008
W.B. Bowen and P. O’Keiffe organized this congregation on August 3, 1878, with about a dozen original members. O’Keiffe served as the first pastor and A.F. Damon and Phil Noland were the first deacons. The church met in…
View on map ↗Canaan Baptist Cemetery · 2012
Canaan Baptist Church established an adjoining burial ground in 1894. Heinrich Engelbrecht donated land for the cemetery in 1895 and additional land in 1902. The earliest marked grave is for Franz Massirer, an Austrian…
View on map ↗First United Methodist Church of Crawford · 2017
As early as the 1840s, area families met in their homes for prayer and hymns. In 1874, the Crawford School was established, and a one-room building was constructed. Around 1878, the First Methodist Church was organized…
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