Red River County, Texas
Detroit has 4 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Red River County. The marker list includes records dating to 1936. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, military, battle, and texas revolution sites, downtown architecture, homes, and businesses. Use this page to preview the markers, then open RoadHistorical on your drive to see nearby stops on the map, listen to narration, and save the places you want to visit.
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In this house, John Nance Garner, Vice-President of the United States since 1933, was born November 22, 1869. Member Texas Legislature, 1898-1902. Member of United States Congress since 1903. Speaker of the House, 1931.
View on map ↗(1868-1967) As a young lawyer lived, 1889-92, in this house owned by his parents. He rose from Uvalde County Judge (1893-96), to Texas Legislature (1898-1902), to U. S. Congress (1904-32), with a term as Speaker, House…
View on map ↗This congregation was organized by the Rev. A. H. Darnell in 1901, soon after the town of Bennett Station became known as Detroit. Darnell then served as first pastor of the fellowship and provided leadership for the…
View on map ↗Benjamin Weatherly, a veteran of the U.S.-Mexico War and Civil War, donated approximately two acres here for a church and cemetery in the 1870s. The Baptist Church of Christ at Liberty organized here in 1878 and was…
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