Hill County, Texas
Malone is home to 4 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.
Germans first came to Texas in 1821, immigrated by the hundreds in the 1840s, and in the 1880s began to move into Hill County. Here land was made available by such earlier settlers as G. W. McNeese, the Savage family,…
View on map ↗This church reflects the rich German heritage of this area of Hill County. German immigrants, who settled first in Washington County, began moving here in the 1880s. On June 6, 1886, fifteen families joined together to…
View on map ↗Three schools in this area were referred to as Savage School. The first, built on land donated by George W. Savage in 1885, was a one-room facility where classes were scheduled around students' farm work. The second,…
View on map ↗GEORGE WASHINGTON SAVAGE BORN ON MARCH 14, 1826, IN TENNESSEE, GEORGE SAVAGE WAS AN EARLY PIONEER IN HILL COUNTY. AFTER MOVING TO TEXAS IN 1847 WITH HIS FIRST WIFE SARAH, THEY ESTABLISHED A FARM TO BREED RACE HORSES. HE…
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