Alfonso Steel · 1962
He was severely wounded in the Battle of San Jacinto and its last survivor. Erected by the State of Texas, 1962
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Historical Markers in Mexia, Texas
Mexia is home to 21 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.
Henry-Martin-Dorsett House · 1962
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View on map ↗John Karner · 1962
Came to Texas 1835, served in Texas War of Independence at San Jacinto. Erected by the State of Texas, 1962
View on map ↗Sanders Walker · 1962
A veteran of the Texas War for Independence, 1835-1836. Erected by the State of Texas, 1962
View on map ↗Joseph F. Johnston Reunion Grounds · 1965
(4 mi. west) (Camp No. 94, United Confederate Veterans) Established 1889, in era when Texas looked to Civil War veterans for state leadership. One of numerous parks on river banks or other favored sites that drew large,…
View on map ↗Miss Rogers' Music Room · 1965
Built opposite public school, for Laura T. Rogers, who (1880-1920) taught piano and choral music from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., 6 days a week, 8 months in year. Had 4 pianos used all day; 8 pupils often played in union.…
View on map ↗Old Springfield · 1966
Named for the large spring on townsite donated Jan. 6, 1838, by Moses Herrin, who gave 4 lots to any person agreeing to settle in the town. 12 families later in 1838 were forced out by Indian hostility. Post office was…
View on map ↗L. P. Smith House · 1967
Built 1876 by Mexia merchant and banker Lewis Philip Smith and his second wife, Mattie J. Beeson Smith. Home site cost $400 in gold in 1868. House has cedar shingle roof, cedar post foundations; 12-light windows; old…
View on map ↗Mexia Oil Boom · 1967
One of great free-wheeling oil booms of America before proration was enforced. Population in Mexia increased from 4,000 to 50,000 within days after oil discovery in 1920 at Rogers No. 1 Well, located 1.6 miles west of…
View on map ↗Town Named for Gen. Jose Antonio Mexia · 1967
Military officer and promoter of Texas colonization. Served as secretary of Mexican legation to United States, 1829-1831. Led victorious Mexia Expedition to expel centralists in Matamoros, 1832. Mexican senator,…
View on map ↗Albert R. Mace · 1968
(April 30, 1872 - Oct. 18, 1938) A peace officer 45 years, Mace joined Texas Rangers at age 21. He became deputy sheriff in Lampasas County in 1903; later served 12 years as sheriff. He was president of the Texas…
View on map ↗Booker T. Washington Park · 1968
Set aside by deed in 1898 as a permanent site for celebrating June 19th-- the anniversary of the 1865 emancipation of slaves in Texas. It was 2.5 miles south of this site that slaves of this area first heard their…
View on map ↗Old Springfield Cemetery · 1969
Established as a 10-acre community burial ground in town plat dedicated Jan. 6, 1838, by Moses Herrin. Earliest graves probably never had stone markers because of primitive frontier living conditions. It is recorded…
View on map ↗Joseph W. Stubenrauch · 1970
Agricultural genius, born in Ruelzheim, Rhenish Bavaria, of a family of horticulturists. Educated in Germany. Migrated to New York in 1871 and to Texas 1876. In Limestone County (surrounding this marker site) lay 100…
View on map ↗First Baptist Church of Mexia · 1972
Organized Jan. 14, 1872, by the Rev. W. Henry Parks. Some charter members came from Springfield Church (founded 1846), as that town was bypassed by Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1871 and absorbed by Mexia. After…
View on map ↗First Presbyterian Church of Mexia · 1977
Cumberland Presbyterians began this church in Old Springfield (12 mi. SW) early in 1917. After Houston & Texas Central Railroad started the town of Mexia later in 1871, the congregation moved here. It erected a…
View on map ↗Origin of the Texas State Teachers Association · 1980
The first statewide teacher association in Texas had its beginnings in two regional teachers organizations. The North Texas Education Association was begun in Dallas in 1877. Teachers in central Texas met in Austin in…
View on map ↗St. John's A. M. E. Church · 1999
This church traces its history to the 1870s, when African Methodist Episcopal Church services were held for Mexia's African American population. The church reportedly was used as a schoolhouse during Reconstruction. The…
View on map ↗Old Sandy Creek Cemetery · 2004
Following Emancipation in 1865, many former Limestone County slaves established their own homes. Those settling in this area included Sawney Henry and Davey Medlock, founders of Sandy M.E. Church and Sandy community.…
View on map ↗Site of Dunbar High School · 2004
Public education efforts for African American students in Mexia began in 1883 with a school on Herman Street. After fire destroyed it, trustees selected this site for a two-story brick schoolhouse built in 1915. T.K.…
View on map ↗Bend Cemetery · 2019
Established 1886 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2018
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