Leverett House · 1962
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Historical Markers in Overton, Texas
Overton has 3 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Rusk County. The marker list includes records dating to 1962. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history, ranching, farming, and frontier settlement. 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.
What you will find in Overton
- Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
- Railroad, trail, and transportation history
- Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
- Military, battle, and Texas Revolution sites
- Downtown architecture, homes, and businesses
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El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church · 2005
Local tradition holds that the Rev. J.D. James arrived in this area circa 1840, bringing with him his family, household goods and about 300 slaves. The community that grew around his plantation became known as…
View on map ↗First Methodist Church of Overton
This church dates to 1873 when many members of the nearby Jamestown church became pioneer members of this congregation. A small frame building was built that year on this site with lumber hauled by wagon. A new…
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