Eastland County, Texas
Rising Star has 3 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Eastland County. The marker list includes records dating to 1968. Common marker themes include courthouse and civic history, churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history. 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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First settlers--families of Andrew Agnew, Isaac Agnew, Fletcher Fields, David McKinley, Allis Smith and W. W. Smith--arrived in a wagon train from Gregg County, Jan. 6, 1876. Area was known for hardships: Indian raids,…
View on map ↗First United Methodist Church of Rising Star Rising Star was only a sparsely settled community when schoolteacher James Irby organized this congregation in 1879. The Rev. L.S. Chamberlain of Sipe Springs led the first…
View on map ↗ROMNEY LUTHERAN CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1901 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2012
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