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|  Highland Home School
in Texas Historical Markers A marker on Cochran Road in the center of rural Waller county, denoting the location of an old community schoolhouse before it closed in 1929. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 2/4/2015 last visited: 1/30/2015 |
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|  Frey Cemetery
in Texas Historical Markers A marker on Blinka Road in the center of rural Waller county, by the gate entrance towards the Frey Family burial ground. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 2/4/2015 last visited: 1/30/2015 |
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|  Frey-Benignus House
in Texas Historical Markers A marker on Blinka Road in the center of rural Waller county, denoting the location of a 100-year old agricultural homestead that is still in the hands of the original owners' ancestors to this day. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 2/4/2015 last visited: 1/30/2015 |
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|  Site of St. Mary's Catholic Church and Cemetery
in Texas Historical Markers A marker just off FM-362 2 miles south of Waller, denoting the history of an old Catholic Church founded by Czech immigrants after the Civil War. All that remains is the cemetery bearing many Czech tombstones (maintained by another catholic church). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 2/5/2015 last visited: 1/30/2015 |
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|  Monaville Independent School District
in Texas Historical Markers A marker on FM-1887 just west of FM-359 in Monaville (Waller County), denoting the site of an old community school -- and associated school district -- before it closed in 1953. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 2/21/2015 last visited: 2/14/2015 |
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|  Pine Island Baptist Church
in Texas Historical Markers A small Baptist Church Located at the intersection of Brumlow and Pine Island Roads in Waller County. posted by: BASECAMPTX location: Texas date approved: 6/30/2009 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Site of Groce's Ferry
in Texas Historical Markers A 1936 gray granite centennial marker on FM-1887, 3 miles south of Hempstead (Waller County), denoting the actual site of the old historical ferry across the Brazos river. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 2/22/2015 last visited: 2/14/2015 |
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|  First United Methodist Church of Waller
in Texas Historical Markers A marker by the corner of the First UMC in Waller, Waller county. Originally known as the Waller Methodist Episcopal Church - South, it was established in 1888. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 2/5/2015 last visited: 2/5/2015 |
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|  Waller
in Texas Historical Markers A marker by Waller's city hall, denoting the history of this town straddling the Waller and Harris county lines. Although Waller is near the "Houston–Woodlands–Sugarland" metropolitan area, it's still quite rural in nature to date. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/12/2015 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Site of South Texas Baptist College
in Texas Historical Markers A marker by the Waller Jr. High School in Waller (Waller county). The educational building in the background is obviously new, but this campus used to be the South Texas Baptist College before it got destroyed by the Great Storm of 1900. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/13/2015 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Clear Creek Confederate War Camps
in Texas Historical Markers This marker stands next to the Groce Family Plantations marker next to US 290 in Hempstead. posted by: QuesterMark location: Texas date approved: 2/2/2011 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Groce Family Plantations
in Texas Historical Markers A roadside marker in Hempstead, TX. posted by: TeamKing location: Texas date approved: 3/29/2007 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Prairie View A&M University
in Texas Historical Markers A marker at Prairie View A&M University. posted by: TeamKing location: Texas date approved: 3/29/2007 last visited: 1/4/2015 |
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|  Wyatt Chapel Community Cemetery
in Texas Historical Markers A marker by the Wyatt Chapel Community Cemetery, just across from Prairie View A&M University. The cemetery used to be a burial site for the slaves of two nearby plantations and was still in use until the 1950's. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/10/2015 last visited: 1/4/2015 |
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|  Captain Alfred H. Wyly
in Texas Historical Markers A 1936 gray granite centennial marker lying horizontally over the grave of Alfred Henderson Wyly in Hempstead's (Waller County) old Hempstead Cemetery. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 2/22/2015 last visited: 2/14/2015 |
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|  Plantation Home of Edwin Waller 1800-1883
in Texas Historical Markers A stone marker in Hempstead, TX. posted by: TeamKing location: Texas date approved: 3/29/2007 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Norris Wright Cuney
in Texas Historical Markers One of two markers in honor of Texas' most notable African-American leader Norris Wright Cuney: both are identically titled but differ in text and are placed 100+ miles (and 26 years!) apart. This is on FM-529 near his birthplace South of Hempstead. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/1/2015 last visited: 12/30/2014 |
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|  Gen. George and Libbie Custer Campsite
in Texas Historical Markers A marker near Liendo Plantation in Hempstead, TX. posted by: TeamKing location: Texas date approved: 3/29/2007 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Camp Site Of the Texas Army
in Texas Historical Markers A pink granite TX Highway Department marker on US 159 on the southern end of Hempstead, 5 miles Southeast of General Sam Houston's campsite in early April 1836 before his army finally crossed the Brazos river during the Runaway Scrape. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/11/2015 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Shiloh Baptist Church
in Texas Historical Markers A marker by the Shiloh Baptist Church a few miles North of Prairie View in rural Waller county. Another marker can be found a few yards further North, by its associated cemetery. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/10/2015 last visited: 1/4/2015 |
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|  Shiloh Cemetery
in Texas Historical Markers A marker by the Shiloh Cemetery a few miles North of Prairie View in rural Waller county. Another historical marker can be found a few yards South of here (near the entrance of Shiloh Baptist Church). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/10/2015 last visited: 1/4/2015 |
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|  First United Methodist Church of Hempstead
in Texas Historical Markers A marker by the entrance of the current First UMC in Hempstead, Waller county. Originally known as the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the church was established in 1857 and is one of the oldest Methodist churches in the state. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/12/2015 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Hempstead High School
in Texas Historical Markers A marker by Hempstead's old High School on Hwy 159 near Groce St., denoting that institution's history. Hempstead is the county seat of Waller County. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 1/12/2015 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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|  Ahrenbeck-Urban Home
in Texas Historical Markers A plaque and medallion by a private residence in downtown Hempstead, Waller county; its original owner was one of the city's mayors during the Reconstruction Era (along with his brother). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 2/3/2015 last visited: 1/30/2015 |
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|  Hempstead, C.S.A.
in Texas Historical Markers Located at the front of the courthouse. posted by: txoilgas location: Texas date approved: 11/21/2009 last visited: 1/5/2015 |
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