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|   R.B. Walker House
in Texas Historical Markers This 1910 Classical Revival home belonged to a merchant and former mayor of Jefferson. posted by:  JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/8/2013 |
 view galleryS78.7 km | W.S. Terry Home in Texas Historical Markers Marker on a small home built before 1850. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 9/15/2007 |
 view galleryS78.7 km | First Baptist Church in Texas Historical Markers Marker on a church built in 1944. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/8/2013 |
 view galleryS78.7 km | Captian George T. Todd in Texas Historical Markers Captain Todd was a commander of Confederate forces during the Civil War. After the war, as Marion County District Attorney, he prosecuted the infamous 'Diamond Bessie' case, a shocking roadside murder committed by a Cincinnati jewelry salesman. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/8/2013 |
 view galleryS78.7 km | The George T. Todd House in Texas Historical Markers This 1893 Victorian was built by Captain George Todd. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 9/15/2007 |
 view galleryS78.9 km | Site of First Ice Factory in Texas in Texas Historical Markers Site of the first ice factory in Texas, established in the 1870s and later moved to Harrisburg. posted by:  techiegrl64 location: Texas date approved: 12/6/2008 last visited: 1/9/2009 |
 view galleryS79 km | The First National Bank in Texas Historical Markers This building is modeled on the 1904 Rogers National Bank that sat on this site. The bank was founded by Thomas Rogers, a Confederate Capatain, and went through several incarnations until becoming the Fist National Bank of Jefferson in 1950. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/4/2013 |
 view galleryS79 km | Planters Bank in Texas Historical Markers This branch of Planters Bank was opened in Jefferson in 1852. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 11/27/2008 |
 view galleryS79 km | S.D. Rainey Home in Texas Historical Markers An 1880 Victorian home built by a cotton factor. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 9/15/2007 |
 view galleryS79 km | The Beard House in Texas Historical Markers Marker on an 1860 cottage built with a detached kitchen. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 9/15/2007 |
 view galleryS79 km | William Clark Residence in Texas Historical Markers The original two rooms of this house were built by Jefferson's founder, Allen Urquhart. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 9/15/2007 |
 view galleryS79 km | The Brooks House in Texas Historical Markers Site of the Brooks House (now gone), once a hotel. Both Diamond Bessie and her accused murderer, Cincinnati jewelry salesman Abe Rothchild, stayed here while in Jefferson. Rothchild was freed after a sensational seven-year trial. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryS79 km | First Methodist Church in Texas Historical Markers This 1884 church contains a bell minted from 1500 Mexican silver dollars. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
 view galleryS79 km | Marion County in Texas Historical Markers A very different marker that is located near the Northeast corner of the Courthouse. posted by: txoilgas location: Texas date approved: 12/11/2009 last visited: 10/5/2011 |
 view galleryS79 km | Charles Allen Culberson in Texas Historical Markers Culberson, who spent his childhood in Jefferson, worked 32 years in public service: four years as state attorney general, four years as Governor, and 24 years as a US Senator. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
 view galleryS79 km | Marion County Courthouse in Texas Historical Markers A marker detailing the history of Marion County, created in 1860, and the architectural detail of this Classical Revival courthouse, built in 1912. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
 view galleryS79 km | Murphy Building in Texas Historical Markers This 1850s building was originally a cotton warehouse constructed by the Murphy Brothers, natives of Tennessee and cotton wholesalers. Since then, the building has been used for both county offices and as a city hall. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
 view galleryS79 km | Jefferson Turn Basin in Texas Historical Markers Located near the parking area for the boat ramp. posted by: txoilgas location: Texas date approved: 12/11/2009 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
 view galleryS79.2 km | Brown Building in Texas Historical Markers This building housed the Jefferson "Jimplecute" and subsequent newspapers. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 9/15/2007 |
 view galleryS79.2 km | Vernon Dalhart in Texas Historical Markers Vernon Dalhart, a native of Jefferson, became an early country music star in the 1920s. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
 view galleryS79.2 km | Kahn Saloon in Texas Historical Markers This is where Marion Try Slaughter launched his career as country music singer Vernon Dalhart. It closed in 1907, when the county became dry. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
 view galleryS79.2 km | Livery Stable in Texas Historical Markers These stables housed horses and buggies for public hire; an early form of a 'taxi.' posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
 view galleryS79.2 km | The Jefferson "Jimplecute" in Texas Historical Markers Marker detailing a newspaper with a silly acronym name "Join Industry, Manufacturing, Planting, Labor, Energy, Capital in Unity Together Everlasting" or "JIMPLECUTE." posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
 view galleryS79.2 km | Artificial Gas Plant in Texas Historical Markers Jefferson was home to Texas's first artificial gas system, used both in homes and for street lights. This marker explains how the gas was manufactured and piped. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 1/7/2007 last visited: 5/4/2013 |
 view galleryS79.2 km | Jefferson C. S. A. in Texas Historical Markers Located on the lawn in front of the railroad car in the historic district. posted by: txoilgas location: Texas date approved: 12/11/2009 last visited: 5/5/2013 |
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