view gallery N1.4 km | New London Cenotaph - New London, TX in Relief Art Sculptures Located on an island in the middle of Main Street in front of the school built after the explosion. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 11/10/2019 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
view gallery N1.4 km | New London Cenotaph - New London, TX in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Two 20-feet high, eight-sided columns support a cenotaph block which features twelve figures in relief, representing the victims of the 1937 New London school explosion. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 11/19/2019 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
view gallery N1.4 km | School Explosion Monument - New London, TX in Roadside Attractions A natural gas explosion on March 18, 1937, killed around 300 students and teachers. A towering monument marks the site, and a museum across the street displays artifacts salvaged from the rubble posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 11/15/2019 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
view gallery N1.4 km | The New London Texas School Explosion Cenotaph - New London, TX in Disaster Memorials A large monument erected in memory of the two hundred ninety-three students, teachers and visitors who lost their lives in one of the nation's worst catastrophes on the afternoon of March 18, 1937. Student names are separated by grade level. posted by: TeamBPL location: Texas date approved: 05/28/2018 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
view gallery N1.4 km | 1937 - Junior-Senior High School - New London, TX in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This building was erected after a gas explosion on March 18, 1937, leveled the 1931 school building killing 311 students and teachers. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 11/11/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | New London School Explosion in Texas Historical Markers On March 18, 1937, a massive explosion destroyed the New London Jr-Sr High School, instantly killing an est 296 students & teachers. Within weeks, the Texas Legislature passed a law requiring an odor to be added to natural gas to make it detectable. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 06/11/2014 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
view gallery N1.6 km | West Rusk Stadium - New London, Texas in Illuminated School Sports Fields The stadium for West Rusk in New London, Texas. posted by: Geojeepsters location: Texas date approved: 09/15/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery E5.5 km | Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church - New London, TX in Baptist Churches Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church is on the north side of Highway 323, just across from Pleasant Hill Cemetery - in New London, Texas. posted by: The Snowdog location: Texas date approved: 03/26/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery E5.5 km | Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Texas Historical Markers Texas Historical marker for Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church located in rural Rusk County, TX posted by: TeamBPL location: Texas date approved: 09/30/2019 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
view gallery E5.6 km | Pleasant Hill Cemetery - New London, TX in Worldwide Cemeteries Pleasant Hill Cemetery is on the south side of Highway 323 - in New London, Texas. posted by: The Snowdog location: Texas date approved: 03/26/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery E5.6 km | Finley M. Hunt - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, New London, TX in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments Finley M. Hunt was a Woodman of the World - interred in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, New London, Texas. posted by: The Snowdog location: Texas date approved: 03/26/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery E5.6 km | Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Texas Historical Markers This Texas Historical Marker is just outside Pleasant Hill Cemetery - in New London, Texas. posted by: The Snowdog location: Texas date approved: 03/27/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery E5.8 km | 100 - Alvie Carrie Lambert - Rusk County, TX in Headstones of Centenarians 100 years old in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. #1746 posted by: TerraViators location: Texas date approved: 02/05/2017 last visited: 01/21/2018 |
view gallery S5.8 km | The Joiner No. 3 Daisy Bradford in Texas Historical Markers Texas Historical marker commemorating the first oil well in East Texas near Joinerville. Lead to the discovery of the largest oil field in the world during the 1930s. posted by: TeamBPL location: Texas date approved: 03/12/2014 last visited: 01/03/2022 |
view gallery S5.8 km | Joe Roughneck Monument - Joinerville, TX in Roadside Attractions In a roadside park along HWY-64 that has picnic tables sheltered under fake oil derricks. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 01/04/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery S5.8 km | Joe Roughneck Monument - Joinerville, TX in Time Capsules Time capsule is in metal pipe that is the base of a bust called "Joe Roughneck" posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 01/03/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery S5.8 km | Pioneer Park - Joinerville, TX in Municipal Parks and Plazas Land donated by the Lone Star Steel Company in appreciation for the role it has been permitted to play in the development of the oil and gas industry. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 01/03/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery S5.8 km | Joe Roughneck Monument - Joinerville, TX in Occupational Monuments The Joe Roughneck bust wears a hard hat and has a band-aid on his proper left cheek. The bust is mounted on a tall pipe pedestal. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 01/04/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery SE6.6 km | Joinerville, TX - 75658 in U.S. Post Offices The Joinerville, TX Post Office on TX Hwy-64 serves the unincorporated East Texas community of Joinerville and its immediate surroundings. Once an oil boom town, it now only has 140 residents and 4 businesses (as of 2000). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/29/2016 last visited: 04/14/2017 |
view gallery SE7.2 km | Gaston School - Henderson, TX in Former Schools Property is now owned by Church Fellowship International. It appears the buildings are not being used. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 01/03/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery SE7.4 km | Gaston School Landscaping - Henderson, TX in WPA Projects The wall surrounding this closed school was built by the WPA. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 01/03/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery SE7.4 km | Gaston Public School Complex in Texas Historical Markers This marker was erected in 1992, six miles west of Henderson off Highway 64 in Rusk County. posted by: jackrock location: Texas date approved: 06/08/2012 last visited: 01/03/2022 |
view gallery SE8.5 km | Edwin R. Andrews - Mt. Hope Cemetery - Rusk County, TX in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments Woodmen of the World monument for Edwin Roy Andrews in Mt. Hope Cemetery, northwest of Henderson in the Joinerville community in Rusk County, TX. Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 03/09/2024 last visited: never |
view gallery SE8.5 km | Louis L. Worrell - Mt. Hope Cemetery - Rusk County, TX in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments Woodmen of the World headstone for Louis L. Worrell in Mt. Hope Cemetery, northwest of Henderson in the Joinerville community in Rusk County, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 03/09/2024 last visited: never |
view gallery SE8.5 km | Sam Crook - Mt. Hope Cemetery - Rusk County, TX in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments Woodmen of the World monument for Sam Crook in Mt. Hope Cemetery, northwest of Henderson in the Joinerville community in Rusk County, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 03/09/2024 last visited: never |
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