The Grove
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palewryter
N 32° 29.958 W 094° 44.131
15S E 336954 N 3597108
The Grove was an 1860s gathering place for freedman.
Waymark Code: WM3K7W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2008
Views: 14
Marker Number: 12967
Marker Text:
The Grove was a natural timber stand within what became Longview in 1870. Tradition holds that the area's freedmen gathered in the Grove for worship services as early as the 1860s. In 1871, John R. Magrill sold the one-acre grove tract to the town's African American population. Acting on their behalf were O.J. Taylor, Silas Billup and Alick Berry. Over the years, the Grove was an important gathering place for the local African American community. Efforts in the 1930s to acquire the land for oil production failed due to confusion over the title, and the city later adopted the land for use as a park, now known as Magrill Plaza. (2003)
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