FIRST Settlement in Hopkins County - Sulphur Bluff, TX
N 33° 19.962 W 095° 23.780
15S E 276962 N 3690734
A Texas Historical Marker notes that Sulphur Bluff was the first settlement in Hopkins County, TX. The marker is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of FM 71 and CR 3608 in Sulphur Bluff.
Waymark Code: WMPB5R
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2015
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David Hopkins and his wife are buried across the road in the Sulphur Bluff Cemetery: Hopkins's name and family generally come up regarding the naming of Hopkins County. The historical marker provides some background:
First settlement in Hopkins County.
First known settlers in area were family of John Gregg. Their cemetery (2 mi. N) has marker dated 1837, from Republic of Texas era. Other early settlers were the brothers Hezekiah and Robert Hargrave, from Indiana. They built brush-roofed log homes (3 mi. N), on high bluff above Sulphur River, offering protection from Indians and providing abundant game.
Robert Hargrave, a mechanical genius, built a wood and iron shop, a blacksmith shop, and a grist mill that drew customers from Caddo Mills, 50 miles away.
A post office was built 1849; early school was founded 1852.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1837
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