Site of the Town of Lamar

Site of the town of

Lamar

Named for

Mirabeau B. Lamar

1798 – 1859

President of the

Republic of Texas

1838 – 1841

Established in 1838

Made a Port of Entry in 1839

Sacked by Union Troops

Feb. 11, 1864

Survived until 1914

but never flourished.

Marker is on Texas Route 35 0.1 miles ...

Site of One of the Homes of James Power

Site of one of the homes of

James Power

Born in Ireland, 1789

Died in Live Oak Point, Texas, 1852

With James Hewetson

he was granted authority

January 11, 1828

to settle 200 families in Texas

Served Texas under three flags as

Empresario, Soldier, Statesman

Signed the Texas Declaration of ...

The Gem Theatre

The old Gem Theatre was one of the first buildings in downtown Kingsport. Built in 1915, this building has been used for everything from a country-western bar to a church. It was originally a movie theater that showed a variety ...

The Mission Road / El Camino de las Misiones

This road linked the mission of San Antonio with each other and with the rest of Texas and Mexico. The Mission Road carried information, supplies and trade goods, and warnings of attack or danger. Some of the travel routes used ...

Church of the Holy Family

Front:

This is the mother church of Roman Catholicism in this area, serving as the only Catholic Church in Columbus from 1880 to 1958. The first Catholic church, the Church of Sts. Philip and James, was built in 1835 on what ...

Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac

[The coat of arms of Quebec]

“Je Me Souvien”

Ici vécut -- Here lived

Antoine Laumet de Lamothe

Sier de Cadillac (1658-1730),

Fondateur de -- Founder of

Détroit, -- Detroit,

Governeur de -- Governor of

La Louisiane -- Louisiana

Commission des Monuments Historiques ...

The Executive Mansion of Virginia

On this site lived three Presidents of the United States, Monroe and Tyler as Governors and William Henry Harrison while his father, Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was Governor. The first house on this site was also ...

The Temperance Movement Battled Madison's Breweries

The Madison Heritage Series

Owning a State Street beer establishment wasn’t easy in the early 1900s. As the temperance movement gathered momentum throughout the country, increasing numbers of Americans wanted alcohol consumption outlawed.

Founded in 1863, Hausmann’s Capital Brewery flourished on the ...

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park

This park, the gift of a grateful people

is dedicated

to the memory of

Theodore Roosevelt

twenty-sixth President of the United States

Born New York City 1858 – Died Oyster Bay 1919

“We here in America hold in our hands

the hope of the world the ...

The Griffen Cannon and Memorial

The Griffen Cannon

One of 1400 guns made at Phoenix Iron

Company Shops between 1860 and 1865.

Invented by John Griffen

These 3 inch wrought iron rifled field

pieces served the Union forces with great

merit during the Civil ...