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Former Site of Y.M.C.A.
In 1898, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad chartered a Young Men's Christian Association and, in 1899, erected a 3-story structure across the street from this site to furnish lodging and recreation for railway workers. The facility also served Temple citizens and pioneered in providing athletic activities for youth. The principal community leaders of the "Y" were W.S. Rowland (1866-1940), Dr.
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Fort Griffin
Site of a picket fort on Little River commonly called Fort Griffin; also known as Fort Smith and Little River Fort. Erected by Geo. B. Erath and 20 Texas Rangers in November, 1836 as a protection against Indians. Abandoned as a military post before the Santa Fe Expedition camped here, June 24-29, 1841 but used by settlers many years as a place of defense against the Indians.
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Fowler House
Built 1872 by Josiah Fowler, a settler from Tennessee, Confederate veteran, co-editor of "Fowler's Arithmetic", and a college teacher. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1968
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George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D.
(January 8, 1886 - October 7, 1970) Texas native George Brindley graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1911, and went to work at the Temple Sanitarium (later Scott & White Hospital). He became a prominent specialist in surgery and cancer treatment and a leader in guiding the development and growth of Scott & White Hospital. After 50 years, Dr.
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George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D.
(1886-1970) Born on a farm in Ellis County, George V. Brindley, Sr., graduated from the University of Texas Department of Medicine at Galveston in 1911 and joined the medical staff of Temple Sanitarium that year. Starting in general hospital work, he became a surgical assistant and later joined the surgical staff. Dr.
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George Washington Baines House
Built in the 1860s, this house was the residence of the Rev. George Washington Baines (1809-83) from 1870 to 1883. A pioneer Baptist preacher, missionary, editor, and educator, the Rev. Baines was the great-grandfather of United States President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
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Greathouse Cemetery
The Rev. Early Greathouse (1810-1885) was ordained to the ministry in Georgia in 1846. He moved to Alabama in 1852, where he served in the state legislature and the Constitutional Conventions of 1865 and 1867. In 1870 Greathouse and his family arrived in Texas and bought land south of the present site of Temple.
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Green Oaks Farm
Historic Green Oaks Farm is part of the Maximo Moreno eleven league grant of 1834. Moses (1793-1858) and Barzilla Curry Griffin (1801-1873) received land from this grant, and later transferred it to their daughter, Cornelia Griffin Heard (Hurd) Rich (1843-1934).
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Hermon and Margaret L. Aiken
New Hampshire native Hermon (Herman) Aiken worked in Illinois and Tennessee before moving to New Orleans. There, he served as a ship's captain taking supplies to Galveston in support the Texas Revolution. He lived in Texas by 1840. In 1846, with five children from his marriage to Mary Ann (Taylor), he wed German-born Margaret E. (Louchious) and in 1851 settled near Belton on Cedar Creek.
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Herrington Cemetery
Herrington Cemetery John Granberry Herrington and his wife Elvira Jane (Collins) left Mississippi forTexas in 1873. Although other members of their wagon train stopped in Nacogdoches, the Herringtons chose to continue on to the wilderness of Bell county. Soon after their arrival the Herringtons purchased land, built a cabin, and constructed barns and fences for their livestock.
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Hillcrest Cemetery
Previously known as Williamson Branch Graveyard and Temple City Cemetery, Hillcrest Cemetery began as a rural family graveyard before eventually becoming a large, urban burial ground. Before the establishment of Temple, area residents began to use this property for interments in the 1870s. In 1884, John H. And Mary E. Williams, who owned the land, deeded acreage for use as a public cemetery.
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Home of Capt. A. J. Harris
State Senator, Confederate veteran, lawyer, teacher at Salado College. Birthplace of Harris' grandson, famous World War II General, Walton Harris Walker. Home was built in 1866 of limestone quarried nearby. Mortar contains horsehair. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
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Home of Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson
This house was built 1856-1860 by Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson 1820 . . . 1879 Texas pioneer, patriot, soldier and jurist, and one of the founders of Salado College. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
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Home of Orville Thomas Tyler
1810 . . . 1886 Pioneer Texan . County Judge . Member of the Legislature . President of the board of trustees of Salado College. Built in 1857 Erected by the State of Texas 1936
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Home of Wellborn Barton
Home of Wellborn Barton 1821-1883; Pioneer physician of this region. For many years a trustee of Salado College, built 1866. (John Hendrickson, Contractor) Old military road and Chisholm cattle trail passed here.
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James A. Fletcher House
Bell County native James Andrew Fletcher (1858-1944) was a leading Temple businessman. In 1907, with his son Omar, he acquired a local business founded in 1881 by his brother-in-law Early Greathouse. It became the nucleus of Fletcher Enterprises, a prominent banking and industrial firm.
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James H. Isbell
San Jacinto Veteran born in Tennessee 1814 died in 1858. His wife Amanda Isbell. Born April 8, 1819 died September 1, 1880.
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James Lowry Smith
Salado college professor and principal James Lowry Smith was a progressive leader in education. He received degrees at Baylor and served in the Civil War before beginning his tenure at Salado College in 1863. Despite challenges, including low enrollment during the Civil War and the financial panic of 1873, Salado College achieved high standards during Smith's tenure.
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Jeff Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton, Associate of Governor Sam Houston Born a slave in Kentucky, Jeff Hamilton was still a child when Sam Houston rescued him from purchase by a cruel master at a slave auction. Hamilton was Houston's personal servant during his term as governor, 1859-1861, and was at his bedside when he died in 1863.
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Jeff Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton (d. April 3, 1941) A Kentucky-born slave who was brought to Texas as a child, Jeff Hamilton became San Houston's personal servant, companion of his young sons, and a trusted member of his household. Hamilton served Houston while he was governor, 1859-1861, and until his death in 1863. Later Hamilton worked for many years as the custodian of Mary Hardin-Baylor College.
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John and Ettie Mayfield House
This was the home of John Henry Mayfield (1865-1954), his wife Ettie Monroe Alsobrook (1869-1957) and their three daughters. The Mayfields moved to Holland about 1908 where Mr. Mayfield owned and operated a local cotton gin. Local contractors Frank Wood & Sons built this house in 1914.
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John Blackburn Log House
John Churchill Gaines Blackburn (1832-1912) was born in Tennessee and came to Texas in 1853. He and his wife Mary Ann Chambers Blackburn (1831-1908) first stopped with other family members in Williamson County, then moved to Bell County in 1854.
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John Leggett Marshall
(June 13, 1811-January 11, 1897) A native of Illinois, John Leggett Marshall came to Texas with his family in 1829. A farmer and blacksmith, he enlisted in the army in March 1836 to fight in Texas' War for Independence from Mexico.
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John Robert Craddock
John Robert Craddock came to Texas from Kentucky in June 1833. He served in the Republic of Texas Army in 1836 and fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. He settled in this area soon after he arrived in Texas and in 1840 married Amanda Childers. They were the parents of thirteen children, some of whom are buried here in unmarked graves. Craddock ws interred in the family plot in 1891.
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Joseph "Joe Tex" Arrington, Jr.
Born to a sharecropping family in Rogers on August 8, 1935, Joseph Arrington, Jr., is considered one of the most influential, but underappreciated, innovators in rock, funk and rap music history. While at Carver High School in Baytown, Harris County, during the era of segregation, he drew inspiration from church services, school performances and the Houston nightclub scene.
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