Gregg
Campbell "Honeymoon Home"
Longview, TX
Thomas Mitchell Campbell (1856-1923), a native of Rusk, worked in the Gregg County clerk's office in Longview before becoming a lawyer in...
Foshee Family Homestead
Gladewater, TX
Built 1890 on site purchased 1884 by William Emmett and Mary R. Foshee.
General John Gregg
Longview, TX
(1828-1864) Star and Wreath Born Alabama.
Longview
Longview, TX
Named for "long view" from Rock Hill when surveyors laid off townsite in 1870.
O. H. Methvin
Longview, TX
(March 10, 1815 - February 9, 1882) Georgia native O. H. Methvin came to Texas about 1848 with his wife Margaret and his father, Richard...
Old Fredonia Townsite
Longview, TX
The community of Fredonia was founded by Haden Edwards, a land grantee who contracted in 1825 with the Mexican government to establish...
Point Pleasant
Clarksville City, TX
From about 1850 until 1871, a post office, which served the Point Pleasant community, operated near this site.
Preachers Hill
Longview, TX
Known to its residents as Preachers Hill and named when Bethel Temple Church was founded in 1920, this African American neighborhood was...
Rembert-Harrison House
Longview, TX
Frank Taylor Rembert (1853-1926) was born in Copiah County, Mississippi.
Site of Alexander Institute
Kilgore, TX
Before the establishment of public schools, education was provided by small private academies such as the Alexander Institute.
Site of Harmon General Hospital
Longview, TX
Established here by the United States Army in 1942, Harmon General Hospital was named for Colonel Daniel W. Harmon (1880-1940), a medical...
Site of James S. Hogg Newspaper
Longview, TX
Texas' first native governor (1891-1895), James Stephen Hogg, founded here in 1871 his first newspaper, the Longview News.
The Courthouses of Gregg County
Longview, TX
Gregg County was formed in 1873 and Longview was chosen as county seat.
The Kilgore I&GN-Missouri Pacific Railroad Station
Kilgore, TX
The town of Kilgore was platted by the International Railroad Company after it purchased land for a townsite from C. B. "Buck" Kilgore,...
Wartime Home Industry
Longview, TX
At this site, 1861-65, settler Joseph M. sparkman manufactured shoes for the Confederate Army.