Gregg

15 historical markers in Texas

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.

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