Upshur
Cherokee Trace
Gilmer, TX
Near this site the Cherokee Indians blazed an early Texas trail.
Kelsey School
Enon, TX
In the late 1890s, brothers John and James Edgar settled along Kelsey Creek, and were soon joined by other Latter-Day Saints families...
Murry Institute
Ore City, TX
In community called Murry League, for original land grantee.
Old Coffeeville, C. S. A.
Gilmer, TX
Ferry point near this site, on Big Cypress.
Site of Old Gilmer
Gilmer, TX
Here on the Cherokee Trace was early Gilmer.
Site of the Guarantee State Bank
Ore City, TX
Ore City was founded about 1910 as an iron mining center.
Upshur County, C. S. A.
Gilmer, TX
(Star and Wreath) Civil War supply and activity center.
Walters' Bluff Ferry
Big Sandy, TX
Located at a noted early-day crossing on Sabine River, this pioneer ferry carried settlers traveling north or south into Upshur or Smith...