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LANDMARKS OF TEXAS
alry officer, who blazed the Mackenzie Trail
in 1871, in quest of warring Indians.
HAMILTON: At Indian Gap is building
which served as post office, saloon and gro-
cery store downstairs and dance hall upstairs.
Ann Whitney Memorial on Hamilton County
courthouse lawn in memory of frontier school-
teacher killed by Comanche Indians while
protecting her students, July 9, 1867.
HANSFORD: Seventeen miles southwest
Spearman is site of Cator Buffalo Camp, es-
tablished by James H. and Bob Cator, 1872;
camp became a trading post known as Zulu
in 1875.
HARDEMAN: At Medicine Mound is site
of aborigine gatherings. At Quanah is Harde-
man County Museum.
HARDIN: Near Saratoga is said to be old-
est existing oil well in the United States. Cas-
ing sunk by John Fletcher Cotton and Don
Harpin in 1865.
HARRIS: San Jacinto Battleground, on the
ship channel between Houston and Galveston,
ranks with the Alamo in San Antonio in great-
est historic interest among Texas landmarks.
Here, where Texans gained the victory over
Mexico that resulted in independence, San
Jacinto Monument rises 570 feet, 4 inches, as
the tallest stone monument in the world. San
Jacinto Museum of History, in its base, and
the Battleship Texas, berthed nearby, are
among numerous points of interest for tour-
ists and students of Texas history. Near this
park is the site of the home of Lorenzo deZavala signer of the Texas Declaration of In-
dependence, and vice-president of the Repub-
lic of Texas. Near Lynchburg is site of Oak-
land, home of David G. Burnet to which he
brought his bride in 1831. Near LaPorte is
site of McCormick home. Thirty miles north-
west Houston, U.S. Highway 290, is site of
New Kentucky, established before 1831; thriv-
ing town until Houston established. At Har-
risburg is site of home of Gen. Sidney Sher-
man; house burned in 1853. Harrisburg, now
part of Houston, was settled 1823 by John R.
Harris and named for him. Glendale Ceme-
tery at foot of Magnolia off Broadway in Har-
risburg 10 years older than Houston; estab-
lished 1826. First capitol of Republic of Texas
was built where Rice Hotel now stands. Noble
Mansion, oldest building in Houston, built
1847; Sam Houston visited in house often; built
by Nathaniel K. Kellum, in excellent condi-
tion today. In Hermann Park is Dick Dowling
monument; also monument to Terry's Texas
Rangers. Old Episcopal-Masonic Cemetery,
dating from early days of Houston, just off
Lamar Avenue entrance. Cherry House, one
of most interesting houses in Texas; built in
1850 by Gen. E. B. Nichols from materials
intended for construction of warship; later
home of William Marsh Rice, now in Sam
Houston Park opposite Noble House. Found-
er's Memorial Park, southwest corner West
Dallas and Valentine, one of city's oldest
cemeteries; Major J. K. Allen, one of Hous-
ton's founders, buried there. St. Vincent's
Cemetery, 307 North Buffalo, oldest Catholic
burial ground. Lt Richard W. Dowling buried
here. Church of Annunciation, 601 Crawford,
oldest Catholic Church in Houston, built 1864.
Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
nine miles west of Main Street on Long Point
Road, built 1867. At Addicks is the Old Hitch-
in' Rack, famous eating place, and Haber-
macher home, once tavern operated before
Civil War by Mrs. Augusta Sillaman; objects
unearthed show it was an Indian burial
ground before whites came. Addicks formerly
called Laticia. Twenty-two miles northeast
Houston, U.S. Highway 90, is site of Lynch's
Ferry, established before 1824, by NathanielTwo Texas landmarks, San Jacinto
Monument in the background and the
Battleship Texas, are pictured at San
Jacinto Battleground in Harris County,
where a small band of soldiers under
Gen. Sam Houston defeated the Mexican
Army to win freedom on April 21, 1836.3
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