Know Your Jefferson and Marion County History Snapshot
Information from the Jefferson Historical Society surveys Jefferson’s Golden Age after the Civil War era up to 1873. It notes population estimates, a devastating 1 million dollar fire, and a boom in inland port commerce with wagon trains, cotton, hides, and cash transfers that attracted hijackers and robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Owever
E. J. Patillo
Jefferson Democrat
Galveston
Dallas
Valu
Ft. Worth
Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Gainesville
Winnsboro
Sherminn
Clarksville
AbSlene
Four Mile Branch
Jefferson Chamber of Commerce
Texas Highway Construction Sealed Proposals Opened
Contractor bids for a 1 723 mile Flex Base and One Crystal Surf Treat project from SH 40 to US 59 in Marion County. Proposals due March 23, 1955 in Austin. Public works project under Texas legislature acts. Wage rates set by State Highway Commission apply. Plans available via Resident Engineer T R Rideout in Jefferson and the Texas Highway Department in Austin. Usual rights reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Highway Department
Austin
Ad AM
State of
Texas
State of Texas
State Highway Commission
T. R. Rideout
Jefferson
Texas Highway Department
Jefferson Texas Town Embraced Rapid Growth and Early Ice Industry
The passage outlines Jefferson's rapid urban expansion with diverse industries and services, noting banks, wholesale trades, and cultural growth. It highlights the first commercial artificial ice manufacture in the United States by Doyle and Scott in 1868, leading to later developments and the Jefferson Ice Mfg Co in 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
St. Louis
National Cotton Compress Co
Kelly
Sedberry Drug Store
W. J. Sedberry
Marion County Butane Co
Polk and
Lafayette St
United States
David Doyle
Henry Scott
B. J. Benefield
Doyle
Chicago
Frick Co
Harrisburg
Jefferson Ice Mfg. Co., Inc
Marion County
State of Texas
Doyle and Gas Firsts Told in Jefferson History
The piece notes Doyle's ice venture on Hwy 49 near J. D Blackburn Syrup Works and cites A B Uden's first beer making in Jefferson. It describes pine knot gas retorts, ash color drums, and mains lighting the town with glass globes. It mentions later a Jefferson Gas Light Co charter on March 4 1871 and its objectives and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle
Hwy 49
J. D Blackburn Syrup Works
Town
A. B Uden
Jefferson
L & WN
Mk&k
Excelsior
Willie Rowell
Blackburn
Walnut
Lafayette
Jefferson Gas Light Co., Inc
City of
Personal News From Hazleton And Marshall Visits
Mrs Jewel Snead of Hazleton and Mrs George Davis visited Mrs Joe Peterson and Mrs C L Pope Monday. Mr and Mrs Rita Moore and family of Longview spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Moore. Mr and Mrs Earl Lumpkin Mrs Comer Lumpkin and two children of Marshall visited Mrs Lumpkin's mother Mrs Bertha Lumpkin Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Snead
Hazleton
George Davis
Joe Peterson
C. L. Pope
Rita Moore
Longview
Mrs
Henry Moore
Earl. Lumpkin
Comer Lumpkin
Marshall
Mrs. Lumpkin
Bertha Lumpkin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jefferson and
Jefferson Historical Society and Museum
Texas Highway Construction
Blain Chevrolet Co
Red
Shoe Service
E. L. Jones
INS
Pete Henderson
Texaco
Gulf
Gulf No-Nox, the
Gulf Super-Refining
Gulf Oil Corporation
Gulf Test Engines
Jefferson, Texas
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