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One of the brick-paved
streets of Memphis
Photo courtesy Stephen
Michaels, January 2008 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The county was
named after Warren D.C. Hall who served as Secretary of War while
Texas was a Republic. He was a lawyer from North Carolina before coming
to Texas.
A timeline of significant events in Memphis' history
1889: land bought along the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway
1890: townsite platted - yet names were rejected by postal authorities
until September of that year
1891: Memphis wins contested election for county seat against towns
of Salisbury and Lakeview
1891: depot built after Memphians kept putting soap on rails to stop
trains
1892: courthouse constructed
1901: Memphis gets telephone service
1906: town is incorporated
1912: Memphis gets their own Carnegie Library
1923: New courthouse built
1926: 50 miles of streets are paved with brick |
Memphis, Texas
Landmarks / Attractions
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Hall
County Courthouse
Memories
of the Hall County Courthouse by Wes Reeves
Hall County
Museum: On the Square - 6th and Main
Presbyterian
Building: c. 1911
A former church designed after St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. The
church contains a pipe organ - one of only two examples of its type
left in the United States.
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Presbyterian
Building in Memphis
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, May 2005 |
| Memphis Hotel
fire escape |
"An old farm
workers house. Just east of Memphis on U.S. 287."
Photo
courtesy Robert Vahle, June, 2005 |
Memphis Tourist
Information
Chamber of Commerce: 806-259-3144
Website: www.webtex.com/memphis |
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