Black plaque № 41707

Elmo, TX, United States

Locust Grove. Established in the 1800s, the Locust Grove community included a saw mill, three churches, a grocery store, a doctor's office and a school. In 1891, J. H. Muckleroy and W. B. Martin sold three acres to James F. Smith and W. J. Waggoner for a school, church and burial ground. Smith and W

aggoner donated the land to trustees the following year. A two-story building served as a schoolhouse and Baptist church. A post office, named for first postmaster James Hiram Hughes, operated from 18

Listen to the audio guide for Black plaque № 41707 Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off