A History of Tyler and Smith County, Texas Page: 56
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A HISTORY OF TYLER AND SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS
Marker for Trail of Vial and Fragoso of 1788.
Go northward from the city of Tyler over the Tyler-Mineola
(Jim Hogg) Highway to a point about five miles north of Lindale
and to the intersection of the Dallas-Shreveport old road. The
granite marker stands on the east side of the Tyler-Mineola High-
way, and north side of the Old Dallas-Shreveport Road. (See
page 49.)
Granite Marker Number V.
Erected at the location of Camp Ford. (See page 53.)
Marker Number VI.
Situated at the location of the "arms factory." (See page 53.)
Appearance of the Public Square in Tyler from about 1875
to about 1895.
3HE brick Courthouse erected about 1851
stood in the center of the square. The building was two stories
or slightly more, in height, built of brick and had a rather flat
metal roof. About the center of the building was a small square-
shaped steeple or tower some fifteen feet in height, in which hung
a rather large bell. The building was about seventy feet long from
east to west, and about forty feet wide from north to south. The
glass windows were of moderate size. The main entrance was on
the west side of the building and the District Courtroom was on
the first floor on the east side of the building. The second
floor on the east side contained the library of the Supreme
Court of Texas, and for many years was in the care of
Honorable S. D. (Pete) Reaves, Clerk of this Court. The build-
ing was also occupied by the tax assessor and collector, district
clerk, county surveyor, sheriff, and various other county officers.
On the day court would convene an officer would go to the
steps of the main entrance and announce in a very loud voice:
"Oh yez, Oh yez, the honorable," etc. etc.
After this Courthouse had been built, it was surrounded by a
plank fence; and perhaps in the early 70's, on the east side of the
square within the enclosure a crop of corn was raised. Sometime
later the plank fence was removed and an iron fence was built
around the Courthouse. Horse racks were placed near the outside
of the Courthouse fence. In the early days a small brick building
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Woldert, Albert. A History of Tyler and Smith County, Texas, book, 1948; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130177/m1/82/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .