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Laredo Fort McIntosh Historic District W. of city center on the campus of Laredo Community College The 62nd U.S. Colored Infantry occupied this fort in the fall of 1865 to protect the city of Laredo. The 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers were also stationed here. Many of the original buildings remain, including the hospital, officers’ quarters, barracks and chapel, which serves as a museum. NR, RTHL, SM Lockhart Vocational High c. 1935 Texas Historical Commission African Americans in Texas Laredo & Lockhart ★ lockhart isd page 30 Lockhart Lockhart Vocational High School (Carver High) 1104 E. Market St. Lockhart Vocational High School is the last of two, two-story Rosenwald schools built in Texas in 1923. NR St. John Colony 12 mi. N. E. of Lockhart on FM 672, 0.2 mi. E. of CR 294/CR 167 intersection Founded in the early 1870s by freed blacks and led by the Rev. John Henry Winn, St. John Colony is an offshoot of the Webberville community east of Austin. At one time home to about 100 African American families, the colony still boasts active churches and organizations. Many of the pioneer settlers are buried in the St. John Cemetery. SM Wiley College, Marshall jesse hornbuckle
Chatman Hospital, Lubbock Lubbock Chatman Hospital (Chatman Memorial Center) 2301 Cedar Ave., 806/749-0024 Completed in 1945, this was, for many years, the only hospital for African Americans in West Texas. The building’s eclectic design and construction reflect the scarcity of building materials during World War II. The building, which was restored as a medical center in 1994, was designed by black architect Louis Fry and named for Joseph A. Chatman, the second black doctor to practice in Lubbock. LL Zinc monument at Old Powder Mill Cemetery, Marshall thc Texas Historical Commission African Americans in Texas Lubbock & Marshall ★ Marshall Wiley College 711 Wiley Ave., 903/927-3300 Founded in 1873, this college was the first school west of the Mississippi River established by the Freedmen’s Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The campus was relocated to this site in 1878. SM Old Powder Mill Cemetery on George Gregg St. (FM 1997) This cemetery is the oldest African American burial ground in continuous use in Marshall. The name derives from the 230-acre Confederate powder mill that operated at the site from 1863 until its destruction in 1865. SM tom goolsby/city of lubbock
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