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Harrison County is a county of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 65,631. The county seat is Marshall. The county is named for Jonas Harrison, a lawyer and Texas revolutionary.
1842. The area was settled by predominately by natives from the Southern United States, who brought the slave-holding cotton-plantation society with them. By 1850, the county had more slaves than any other county in Texas until the end of the Civil War. The census of 1860 counted 8,746 slaves, 59% of the county’s population.
Harrison County comprises the Marshall, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Longview– Marshall, TX Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Ark-La-Tex region. In 1861, the county’s voters Harrison County, formerly a overwhelmingly supported Democratic party stronghold, secession. Defeat at the end of is represented in the Texas the war brought Reconstruction. House of Representatives by The white minority bitterly Republican Chris Paddie, a resented federal authority and former Marshall mayor. the Republican party county government that continued even after the Democratic 1. Early History party gained control of the American settlement began in state government in 1874. In present-day Harrison County 1878, the Citizen’s Party of during the 1830s. In 1835, the Harrison County, amid charges Mexican authorities granted a of fraud and coercion, gained dozen land grants to immigrants firm control of the county from the United States. government after winning on After the Texas Revolution, a technicality involving the the Congress of the Texas placement of a key ballot box. Republic established Harrison In 1951, Harrison County’s County, formed from Shelby Jim Crow laws were struck County, in 1839. Harrison down with the Perry v. Cyphers County was named for Texas decision. Revolutionary Jonas Harrison. The county was organized in From 1880 to 1930, Harrison 1842. The county’s area was County remained primarily reduced in 1846, following the agricultural and rural. The establishment of Panola and county maintained its black Upshur Counties. Marshall majority through these years. was established in 1841, and In the 1870s the county’s sector became the county seat in non-agricultural
increased when the Texas and Pacific Railway located its headquarters and shops in Marshall. In 1928, oil was discovered in the county, and made a significant contribution to the economy. The Great Depression of the 1930s hit the county hard, decimating the agricultural sector. World War II brought an end to the depression, but brought a significant emigration of blacks from the county. The population of the county declined until 1980, when the trend reversed, and the white population increases put whites in the majority. 1.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 916 square miles (2,370 km2), of which 900 square miles (2,300 km2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km2) (1.7%) is water. 1. • • • • • • 2.
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living with them, 56.00% Caddo Lake National were married couples living together, 13.60% had a female Wildlife Refuge householder with no husband present, and 26.60% were 2. Demographics non-families. 23.70% of all Historical population households were made up of Census Pop. %± 1850 11,822 — individuals and 10.70% had 1860 15,001 26.9% someone living alone who was 1870 13,241 −11.7% 1880 25,177 90.1% 65 years of age or older. The 1890 26,721 6.1% average household size was 1900 31,878 19.3% 2.62 and the average family 1910 37,243 16.8% 1920 43,565 17.0% size was 3.09. 1930
48,937 50,900 47,745 45,594 44,841 52,265 57,483 62,110 65,631 Est. 2012 67,450 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
12.3% 4.0% −6.2% −4.5% −1.7% 16.6% 10.0% 8.0% 5.7% 2.8%
As of the census of 2000, there were 62,110 people, 23,087 households, and 16,945 families residing in the county. The population density was 69 people per square mile (27/km²). There were 26,271 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile (11/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 71.35% White, 24.03% Black or African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.86% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. 5.34% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 23,087 households out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18
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Education
The following school districts serve Harrison County: Elysian Fields ISD (partly in Panola County) • Hallsville ISD • Harleton ISD • Marshall ISD • Longview ISD (mostly in Gregg County) • New Diana ISD (mostly in Upshur County) • Ore City ISD (mostly in Upshur County, small portion in Marion County) • Waskom ISD • Karnack ISD •
In the county, the population was spread out with 26.80% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 27.10% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who were 4. Transportation 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For 1. Major Highways every 100 females there were • Interstate 20 94.10 males. For every 100 • U.S. Highway 59 females age 18 and over, there • The future route were 89.90 males. of Interstate 369 is planned The median income for a to follow the current route of household in the county was U.S. 59 in most places. $33,520, and the median • U.S. Highway 80 income for a family was • State Highway 43 $41,112. Males had a median • State Highway 49 income of $32,451 versus • State Highway 154 $20,913 for females. The per • Farm to Market Road capita income for the county 134 was $16,702. 16.70% of • Farm to Market Road the population and 12.90% 2208 of families were below the TTC-69 component poverty line. Out of the total The preferred) population, 21.80% of those (recommended under the age of 18 and 14.60% of the planned Trans-Texas of those 65 and older were Corridor goes through Harrison County. living below the poverty line.
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movement in the American Elysian Fields South. The city is known for holding one of the largest light (unincorporated) Gill (unincorporated) festivals in the United States, the Wonderland of Lights, and, • Hallsville H a r l e t o n as the self-proclaimed Pottery Capital of the World, for its (unincorporated) sizable pottery industry. J o n e s v i l l e (unincorporated) Marshall is also referred to K a r n a c k by various nicknames; the (unincorporated) Cultural Capital of East Latex (unincorporated) Texas, the Gateway of Texas, Longview (partially in the Athens of Texas, the City of county) Seven Flags and Center Stage, • Marshall a branding slogan adopted by Nesbitt (unincorporated) the Marshall Convention and • Scottsville Visitors Bureau. • Uncertain • Waskom 1. The Republic of Texas W o o d l a w n and the Civil War (1841– (unincorporated) 1860)
Marshall is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Texas. Marshall is a major cultural and educational center in East Texas and the tri-state area. At the 2010 census, the population of Marshall was about 23,523. Marshall was a political and production center of the Confederacy during the Civil War and was a major railroad center of the T&P Railroad from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century. The city’s large African American population and the presence of black institutions of higher learning made Marshall a center of the civil rights World Views Guides
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teaching colleges, and incipient universities, earned Marshall the nickname the Athens of Texas, in reference to the ancient Greek city state. The city’s growing importance was confirmed when Marshall was linked by a telegraph line to New Orleans; it was the first city in Texas to have a telegraph service.
By 1860, the city was the fourth largest in Texas and the seat of the richest county. Developed as cotton plantations, the county had more slaves than any other in the state, making it a hotbed of anti-Union sentiment. Some residents of Marshall fought for the North. For example, brothers Lionel and Emmanuel Kahn, The city was founded in Jewish merchants in Marshall, 1841 as the seat of Harrison fought on opposing sides in the County, after failed attempts conflict. to establish a county seat on the Sabine River. It was When Gov. Sam Houston incorporated in 1843. The refused to take an oath of Republic of Texas decided to allegiance to the Confederacy, choose the site of land donated Marshall’s Edward Clark by Peter Whetstone and Isaac was sworn in as governor. Van Zandt after Whetstone had Pendleton Murrah, Texas’s proven that the hilly location third Confederate governor, was from Marshall. The had a good water source. city became a major The city quickly became a Confederate supply depot and major city in the state because manufactory of gunpowder of its position as a gateway for the Confederate Army, to Texas; several major stage and hosting three conferences coach lines and one of the of Trans-Mississippi and first railroad lines into Texas Indian Territory leaders. The ran through it. The founding city also became the capital of several colleges, including of Missouri’s Confederate a number of seminaries,
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government-in-exile, earning it the nickname the City of Seven Flags—a nod to the flag of Missouri in addition to the other six flags that have flown over the city. Marshall became the seat of Confederate civil authority and headquarters of the TransMississippi Postal Department after the fall of Vicksburg. The city may have been the intended target of a failed Union advance that was rebuffed at Mansfield, Louisiana. Toward the end of the Civil War, the Confederate States government had $9.0 million in Treasury notes and $3.0 million in postage stamps shipped to Marshall. They may have intended Marshall as the destination of a government preparing to flee from advancing armies. 2. Reconstruction and the Railroad era (1865–1895) Marshall was occupied by Union forces on June 17, 1865. During Reconstruction, the city was home to an office of the Freedmen’s Bureau and was the base for Union troops. In 1873 The Methodist Episcopal Church founded Wiley College to educate freedmen. African Americans came to the city seeking opportunities and protection until 1878. The Citizens Party, led by former Confederate General Walter P. Lane and his brother George,
took control of the city and county governments and ran Unionists, Republicans and many African Americans out of town. The Lanes ultimately declared Marshall and Harrison County “redeemed” from Union and African-American control. Despite this the African-American community would continue to progress, with the establishment of Bishop College in 1881 and the certification of Wiley by the Freedman’s Aid Society in 1882.
brought out elements which led to some nationally known crimes being tried in the city, including the trials for the attempted murder of Maurice Barrymore. During this period of wealth, many of the city’s now historic homes were constructed. The city’s most prominent industry, pottery manufacturing, began with the establishment of Marshall Pottery in 1895. Despite the prosperity of the railroad era, poverty continued to be a problem in the city among all races, but tensions between whites and African Americans continued to worsen after the Democratic-dominated legislature passed segregation laws and disfranchised the blacks. The rural areas of Harrison County saw greater interaction between white people and African Americans. There, whites and blacks being neighbors was commonplace. Even though the areas surrounding Marshall were somewhat integrated, racism was imposed in everyday life. Several plantation owners divided up sizable tracts of land and gave them to their former slaves, which angered poor whites.
Marshall’s “Railroad Era” began in the early 1870s. Harrison County citizens voted to offer $300,000 bond subsidy, and the City of Marshall offered to donate land north of the downtown to the Texas and Pacific Railway if the company would move to Marshall. T&P President Jay Gould accepted and located the T&P’s workshops and general offices for Texas in Marshall. The city benefited immediately from a population explosion. By 1880 the city was one of the South’s largest cotton markets. The city’s new prosperity became apparent with the opening of J. Weisman and Co., the first department store in Texas, and with the installation of a single light bulb in the Texas 3. Early and mid- 20th and Pacific Depot, Marshall century became the first city in Texas Natural gas arrived in the city to have electricity. Prosperity from a field on Caddo Lake
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in 1909. Under the leadership of John L. Lancaster, the Texas and Pacific Railway experienced its height during the first half of the 20th century, Marshall’s ceramics industry expanded to the point that the city began to be called the “Pottery Capital of the World.” Marshall’s industry received a boost with the discovery of what was then the largest oil field in the world at nearby Kilgore in 1930. Small landmarks of progress, such as the first student at Marshall High School to have a car, Lady Bird Johnson, excited the working class and poor. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, children of both races had been raised to accept the status quo of racial segregation. AfricanAmerican Marshall resident George Dawson later wrote about his childhood experiences with segregation in his book Life Is So Good. He described how, despite African-American children’s acceptance of segregation, in some instances its demands were too outrageous to follow. For example, Dawson described how he had refused the demand of one employer who expected him to eat with her dogs. Other racist tactics were more overt; between October 1903 and August 1917 at least twelve people were
lynched. Not all instances of lynching were reported by authorities, so the number is likely an undercount.
L. Farmer Jr., another Wiley graduate, became an organizer of the Freedom Rides and a founder of the Congress of Racial Equality. In the early and mid20th century, Marshall’s 4. Late 20th century traditionally black colleges were thriving intellectual and The effects of the Civil Rights cultural centers. Three major Movement was felt into the future civil rights leaders, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1960s, students organized Jesse Jackson attended Bishop the first sit-ins in Texas in College, while James L. Farmer the rotunda of the county Jr. went to Wiley College. The courthouse on Whetstone writerMelvin B. Tolson, taught Square in a move to end at Wiley and was part of the segregation of public schools; Harlem Renaissance in New in 1970, all Marshall public York. schools were integrated. Also Inspired by the teachings of in that year, Carolyn Abney professors such as Melvin B. became the first woman to be Tolson, students and former elected to the city commission. students of the colleges In April 1975, years after mobilized to challenge and passage of the federal Voting dismantle Jim Crow in the Rights Act of 1965, local 1950s and 1960s. Fred Lewis, businessman Sam Birmingham as the secretary of the Harrison became the first African County NAACP, challenged American to be elected to the the oldest White Citizens city commission. In the 1980s, Party in Texas and the laws it he was elected as the city’s enforced; ultimately abolishing first African-American mayor. Jim Crow in the county with Birmingham retired in 1989 the Perry v. Cyphers verdict. for health concerns and was Heman Sweatt, a Wiley succeeded by his wife, Jean Birmingham. graduate, tried to enroll in the University of Texas at Austin Law school, but was denied entry because of his race. He sued and the United States Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of postgraduate studies in Texas in the Sweatt v. Painter (1950) decision. James
Marshall’s railroad industry declined after most trains were converted to diesel fuel and the industry restructured. Expansion of airlines and the construction of the Interstate highway system after World War II also led to railway
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declines. The T&P Shops closed in the 1960s, and T&P passenger service ceased in 1970. The Texas oil bust of the 1980s devastated the local economy. The city’s population declined by about 1,000 between 1980 and 1990. During the mid-20th century, the city lost many of its landmarks to redevelopment or failure to maintain them. Some buildings were demolished because their owners disregarded their historic importance and preferred “modern” structures, others were demolished because their owners felt they could no longer afford to maintain them. By 1990, Marshall’s opera house, the Missouri Capitol, the Moses Montefiore Synagogue, the original Viaduct, the Capitol Hotel, and the campus of Bishop College (including the Wyalucing plantation house) had been demolished. In the 1970s the city began to look at the preservation efforts of nearby Jefferson, and began to emphasize preservation throughout the remainder of the 20th century. Due to newly completed construction projects, the city was one of ten designated in 1976 as an All American City by the National Civic League. In 1978, then Taipei mayor, Lee Teng-Hui, and Marshall mayor, William Q. Burns, World Views Guides
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signed legislation recognizing Marshall as a sister city with the much larger Taipei. During this period Bill Moyers won an Emmy for his documentary, Marshall, Texas: Marshall, Texas, chronicling the history of race relations in the city. Despite these instance of national and international attention, the 1960s through 1980s were a period of social and economic decline for the city. It was surpassed in population and economic clout by its younger rival Longview. The city began to concentrate on diversifying its economy in the 1980s and 1990s, with tourism emerging as an increasingly important area of the city’s economy. Two new festivals joined the longstanding Stagecoach Days, the Fire Ant Festival, and the Wonderland of Lights. The Fire Ant Festival gained national attention through television features on shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show. The Wonderland of Lights became the most popular—growing to become one of the largest light festivals in the United States. By 2000, the Wonderland of Lights had become such a part of the cityscape that the lighted dome of the Old Courthouse had become the most recognizable symbol of the city. 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the Wonderland
of Lights festival. The City expected more than 200,000 visitors during the event’s 40day run, beginning with the official lighting ceremony on November 23, 2011. 5.
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The 2000s (decade) saw moderate economic growth and a renaissance of the downtown. By 2005, the Joe Weisman & Company building, the T&P Depot, the former Hotel Marshall (now known as “The Marshall”), and the former Harrison County Courthouse were either restored or under restoration. Restaurants, boutiques, and loft apartments infused the downtown economy and saved historic structures in decline. Many historic homes outside of downtown continue to deteriorate, and some structures in moderate condition were approved for demolition for replacement by prefabricated or tin structures. The square has become quite busy again, with few empty buildings. Lack of funding and manpower has slowed movement on demolition and salvage of historic homes. The Sam B. Hall, Jr. Federal Courthouse became one of the busiest courthouses in the country, the venue for such cases as the Democratic challenge to the 2003 redistricting of Texas
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and the TiVo suit of EchoStar research into the origins of over DVR patent rights. Boogie Woogie music. He An unusual number of patent concludes that the music first lawsuits are being filed in the developed in the Marshall United States District Court for area in the early 1870s in the Eastern District of Texas close connection with the which includes Marshall, T&P Railroad and the logging Tyler, and Texarkana. Marshall industry. On May 13, 2010, has a reputation for plaintiff- the Marshall City Commission passed an friendly juries for the 5% of unanimously patent lawsuits that reach trial, ordinance declaring Marshall resulting in 78% plaintiff wins. to be “the Birthplace of Boogie Woogie.” The number of patent suits filed
Texas Interconnection making it part of only 15% of the state to lie outside of that power grid.
The city is bisected along a north-south axis by East End Blvd. (US 59). The eastern half of the city is bisected along an east-west axis by US 80 which east of its intersection with US 59 is called Victory Drive and west of US 59 is named Grand Ave. The Harrison County Airport and Airport Baseball 6. Geography Park are located to the south of Marshall is roughly 150 miles Victory Dr. off of Warren Dr. (240 km) east of Dallas, Texas To the west of US 59, south and 40 miles (64 km) west of of Pinecrest Dr. are older Shreveport, Louisiana. The suburbs; north of Pinecrest Dr. intersection of US 80 and the oldest portion of the city US 59 and the intersection of stretches northward over seven US 59 and Interstate 20 are hills. This portion of the city located within the city limits radiates out from downtown of Marshall. which is centered on the Old
in 2002 was 32, and the number for 2006 has been estimated at 234. Only the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles will have more patent suits filed than Marshall. The trend continued through 2011 in the Eastern District of Texas, which includes Marshall, with the number of patent lawsuits more than doubling from 2010. According to the United States Marshall was profiled on This Census Bureau, the city has a American Life for the patent total area of 29.6 square miles suits controversy. (77 km2), of that, 29.6 square The city entered into a legal miles (77 km2) of it is land and battle with local residents and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of environmentalists about the it (0.27%) is water. amount of water it could draw Marshall is closer to the capitals out of Caddo Lake—the source of Arkansas (Little Rock, 190 of the city’s water. This issue miles (310 km)), Louisiana dominated city-county relation (Baton Rouge, 239 miles during the decade. (385 km)), and Mississippi (Jackson, 243 miles (391 km)) 6. Music than it is to the capital of Texas On January 18, 2010, Dr. (Austin, 253 miles (407 km)). John Tennison, a San Antonio The city lies within the Eastern physician and musicologist, Interconnection rather than the presented the findings of his
Harrison County Courthouse in Peter Whetstone Square. Immediately to the north of the square is the Ginocchio National Historic District where the city’s Amtrak Terminal is located. This region of the city is bisected along an east-west by Grand Ave. (US 80). Spreading out from downtown is a belt of Antebellum and Victorian homes centered on Rusk and Houston Streets.
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College. To the north of Grand Ave. (US 80) are neighborhoods that were built largely by employees of the Texas and Pacific Railway. In addition to the Ginocchio National Historic District, this part of the city is home to East Texas Baptist University, and three historic cemeteries: Marshall Cemetery, Powder Mill Cemetery, and Greenwood, which is divided into Christian and Jewish sections. 1.
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Marshall has a humid subtropical climate, characterized by hot summers and fairly mild winters. On average, Marshall receives 51.2 inches (1,300 mm) of rain per year. The precipitation is relatively evenly spread throughout year, with only the summer months of July and August receiving less than 3.5 inches (89 mm) on average. In the spring months during the transition from winter to summer, severe weather is not uncommon, and tornadoes have hit the city in the past, including an F2 that struck the southern side of town in 2000, wiping out a Domino’s Pizza on US Highway 59. Summers in Marshall are hot and humid, with average temperatures higher than 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 °C) from June through September. World Views Guides
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Temperatures above 100 °F (38 °C) are not uncommon, with a highest recorded temperature of 112 °F (44 °C) in August 1909. 7.
Demographics
Historical population Census Pop. %± 1850 1,189 — 1860 4,000 236.4% 1870 1,920 −52.0% 1880 5,624 192.9% 1890 7,207 28.1% 1900 7,855 9.0% 1910 11,452 45.8% 1920 14,271 24.6% 1930 16,203 13.5% 1940 18,410 13.6% 1950 22,327 21.3% 1960 23,846 6.8% 1970 22,937 −3.8% 1980 24,921 8.6% 1990 23,682 −5.0% 2000 23,935 1.1% 2010 23,523 −1.7%
At the census of 2000, there were 23,935 people, 8,730 households, and 6,032 families residing in the city. The population density was 809.5 people per square mile (312.5/km²). There were 9,923 housing units at an average density of 335.6 per square mile (129.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 54.7% White, 38.6% African American, <0.1% Native American, 0.6% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 4.8% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.6% of the population. In 2000 the Asian population is mostly Indians from Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, or Maharashtra and
Chinese from Hong Kong and Fuzhou. There were 8,730 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% were married couples living together, 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.12. In the city the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,335, and the median income for a family was $37,438. Males had a median income of $30,146 versus $21,027 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,491. About 17.8% of families and 22.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.5% of those under age 18 and
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15.1% of those age 65 or over. serve as Chairman of the Commission, generically called a Mayor, until after 8. Government the next year’s election. If Local government no one files to run against a The City of Marshall has a commissioner, as happened Council-manager form of with District 1 in 2005, the municipal government, with commissioner is reinstated and all governmental powers an election for that district is resting in a legislative body not held that year. The City called a Commission. The Commission meets twice Commission passes all city a month on the second and laws and ordinances, adopts fourth Thursdays, in addition budgets, determines city policy, to any special sessions that are and appoints city officials, called or regular meetings that including the City Manager. are canceled. The Commission The city manager, rather than a provides a public forum before mayor, serves as the executive each regular session, providing of the city government and citizens the opportunity to thus is in charge of enforcing address the commission for city laws and administering two minutes without forward the city’s various departments. notice, with notice additional time may be scheduled. The The City Commission Commission meetings are broadcast on radio and on The City Commission has the local Government-access seven members, each elected television (GATV), Publicto serve a single-member access television cable TV district. Districts 1−4 divide station. State government the city into four districts, and Marshall is represented in the the districts 5−7 divide the Texas Senate by Republican city into three districts that Kevin Eltife, District 1, overlay Districts 1−4, so every and in the Texas House of location in the city falls in two Representatives by Republican districts, one from each set. Chris Paddie, District 9. Each Commissioner is elected to a two-year term. Districts The Texas Department of 1−4 hold elections in odd- Criminal Justice (TDCJ) numbered years and districts operates the Marshall District Parole Office in Marshall. 5−7 in even years; elections are held in the spring. After each Federal government election, the City Commission selects a commissioner to At the Federal level, the two World Views Guides
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U.S. Senators from Texas are Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz; Marshall is part of Texas’ US Congressional 1st District, which is currently represented by Republican Louie Gohmert. The United States Postal Service operates the Marshall Post Office. 9.
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Marshall’s economy is diversified and includes services such as Insurance claims processing at Health Care Service Corporation, also known as BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, education at several institutes of higher learning, manufacturing such as wood kitchen cabinets at Republic Industries and pottery at several manufacturers. Tourism is also an important industry with about one million tourists visiting the city each year. Marshall has a local sales tax of 2.0%. The Marshall Economic Development Corporation or MEDCO lobbies companies to locate in Marshall and offers incentives to businesses that do. The Greater Marshall Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of local businesses to local, state, and national leaders.
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college students in Marshall at East Texas Baptist University 1. Major highways and and the historically black Wiley College, Texas State interstates in Marshall Technical College-Marshall • U.S. Highway 80 and Panola College-Marshall. • U.S. Highway 59 ETBU is the largest of the four (Future Interstate 369) institutions. • State Highway Loop 12. Media 390 •
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• Marshall’s Amtrak Terminal is served by the Texas Eagle route north to Chicago and west-southwest to Dallas, San Antonio and Los Angeles. 11. Education Education in the city in secondary and primary education is almost entirely conducted by the Marshall Independent School District, with more than six thousand students at twelve campuses. A private institution, Trinity Episcopal School, also exists, and some parents choose to home school. Marshall is also home to St. Joseph Catholic School enrolling students from Pre-K through 4th Grade. There are nearly two thousand
The city has one newspaper, The Marshall News Messenger, a subsidiary of Longview’s newspaper, as well as an ABC news office. Three radio stations, KMHT, KMHT-FM, and KBWC, are based in the city. There are no television stations in the city, but the city is within the reception area of stations based in Shreveport, Louisiana: KTBS (ABC), KSLA (CBS), KMSS (FOX), KTAL (NBC), KPXJ (The CW), KSHV-TV (My Network TV), and KLTS (Louisiana Public Broadcasting). The local cable company, Fidelity Communications (Formerly Cobridge Communications) provides Public-access television channels that show local football games produced by KMHT radio, live and replays of meeting of the City and County commissions, and streams audio from KMHT.
business. • The Ginocchio/Harrison County Historical Museum, N. Washington St at Ginocchio St • T&P Depot, N. Washington St at Ginocchio St • Hotel Marshall, 210 W. Houston • Starr Family Home State Historic Site, 407 W. Travis St. • Michelson Museum of Art, 216 N. Bolivar Street • Old Harrison County Courthouse, Whetstone Square • Weisman Center, 211 N. Washington St. 14. Notable people People from Marshall are called “Marshallites”.
Martha Josey - Rodeo champion • Brea Grant - Actress, best known on TV show Heroes • George Foreman — former Boxing Heavyweight Champion and entrepreneur (George Foreman Grill) • Edward Clark — Texas Governor • Mike Capel — MLB player for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Houston Astros • Floyd Dixon — Rhythm and blues pianist • Ben Z. Grant — 13. Sites of interest playwright, Texas legislator, state judge • Bear Creek Smokehouse Sam B. Hall, Jr. — 10857 Highway 154; • Celebrating 70 years of former congressman and •
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federal jurist • Bryan Hughes - former attorney in Marshall; member of the Texas House of Representatives • James Pinckney Henderson — first governor of Texas • Susan Howard — actress, writer, activist • Alphonso Jackson — George W. Bush cabinet member • Lady Bird Johnson — First Lady and environmental activist, lived in nearby Karnack, TX but attended Marshall public schools • Horace Ladymon businessman; sold in 1994 to Stage Stores, Inc. fortynine outlets of his former Beall-Ladymon Corporation; resident of Shreveport • Bill Moyers — journalist and government official • Pendleton Murrah — Texas governor • Lucy Holcombe Pickens — 19th century Southern socialite • Arthur T. Prescott, educator who was founding president of Louisiana Tech University, was a school principal in Marshall from 1884 to 1885. • Max Sandlin — former congressman and House Minority Whip • Omar Sharriff (AKA Dave Alexander) — Boogie World Views Guides
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Blues, and Jazz Vocalist, and Songwriter • Terrance Shaw — NFL Defensive Back and Super Bowl Champion • James Harper Starr — politician • Y.A. Tittle — American Football Hall of Famer • Melvin B. Tolson — author, poet, and politician • Louis T. Wigfall — U.S., and later Confederate, Senator
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A Historic Bed and Brea • FREE Wi-FI • Full Breakfast • Coffee/Tea Station • 37” Flat Screen TV w/ DVD Player • Luxury Bath Amenities • And Much More!
Modern comf in Souther
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akfast In Jefferson, Texas
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