2357 US 67, Mt. Pleasant, Texas (approx 2.6 miles East on U.S. Highway 67)

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Built by Paris and Mary (Harris) Broadstreet soon after they came from Mississippi (1861), settling 5 miles southeast of here. A son, Samuel (1864-1934), graduated from the Louisville (Ky.) Medical School in 1888 and practiced for two years in this house before opening a larger office in town. For nearly half a century, Dr. Broadstreet was a prominent Titus County physician. The house was moved and restored in 1971 by Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Mullins. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1972

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Comprised of various groups with distinct dialects and customs, the people known today as the Caddo once occupied a region that included parts of present Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas as early as A.D. 800. By the 16th century, the Caddo developed complex, hierarchical societies with civic and ceremonial centers, as well as advanced agricultural practices. Early Spanish and French accounts provided historic records of the Caddo and their customs. Despite successful trade with the Europeans, especially the French, the Caddo eventually faced a rapidly declining population due to exposure to Old World diseases, as well as the arrival of other Native American groups from the eastern United States. Anglo-American settlement in Texas further threatened and limited the Caddo homeland, and by the late 1850s they were forced to relocate to Indian Territory (present Oklahoma). Today, the Caddo nation headquarters is in Binger, Oklahoma, where members of the tribe maintain cultural traditions through pottery, song, dance and language. As an ancestral homeland, this area is an important part of the Caddo's rich heritage. Archeologists utilize records, artifacts and landscape features to learn more about the tribe's history. Pottery styles, mound construction, cemetery types and farming methods reveal much about the Caddo and provide insight on settlement patterns, the family unit, interregional trade and other elements of tribal life. Research at community sites in the area drained by Cypress Creek reveal elements of Caddo occupation dating from as early as A.D. 800 to 1680, an era that included cultural contact with Europeans and Southeastern Indian groups. (2004)

This marker is hard to see and easily passed by.  It sits on the right (south) side of Texas Highway 49 in a small area designed for vehicles to pull off.  A "Historical Marker" sign with an arrow pointing to the marker is located on the left (north) side of the four-lane highway.

700 Block East Ferguson Road (Texas Hwy 49 East), Mt. Pleasant, Texas

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Before 1830, Caddo Indians had campgrounds here around mineral springs flowing red, white, and blue waters. First home at future Mount Pleasant was built here in 1830s by Benjamin Gooch. A health-recreational resort by 1895, springs area was site (1909-16) of the lavish Dellwood Hotel, built by the Red Mineral Springs Development Co., headed by Dr. T. M. Fleming. These steps are from Dellwood Hotel, which burned. Favorite spot for Confederate conventions, political rallies, and other meetings, the site was acquired 1951 by city of Mount Pleasant, as Dellwood Park.

702 South Lide, Mt. Pleasant, Texas  ** See Note Below

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

This double galleried colonial revival residence was constructed in 1913-14 for William H. Florey (1858-1956). One of the developers of Mount Pleasant's Dellwood Resort Hotel facility, he also had an interest in several area businesses, including a mercantile and a dairy. After Florey's death, his home continued to be occupied by his daughter Vivian (Florey) Fowler, a prominent local teacher for whom a Mount Pleasant Elementary School was named. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1982

Unfortunately, fire destroyed the William H. Florey residence in 2006 and nothing remains of it.

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401 North Madison Street (Corner of Madison and West Fourth Street), Mt. Pleasant, Texas

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This church was organized by the Rev. William Waldo Brimm (b. 1837), an early area evangelist, on Aug. 14, 1881. Two years later the congregation bought the land at this site and soon after began constructing a white frame church building. Despite hardships in its developing years, the church grew rapidly in the 1900s. The frame structure was moved to another location and replaced by a brick building in 1923. Continued expansion led to the need for an educational facility, built in 1955. For over one hundred years this church was continued to be a vital part of community life.

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Presbyterian Church

Established 1864