Details for Town of Hughes Springs

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5067009823

Data

Marker Number 9823
Atlas Number 5067009823
Marker Title Town of Hughes Springs
Index Entry Hughes Springs
Address
City Hughes Springs
County Cass
UTM Zone
UTM Easting
UTM Northing
Subject Codes cities and towns; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns
Marker Year 1969
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Founded by Reece Hughes (1811-1893), who settled in Texas, 1839. In 1841 he married Elizabeth Rose, daughter of patriot Wm. Pinckney Rose. Her dowry enabled him to start a great plantation. After her death in 1853, he wed her sister, Mrs. J. w. Scott. In 1847 Reece Hughes founded the town of Hughes Springs at a famous chalybeate (iron salt-bearing) spring. It prospered for some years, becoming the site of a large boarding school and a favored place for church camp meetings, but later it declined. In 1878, Hughes' descendants founded present Hughes Springs.