Details for Home of Whitney Montgomery, Poet

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5349007234

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Marker Number 7234
Atlas Number 5349007234
Marker Title Home of Whitney Montgomery, Poet
Index Entry Montgomery, Whitney
Address US 287
City Eureka
County Navarro
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 756017
UTM Northing 3544874
Subject Codes writers and poets
Marker Year 1967
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location south side of road
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 27" x 42"
Marker Text (1877-1966) Born in Navarro County in white-columned house across pasture south of this site. Began to write poetry when he was 15 years old. Author of more than 500 published poems which appeared in many major magazines; won numerous poetry prizes. Moved to Dallas, 1927. Was editor and publisher of "Kaleidograph" Magazine and Press. Helped to organize and was vice president of the Poetry Society of Texas. His home was honored in this poem. I OWN A HOME I can not boast of a broad estate, But I own a home with a rose at the gate. I hold the title, and I keep the keys, And in and out I can go as I please. My home is not grand, but I live content, For no man sends me a bill for rent. And no man comes with a brush and a pail To paint a sign on my door, "For Sale." I can not boast of a broad estate, But I own a home with a rose at the gate. Incise in base: Erected by the family of Whitney Montgomery, 1967