Details for John H. Reagan
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5383002786
Data
| Marker Number | 2786 |
| Atlas Number | 5383002786 |
| Marker Title | John H. Reagan |
| Index Entry | Reagan, John H. |
| Address | 3rd and Plaza Streets |
| City | Big Lake |
| County | Reagan |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 266417 |
| UTM Northing | 3448943 |
| Subject Codes | state official; national/federal official; oil/petroleum topics |
| Marker Year | 1963 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Courthouse Lawn (3rd and Plaza Streets) Big Lake |
| Private Property | |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | Civil War Memorials - (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | Delegate Texas Secession Convention. While member 1st Confederate Congress, made postmaster general C.S.A. 1861. Difficult job begun by raid on U.S. Postal Dept. for southern personnel asking them to get maps, forms. Despite seizure mail by enemy, army draft of clerks and carriers and split of South, department carried on. At war's end imprisoned Boston. Later U.S. Senator, first chairman Railroad Commission. A Memorial to Texas who served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas 1963. |