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Garrison’s history is
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The story

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Garrison may be named for an early settler, Captain Zadock Bonner "Zed" Garrison (April 20, 1829 – January 9, 1909). Captain Garrison served as a First Lieutenant in the First Regiment, Texas Mounted Volunteers during the Civil War.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 photos
Garrison Texas CIMG6265CommonsGarrison Texas CIMG62652006TXMap-doton-GarrisonCommonsTXMap-doton-Garrison2004
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Garrison is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Garrison has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mangham-McIlwain Building in Appleby, 10 miles away.

Garrison and the nearest listed places

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Mangham-McIlwain BuildingConcord SchoolEugene H. Blount HouseZion Hill Historic DistrictWashington Square Historic DistrictStephen William and Mary Price Blount House

Closest to Garrison

Mangham-McIlwain BuildingAppleby · Building10miConcord SchoolMount Enterprise · Building10miEugene H. Blount HouseNacogdoches · Building17.1miZion Hill Historic DistrictNacogdoches · District17.7miWashington Square Historic DistrictNacogdoches · District17.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Mangham-McIlwain Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Garrison?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Garrison’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Timpson📜 Appleby📜 Mount Enterprise📜 Gary City

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