Walker County History
Presented by the Walker County Historical Commission
The Commission
Walker County Historical
Commission
1301 Sam Houston Ave.
Rm. 226
Huntsville, TX 77340
(Courthouse Annex)
Telephone
(936) 435-2497
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Meetings
3rd Monday of each month
5:30 P.M.
Walker County Museum
Museum
Gibbs-Powell Home
1228 11 St. at Avenue M
Huntsville, TX
Hours
Friday 12-4PM
Saturday 12-4PM
Commission meetings,
and by appointment
Telephone
(936) 295-2914
(936) 436-4928 (fax)
Tours
(936) 291-3581
(936) 577-4257
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Archives and Research
The Commission maintains an archive of important documents, photographs and other information on Walker County, which is available to researchers.
The Commission has done research and made contributions to:
- Handbook of Texas
- Images of the Past, A Pictorial History of Walker County - Home of Sam Houston
- Huntsville -- Images of America by Dr. Jeff Littlejohn of Sam Houston State University
The Commission can perform limited local historic file search by request. Please contact the Commission for details.
Publications
The Commission publishes historical works important to Walker County. These include:
- Walker County, a History - 1986
- Images of the Past, A Pictorial History of
Walker County - Home of Sam Houston - 1992 (in conjunctin with Huntsville Item)
- Walker County Map
- Pen and ink drawings
- Sam Houston's Home - 1848
- The Steamboat House - 1858
- Austin College Building - 1851
- Old Main - 1889
- 4th Walker County Courthouse - 1888