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MARSHALL'S HISTORY
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MARSHALL'S HISTORY
The city was founded in 1841 when Peter Whetstone offered Harrison County Commissioners land for a courthouse, a church and a school if they would only locate on his land in the middle of the county. Whetstone's offer was accepted, and by 1842 Marshall was the county seat. Civic leader Isaac Van Zandt named the town in honor of United States Supreme Court Justice John Marshall.
Marshall, the first town in Texas with a telegraph, providing a connection with New Orleans, t
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