Beasley Drive

Beasley Memorial Drive runs through Davy Crockett Memorial Park, which the city dedicated on June 12, 1937, a hundred years to the day after the act that created Houston County. The Texas Centennial's Commission of Control helped pay for the David Crockett Memorial Building there, one of the permanent buildings it supported. After World War II the World Championship Fiddlers' Festival moved into the park, and by 2014 it was back there in late October. The county's site lists a trail, a Veterans Wall, ball fields, tennis courts and a pool.

What the plaque says

Beasley Drive Named for Crockett Mayors: Dr. S.T. Beasley (1840-1916), John Gordon Beasley (1888-1959), and Jack Gordon Beasley (1916-1967). In office 1897 to 1901, Dr. Beasley led in creation of Crockett Independent School District, put gas lights on court square. His son "Big Jack" (Mayor 1936-40, in Texas Centennial era) saw creation of David Crockett Park and Memorial Building as fulfillment of dreams. Following lead of grandfather and father, Jack Gordon Beasley (Mayor, 1954-60) led in expansion of lighting and other physical improvements. Besides their mayor programs, each achieved other civic goals. (1973)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 27 mi
  Three earthen mounds of an ancestral Caddo village and ceremonial center on the old El Camino Real, settled about A.D. 800 and still sacred to Caddo people, with a grass house and visitor center.

More markers nearby

• Andrew Edwards Gossett — steps away
• First Methodist Church — 0.6 mi
• First National Bank of Crockett — 0.7 mi
• First Presbyterian Church of Crockett — 0.7 mi