Birthplace of Miss Ima Hogg

The name is the part of Ima Hogg's story most people know. The Handbook of Texas says family history traces it to the heroine of a Civil War poem by her uncle, Thomas Elisha Hogg, and notes the folklore that grew around it, including a story of a fictitious sister called Ura. She was eight when her father was elected governor and spent much of her early life in Austin. In Quitman she restored her parents' home, and the town opened the Ima Hogg Museum there in 1969.

What the plaque says

Birthplace of Miss Ima Hogg Born here on July 10, 1882, Ima Hogg was the only daughter of Sarah Stinson and Gov. James S. Hogg. Ima studied fine arts at the University of Texas in Austin, and in New York and Europe. In 1918 oil was discovered on the Varner-Hogg Plantation near West Columbia which enabled Miss Hogg to devote her life to the arts, historic preservation and philanthropy. She was recognized nationally and received many accolades for her services to the people of Texas. She died August 19, 1975, in London and was buried in Austin. (1997)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Governor Hogg Shrine — 8.9 mi
  Quitman's 27-acre city park, once a state historical park, where two houses tied to James Stephen Hogg's marriage stand beside an arboretum, a nature walk and the grounds of the Old Settlers Reunion.
• Tyler State Park — 17 mi
  A 985-acre park eight miles north of Tyler, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1935 to 1941 around a 64-acre spring-fed lake, with more than 13 miles of trails.
• Camp Ford Historic Park — 23 mi
  A free county park north of Tyler on the site of the largest Confederate prison camp west of the Mississippi, with a kiosk, an interpretive trail and a historical society museum downtown.
• Goodman-LeGrand House and Museum — 24 mi
  A Tyler house begun in 1859 as four rooms, enlarged by the Goodman family over 73 years, and left to the city in 1939 with its furnishings, in a garden that fills a city block.

More markers nearby

• O. P. Pyle — steps away
• Gov. James Stephen Hogg and Wood County — steps away
• Select Theater — steps away
• Harry W. Meredith — steps away