Historical Marker
Early Protestant Preaching
Historical marker location:
New Boston, Texas
( IH-30 travel rest stop, between CR 1014 and CR 1016)
Marker installed: 1970
The Rev. William Stevenson (Oct. 4, 1768 - March 5, 1857), a Missourian, friend of Stephen F. Austin, preached in 1815 at Pecan Point on the Red River, north of here. Records indicate that his were the first Protestant sermons ever given in Texas, then part of Catholic "New Spain." Many settlers also entered Texas through Red River County.