Historical Marker

Jefferson Public Library

Marker installed: 1966

Built 1907 by local funds plus a gift from Andrew Carnegie Foundation-- one of 34 such grants made in Texas (where the movement for public libraries had begun in 1881).

A center of interest in a culture-loving town.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966.

Texas is also home to the world's largest honky-tonk, Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth. The venue covers three acres and can hold up to 6,000 people.