Historical Marker
Field's Store Community
Historical marker location:
Intersection of FM 1488 and FM 362, Field's Store, 15 mi. east of Hempstead, Hempstead vicinity, Texas
( Intersection of FM 1488 and FM 362, Field's Store, 15 mi. east of Hempstead)
Settlers began arriving in this vicinity prior to the Civil War. In the early 1870s Druey Holland Field (1809-72) and his wife Caroline (Perry) (1837-76) opened a general store in the area, and the small agricultural settlement that soon developed became known as Field's Store community. A center of business for the surrounding rural area, the settlement was the site of a school, post office, brick kiln, blacksmith shop, cotton gin and other businesses. Also known as New Hope community, it retains a sense of identity that reflects its early role as the nucleus of pioneer settlement.