Alfred Madison Hightower - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Index Entry: Hightower, Alfred Madison
Address: 6600 Smithfield Rd.
City: N.Richland Hills
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: CV; ML; RN;
Year Marker Erected: 1991
Marker Location: 6600 Smithfield Rd., North Richland Hills. Smithfield Cemetery, (Smithfield at Main)
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Related:
Elkhorn Tavern, Pea Ridge, AR: WM1R85

Marker Number: 116 Marker Text: (January 8, 1824 - April 10, 1897) Alfred M. Hightower came to Smithfield from Illinois with his family in 1858 and became a rancher. When the debate over secession arose, Hightower opposed it, but when the Civil War began, he sided with the South. As a mounted rifleman in the Confederate Army, Hightower fought in many battles, including Elkhorn Tavern (Pea Ridge) in Arkansas, one of the biggest battles west of the Mississippi. After the War, he relocated to Kansas during the 1870s, but returned here in 1880 and continued ranching until his death. Nearby Hightower Street is named in his honor. (1991)

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