Marker Inscription
Arkansas native Owen Pinkney Pyle (1867-1919) was publisher and editor of the Mineola "Courier" at the turn of the century. An advocate of the farmer, he was instrumental in establishing the Texas Farm Union and the National Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union. He served as the first president of the latter and also published the "National Co-Operator", the organization's weekly newspaper. Pyle built his home at this site in 1903-04, but later settled in Belton, where he continued to be a prominent journalist and leader of the state's Progressive movement. (1982)
About this site
O. P. Pyle is a historical marker in Mineola, Wood County, dedicated in 1982. It is one of 75 historical markers documented in Wood County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 151 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.6648, -95.4901 near Mineola. The nearest cataloged historic site is O. P. Pyle House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hogg, Miss Ima, Birthplace of, Site of Barney B. Hart House, and Gov. James Stephen Hogg and Wood County.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507018926. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
