Editing Terrell, Texas (section)

==History==
Terrell developed as a railroad town, beginning in 1873 with the construction of the [[Texas and Pacific Railroad]] line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terrelltexas.com/history.htm|title=Terrell Texas|publisher=Terrell Chamber Of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau|access-date=July 28, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128065321/http://terrelltexas.com/history.htm|archive-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> The town was named for Robert A. Terrell, a pioneer [[European-American]] settler whose farm lay on its western edge. He built an octagonal house on his property, called "Round  House", to provide better defense against attacks by Native Americans. His house was later fitted with the first glass windows in the county. The community was incorporated in 1875.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/het02|title= Terrell, TX|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref> The first automobile appeared in 1899.<ref name="longgilded">{{cite journal |last=Long |first=John Sherman |title=Texas in the Gilded Age |journal=Southwest Review |volume=60 |issue=3 |page=300 |jstor=43471232 | date =Summer 1975 }}</ref>

In 1892, Terrell was a [[sundown town]] that largely prohibited African Americans from living there.<ref>{{cite news|title=Color Line at Elmo|work=San Saba County News|location=San Saba County, Texas|date=July 22, 1892}} Reprinted in {{cite news|title=The Race Feeling in Texas|work=[[The Charlotte Observer|Weekly Charlotte Observer]]|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|date=August 1, 1892|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29070745/|via=Newspapers.com|quote='In Terrell also very few negroes are barely tolerated, and in many sections everything is done to discourage negro immigration.'}}</ref>

The Terrell Military College was established in Terrell, operating until after World War II. Its campus was sited on part of the former Terrell farm and incorporated his historic Round House. In 1949, the Southern Bible Institute, based in Dallas and affiliated with the [[Churches of Christ]], bought the military college property and transferred their operations here, renaming their institution [[Southwestern Christian College]]. It is a private, [[historically black college]]. The Round House has been preserved on campus, and is one of 20 such structures in the nation.

The headquarters of the 3rd Battalion, [[144th Infantry Regiment (United States)|144th Infantry Regiment]] of the [[Texas Army National Guard]] was also located in Terrell.