Morton in Cochran County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Cochran County

Photographed By Allen Lowrey, February 27, 2021

1. Cochran County Marker

Inscription. Created August 21, 1876, from Bexar County. Named for a native of New Jersey, Robert Cochran, a private who died for Texas Independence in the siege of the Alamo.

Indian hostilities and the distance to market and supplies made settlement slow. The 1900 census listed 25 cowboys. In 1910 there were 75 persons; then 67 in 1920.

Organized May 6, 1924, with Morton as county seat. Oil discovery and development of irrigation caused rapid growth, and made it a farm and petroleum center.

Site of Silver Lake, a saline lake known to early Spanish explorers as Laguna Quemado.

Erected 1965 by Texas Highway Department. (Marker Number 927.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 6, 1889.

Location. 33° 43.545′ N, 102° 45.567′ W. Marker is in Morton, Texas, in Cochran County. Marker is on North Main Street north of West Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 North Main Street, Morton TX 79346, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Quanah Parker Trail (approx. 0.2 miles away); Morton Memorial Cemetery

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 (approx. 1.3 miles away); Slaughter Ranch Headquarters (approx. 2½ miles away); Enochs Cemetery (approx. 10 miles away); Former Whiteface Motel (approx. 12.1 miles away); Maple Cemetery (approx. 12.7 miles away); La Pista de Vida Agua (approx. 12.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Morton.

Regarding Cochran County. Pvt. Robert E. Cochran is my distant cousin. My name is Terry Lee Cochran and I'm a Cochran Family Genealogist from Taylor, Texas. Robert Cochran was born and raised in New Hampshire and not New Jersey. I got the "Handbook of Texas" corrected a couple of years ago with the help of the DRT at the Alamo.

Also see . . . Robert Cochran at The Handbook of Texas Online. (Submitted on January 22, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.)

Photographed By Bill Kirchner, April 29, 2014

2. Cochran County Marker

Cochran County Court House image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Kirchner, April 29, 2014

3. Cochran County Court House

Credits. This page was last revised on February 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 665 times since then and 19 times this year. Last updated on August 15, 2014, by Terry Lee Cochran of Taylor, Texas. Photos: 1. submitted on February 28, 2021, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. 2, 3. submitted on May 12, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.