A landmark as early as 1849. Watering place for buffalo hunters. Site of a proposed permanent United States Army post, July, 1867. Abandoned due to lack of water and timber, November 19, 1867, and Fort Richardson on Lost Creek was established . . . — — Map (db m269675) HM
On line of sentry forts along Red River and far frontiers of North Texas, 1861-1865. Used at intervals by cavalry, especially at such times as 1864 massing of 3,000 Federals to the north, in Indian Territory. Soldiers here saw little of war's glory, . . . — — Map (db m269676) HM
Constructed in 1890 by the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, this is Clay County’s third jail building. Construction of the jail included adjacent living quarters for law officers and their families. Stuccoed in . . . — — Map (db m128677) HM
Founded 1860, but abandoned to marauding Indians, 1863. Settlers returned in 1870 and installed a grist mill. Developers surveyed townsite in 1874; school, church, shops, and hotel were built. Post office was established and Fort Sill-Fort . . . — — Map (db m98010) HM
Formed from Cooke County
Created December 24, 1857
Organized August 6, 1860
Disorganized in 1862
because of Indian raids
Reorganized August 4, 1873
Henrietta, headquarters for
buffalo hunters until 1878
The first Hereford . . . — — Map (db m96691) HM
It was at or near this spot
in the year of our Lord 1876
that the first registered
Hereford cattle set their
hooves in Texas and there-
after revolutionized the
beef cattle industry of the
United States of America.
This . . . — — Map (db m98011) HM
