On US 60 (U.S. 60) 0.3 miles north of South Clyde Street, on the right when traveling north.
Miami cemetery the earliest cemetery in the town of Miami was established shortly after 1887 when the southern Kansas branch of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was extended through Miami. The earliest known burial is that of early . . . — — Map (db m153640) HM
On U.S. 60 0.8 miles east of Ranch to Market Road 3367, on the right when traveling west.
The picnic area on US 60 in Roberts County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department – now Texas Department of Transportation. This 1935 park accommodated motorists attending the state's centennial events in 1936. The . . . — — Map (db m55796) HM
On Providence Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Born in Mississippi; received law degree from University of Texas. Became county attorney of Roberts County. Elected district attorney of 31st Judicial District in 1922. In 1928, appointed district attorney of 84th District by Governor of Texas to . . . — — Map (db m150739) HM
On East Commercial Street (U.S. 60) east of South Carson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Prominently sited atop a grassy slope overlooking the town of Miami, the Roberts County Courthouse was built in 1913, during a time of regional economic development spurred by the oil and ranching industries. One of six Texas courthouses designed by . . . — — Map (db m55799) HM
On West Austin Street 0.1 miles west of South Polk Street (County Highway 134), on the right when traveling east.
The Texas Legislature created Marion County in 1860. Jefferson, established as early as 1841, was chosen as county seat. By 1860, Jefferson was a regional economic center for steamboat traffic on Big Cypress Bayou, navigable due to a logjam on the . . . — — Map (db m110949) HM
On East Commercial Street (U.S. 60) at South Mobeetie Street, on the right when traveling east on East Commercial Street.
When the Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas built a line through Roberts County in 1887, Miami developed at the end of the track as a campsite for workers. The crew set up a kitchen and a tent hotel. Soon the railroad built a public water well . . . — — Map (db m55801) HM
On 5th Street east of North Main Street, on the left when traveling east.
Built 1899 with materials hauled at great peril across the Canadian - then without a bridge. Mr. McCormick, his wife, Capitola, and eight children lived in a covered wagon and a tent while they put up their house.
Home became cradle of county . . . — — Map (db m93249) HM
On Ranch Road 283 2.2 miles east of Highway 70, on the left when traveling east.
Roberts County was created on August 21, 1876, by the Texas Legislature, but remained unorganized, as in that year it had only one settler. Its 1880 population was 32. After the Santa Fe Railroad was built across this area in 1887, settlement . . . — — Map (db m154116) HM
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