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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «yoakum county» AND «texas»

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By James Hulse, August 21, 2021
Henderson Yoakum Homesite Marker
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1 ► Texas, Walker County, Huntsville — 18421 — Henderson Yoakum Homesite —
On Four Notch Road at Dorrell Road, on the left when traveling north on Four Notch Road.
Soldier and politician Henderson Yoakum (1810-1856) arrived in Texas in Oct. 1845 from Tennessee. In Dec. 1847, he purchased 640 acres from J.H. Shepherd seven miles east of Huntsville. At this site Yoakum built a center hall country home from . . . — — Map (db m180258) HM

2 ► Texas, Yoakum County, Denver City — 1229 — Discovery Well in the Wasson Field —
On State Highway 214 0.1 miles south of County Route 213, on the left when traveling south.
L.P. and Ruth Bennett moved to Yoakum County in 1916 to take over the ranching operation they had inherited from Ruth's father Dr. J.R. Smith of Munday. In 1927 they leased part of the ranch to the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company for the . . . — — Map (db m73469) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
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