Marker Logo HMdb.org THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
 
 
 
 
 
 
6 entries match your criteria.  

 
 

Historical Markers in Kent County, Texas

 
Clickable Map of Kent County, Texas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Kent County, TX (6) Crosby County, TX (35) Dickens County, TX (9) Fisher County, TX (8) Garza County, TX (30) King County, TX (2) Scurry County, TX (59) Stonewall County, TX (9)  KentCounty(6) Kent County (6)  CrosbyCounty(35) Crosby County (35)  DickensCounty(9) Dickens County (9)  FisherCounty(8) Fisher County (8)  GarzaCounty(30) Garza County (30)  KingCounty(2) King County (2)  ScurryCounty(59) Scurry County (59)  StonewallCounty(9) Stonewall County (9)
Jayton is the county seat for Kent County
Adjacent to Kent County, Texas
      Crosby County (35)  
      Dickens County (9)  
      Fisher County (8)  
      Garza County (30)  
      King County (2)  
      Scurry County (59)  
      Stonewall County (9)  
 
Touch name on this list to highlight map location.
Touch blue arrow, or on map, to go there.
1 Texas, Kent County, Clairemont — 3756 — Old Kent County Jail Reported missing
Built, 1894, of red sandstone quarried nearby. Horse and cattle thieves, murderers, moonshiners most common prisoners. One of most difficult West Texas jails from which to escape. No attempted break successful. Recorded Texas Historic . . . Map (db m105240) HM
2 Texas, Kent County, Jayton — 1259 — Double Mountain Salt Works(on Brazos River)
On Indian-infested frontier 125 miles beyond Fort Belknap and outer settlements. Northernmost business in Confederate Texas. Established at great risk, to obtain salt, scarce during Civil War and vitally needed to cure meat, season food, cure hides . . . Map (db m105239) HM
3 Texas, Kent County, Jayton — 11993 — First National Bank Building
An excellent example of early 20th century classical revival style, the First National Bank of Jayton was erected about 1912 by descendants of early Kent County pioneers. Classical features of the edifice, such as the polished granite Ionic . . . Map (db m105237) HM
4 Texas, Kent County, Jayton — 2926 — Kent County
. . . Map (db m239566) HM
5 Texas, Kent County, Jayton — 4139 — Putoff Canyon(East of here)
Named for a Mr. Putoff, early settler. In region of Salt Water, canyon was noted for its freshwater spring "strong enough to swim a horse". Area was a resort, 1900-1914, for many artists. Western writer Zane Grey used region as setting for his novel . . . Map (db m105235) HM
6 Texas, Kent County, Jayton — Quanah Parker TrailTexas Plains Trail Region
Comanches traveled trails in Kent Co., NE to Croton Salt, S to Old Mexico and to evade U.S. Cavalry. Arrow sculptor: Charles A. SmithMap (db m105234) HM
 
 
CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisements
Mar. 28, 2024