On State Highway 25 4.5 miles west of State Highway 79, on the right when traveling west.
The civilized world first heard of copper in this area from Texas Rangers after an 1860 campaign against Comanches on the Pease River, about 100 miles to the northwest. The Ranger Captain, Lawrence S. ("Sul") Ross, later to serve Texas as Governor, . . . — — Map (db m17912) HM
On South Main Street (Farm to Market Road 368) 0.1 miles south of Olive Street (Business U.S. 277), on the right when traveling south.
The town of Holliday was officially organized near Holliday Creek in 1890, when the city was platted. The Wichita Valley Railway was built through the area, and a post office was established. In that same year, Maggie Elizabeth Holt and H.W. Simpson . . . — — Map (db m128750) HM
On State Highway 16 at Prideaux Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 16.
On August 3, 1859 US Indian Agent Robt. S. Neighbors passed this way and camped near here with 1,051 Indians, carts, wagons, cattle, horses and four companies of US Cavalry and Infantry en route to Indian Territory Oklahoma to relocate the tribes . . . — — Map (db m157928) HM
On U.S. 281 at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 281.
German native John H. Meurer (b. 1850) settled his family in this area about 1900 when he became a land agent for H. J. Scott of the Clark and Plumb Company. In selling over 60,000 acres of land, Meurer helped to establish the towns of Windthorst . . . — — Map (db m157893) HM
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