On Farm to Market Road 853 10.8 miles north of U.S. 67, on the right when traveling east.
This ranching community was named for John Arden, a sheep raiser who arrived in 1876. After 1900, small homesteaders moved into the area. Joe Funk gave land for a school and cemetery in 1903. Baptist, Church of Christ, and Methodist congregations . . . — — Map (db m136074) HM
On North Park View Street north of West Sherwood Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
(Front)
Dove Creek Battle
On January 8, 1865 eight miles east of here Confederate troops and Texas militiamen engaged a large party of Kickapoo Indians. The Indians, formerly hostile to the South, had entered Texas without authority . . . — — Map (db m126176) HM
On U.S. 67 at Farm to Market Road 72, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 67.
Created March 7, 1889
Organized April 16, 1889
Named in honor of
Robert Anderson Irion
1806-1860
Came to Texas in 1833 and
located at Nacogdoches
Member of the first Texas
Congress
Secretary of State in the
Cabinet of . . . — — Map (db m126172) HM
