Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dalhart, Texas
Dalhart is the county seat for Dallam County
Dalhart is in Dallam County
Dallam County(12) ► ADJACENT TO DALLAM COUNTY Hartley County(7) ► Moore County(11) ► Sherman County(6) ► Union County, New Mexico(21) ► Cimarron County, Oklahoma(7) ►
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Memorial to The 305th Airdrome Squadron
Organized at Dalhart Army Air Base April 1943 Dedicated To
Our First Commander Major Frank H. Blakey
Killed in New Guinea June 1944 And To Our Last Commander 1st Lt. Joel D. Burt World War . . . — — Map (db m128298) WM
Dallam and Hartley Counties’ generally flat terrain, thermal activity, dry, clear skies and a local bond to purchase more than 3,000 acres of land southwest of Dalhart resulted in the opening of a training site during World War II. In May 1942, . . . — — Map (db m93204) HM
In Memory of Dalhart High School Boys
who gave their lives in World War II
• Alva L. Clary • W. R. Corkhill • Guy Dugger • J. R. Fox, Jr. • Perry Thomas Frederick • Judson Giddings • Pruitt Garner • John W. Gill • Raymond A. Gussenhoven • . . . — — Map (db m128297) WM
Dallam County Created 1876. Organized 1891.
Named for James W. Dallam who was born in Baltimore Sept. 24, 1818. Educated at Brown University. Came to Texas 1839. Author of Dallam’s Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the Republic of . . . — — Map (db m128296) HM
Formed from Young and Bexar
territories
Created Organized
August 21, 1876 July 28, 1891
Named in honor of James W. Dallam
1818-1847
Compiler of digest of decisions
of Supreme Court of the
Republic of Texas, 1845 . . . — — Map (db m88747) HM
Created in 1876 and organized in 1891, Dallam County was named for Republic of Texas Attorney James W. Dallam (1818-1847). Texline, located on the line of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad and the only town in the county when it was organized, . . . — — Map (db m93206) HM
Those who gave their lives for our American way of life Beard, Lowell B. • Bonham, Billy • Bowling, Edgar H. • Bradford, Robert J. • Brosseau, Donald L. • Burgess, Oda D. • Catledge, Roy • Clary, Alva L. • Cole, Richard B. • Cook, Paul B. • . . . — — Map (db m214123) WM
Great Texas ranch of international fame. Payment made in an 1882 contract for the construction of granite capitol building in Austin. As contractors, some out-of-state investors (headed by the wealthy Chicago merchants, John V. and Senator C.B. . . . — — Map (db m93238) HM
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He was an American pilot who valiantly sacrificed his life in China for the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The Chinese people will forever remember his name, James R. Fox, Jr. . . . — — Map (db m93233) HM WM
Chronicler of a unique era in the history of the Southwest. Born in Belton, Mo. At 17, taught school in Indian Territory (Okla.) In 1907, she married Robert L. Duke, a ranch hand who had risen to division manager of the XIT Ranch (then world's . . . — — Map (db m93239) HM
Organized by 1902. Church built in 1910. Previously, congregation had worshipped in other churches, a bank, and Felton Opera House.
Consecrated on January 8, 1911, in first episcopal act of the Rt. Rev. E. A. Temple, Bishop of the North Texas . . . — — Map (db m93205) HM
This plaque is in commemoration of the Sesquicentennial, celebrating Independence of Texas from Mexico 150 years ago, and the Golden Anniversary of the XIT Rodeo & Reunion, which had its origin in 1936 as a Reunion of men who worked on the XIT . . . — — Map (db m93232) HM
Moved to Texas, 1876, from New Mexico — wife and two children in a coach, goods in 14 wagons. Owned 6,000 sheep. A Castilian Spaniard by birth, Romero spoke for pastores (sheep herders), who built eleven haciendas and plazas in Canadian River . . . — — Map (db m93202) HM
