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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 drilling . . . — — Map (db m73469) HM
Comanches & Kiowas hunted bison on McKenzie Draw and camped at water sites in Aeolian Sands by Denver City Arrow Sculptor: Charles A. Smith — — Map (db m174013) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1622, 1 mile north of County Highway 320, on the left when traveling north.
Yoakum County was organized in 1907. By the 1920s the area around this site was rural farm and ranch land without electricity, paved roads or a railroad. Building lumber was brought by freight wagon. Several local men erected a one-room frame . . . — — Map (db m174008) HM