On South Broadway at East Bedford Street, on the right when traveling north on South Broadway.
This site was set aside as the Dimmitt town square in 1891, the year Castro County was formally organized. Temporary court facilities were set up in J. N. Morrison's office while the first courthouse was built. An ornate two-story structure, it . . . — — Map (db m91116) HM
On West Halsell Street west of Wheat Street, on the right when traveling west.
Tennessee native Jeff T. Gilbreath moved his family to this area in 1905. The owner of a local mercantile store, he built this house in 1909. He sold it in 1910 to county attorney Mark Cowsert, whose family lived here until 1912. The house changed . . . — — Map (db m91115) HM
On East Bedford Street east of Broadway, on the right when traveling east.
Comanches used Running Water & Frio
Draws in this area as trailways for
hunting & trade with Comancheros
Arrow Sculptor: Charles A Smith
— — Map (db m167621) HM
On East Jones Street at South Broadway, on the right when traveling west on East Jones Street.
At an 1891 meeting to discuss the selection of a Castro County seat, words were exchanged between Ira Aten, a retired Texas Ranger speaking on behalf of Castro City, and Andrew McClelland, a spokesman for Dimmitt. The inflammatory remarks led to a . . . — — Map (db m91118) HM
Encompassing land in ten counties of the Texas Panhandle. The XIT Ranch was established through the exchange of public lands to finance construction of the state capitol. In 1887, it was divided into seven divisions, the largest of which, the . . . — — Map (db m153247) HM
On State Highway 86 at Farm to Market Road 1567, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 86.
In 1876, English native John Summerfield (1885-1918) began his work locating and surveying millions of acres of land in present-day Randall, Deaf Smith, Castro and Swisher counties. One of the earth monuments he erected that year was . . . — — Map (db m91120) HM