Montague County(32) ► ADJACENT TO MONTAGUE COUNTY Clay County(4) ► Cooke County(41) ► Jack County(25) ► Wise County(60) ► Jefferson County, Oklahoma(5) ► Love County, Oklahoma(4) ►
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In 1880, the Bob Stone Camp began in Montague County as a means for Confederate veterans of the Civil War to gather. Named in honor of deceased Col. Bob Stone, the camp hosted annual summer reunions for veterans and their families in the area. By . . . — — Map (db m245778) HM
This sanctuary was constructed in 1894, six years after Central Christian Church was founded by The Rev. M.F. Smith. Built by craftsmen Roger Brothers and R. Chenowith, the Gothic Revival structure was one of the first of its style to appear in this . . . — — Map (db m119338) HM
Organized in the summer of 1889 by the Rev. J.W. Holman and thirteen charter members, the Nocona Baptist Church first met in a local schoolhouse. The Rev. S.E. West served as first pastor. A sanctuary was completed in 1897, and in 1903 the name was . . . — — Map (db m245777) HM
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With this marker the curtain of time
has been removed. The trails and mail routes
made across the county by traders,
prospectors, soldiers, homesteaders,
stagecoach drivers, surveyors, freighters and
drovers with their . . . — — Map (db m245637) HM
Pennsylvania oil man George Williams, backed by Cad McCall, drilled for oil intermittently, 1918-22, beginning at Eagle Point (4.5 mi. SE). Leasing by individuals and major companies--including Phil Lesh, A.E. Humphrey, and the Texas Co.--kept rigs . . . — — Map (db m245780) HM
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Red River Station
C.S.A.
Established 9 miles northwest 1861 as Civil War outpost near major buffalo and Indian crossing local soldiers, determined to guard edge of settlement against Indian . . . — — Map (db m96689) HM
Col. Diego Ortiz Parilla, a commandant of Presidio San Saba (near the later site of Menard) had grave Indian problems in 1759. Priests and others were killed in Comanche attacks on Mission San Saba. Comanches and their friends were allied to . . . — — Map (db m119479) HM
The town of Spanish Fort occupies the site of an ancient Taovayas Indian village.
Scene of first severe defeat in Texas of Spanish troops by Indians in 1759.
Named Fort Teodoro in 1778 by De Mezieres in honor of Teodoro De Croix, . . . — — Map (db m119481) HM
The Tri-County Baptist Association, comprised of churches in Montague, Clay, and Wise Counties, voted to establish a church near Spanish Fort in 1895. Red River Baptist Church was formally organized that year following a revival service held under a . . . — — Map (db m245781) HM
