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On West Pine Street (Farm to Market Road 1759) west of Grey Street, on the right when traveling west.
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
On Cooke Street at East Elm Street, on the right when traveling north on Cooke Street.
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
On Cooke Street at East Maple Street, on the left when traveling north on Cooke Street.
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
On U.S. 82, 0.3 miles Hillcrest Drive, on the right when traveling east.
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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
On Farm to Market Road 103, 3.2 miles east of Farm to Market Road 2849, on the right when traveling east.
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
On U.S. 82 east of Hillcrest Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Front
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
On 4th Street (Farm to Market Road 103 Spur) at Myrtle Street, on the right when traveling east on 4th Street.
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
On 4th Street (Farm to Market Road 103 Spur) at Myrtle Street, on the right when traveling east on 4th Street.
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
Near Farm to Market Road 103 at Russell Road, on the left when traveling west.
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
