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Settlements & Settlers Topic
By Duane Hall, May 1, 2015
Coke County Marker Inscription Tablet
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On State Highway 158 0.1 miles west of Scott Lane, on the right when traveling west. |
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Formed from Tom Green County
Created March 13, 1889
Organized April 23, 1889
Named in Honor of
Richard Coke
1829 - 1896
Governor of Texas 1874-1876
Member of United States Senate
1878 - 1896
County Seat, . . . — — Map (db m82995) HM |
| On E. 7th Street (Loop State Highway 229) at Austin Street, on the right when traveling east on E. 7th Street. |
| | Virginia native. Leader Texas secession movement. Joined army, rose to captain 15th Texas Infantry company serving in Louisiana, Arkansas, chiefly Tennessee campaigns. Elected to State Supreme Court 1866, removed by reconstruction military . . . — — Map (db m95988) HM |
| On State Highway 158 at Dripping Springs Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 158. |
| | Settled by cattlemen who ran herds on open range, and stock-farming homesteaders. Development began in early 1880's after Winfield Scott, rancher, fenced his spread. Area had three schools, lodge hall, tabernacle, general store, cotton gin and . . . — — Map (db m83087) HM |
| Near Unnamed Road 0.2 miles north of Hayrick Road. |
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Hayrick
First County Seat of
Coke County. 1889–1890
Robert Lee
Then Became the
County Seat — — Map (db m82903) HM |
| Near Unnamed Road 0.2 miles north of Hayrick Road. |
| | Born in Kentucky. Joined the Confederate Army at Gonzales, Texas, 1862. Was in Co. F, Willis’ Battalion of Cavalry, Army of Virginia. Fought in battles of Holly Springs, Harrisburg, Fort Pillow and others. Captured, he became prisoner of war on Ship . . . — — Map (db m82905) HM |
| Near State Highway 158 0.5 miles from State Highway 208. |
| | Born in Jackson, Miss. Came to Texas with family in early 1860s. Married Susan Lucinda McSpadden (1855-1917), and had 7 children who lived to adulthood. Settled near Sanco, in Yellow Wolf Valley, about 1888, and began ranching.
In 1894 he was . . . — — Map (db m95978) HM |
| On Sanco Loop 2.1 miles east of Texas Highway 208, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On site of prehistoric Indian camps, in area where in 1850's Fort Chadbourne soldiers often skirmished with Indians.
One of the first settlements and second pioneer post office (established 1888) in county.
Named for the Comanche Chief . . . — — Map (db m82994) HM |
| On Ranch to Market Road 2742 at Ranch to Market Road 2059, on the right when traveling south on Road 2742. |
| | The Cedar Hill area, settled by stock-farming homesteaders about 1890, was named for the nearby cedar-covered elevation. A one-room school built in 1891 was located about 100 yards north of the cemetery, which remains. However, no post office or . . . — — Map (db m83086) HM |
| On State Highway 208 at Ranch to Market Road 1672, on the left on State Highway 208. |
| | A pioneer ranching center, settled about 1880. Early land owners included S.M. Conner, W.G. Jameson and W.R. Walker. Dr. J.E. Reed for 50 years was only physician here. R.B. Allen was outstanding civic leader.
Post office, named for peak . . . — — Map (db m83081) HM |
| On U.S. 277 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 2333, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In area roamed by Indians for centuries. Tamed by open-range cattlemen in the late 1870s.
Permanent settlement began in 1880s. A post office, named for British poet Alfred Tennyson, was established in 1894 with Mrs. Sarah E. Kiser as the . . . — — Map (db m77617) HM |
| On U.S. 277 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 2333, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Established by pioneers of Mule Creek community, a small frontier settlement founded in 19th century. Said to be named either for (1) an early horse and mule ranch, or (2) a stagecoach mule that died at a creek which runs nearby. The Abilene - Fort . . . — — Map (db m77618) HM |
| Near U.S. 84 1.1 miles west of U.S. 283, on the right when traveling west. |
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Formed from Travis and Brown
counties. Created February 1,
1858, Organized October 6, 1864.
Named in honor of
Robert M. Coleman
1799-1837
A signer of the Declaration
of Independence
A hero of San Jacinto,
Organizer of . . . — — Map (db m91740) HM |
| Near W. College Avenue at S. Neches Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A native of Georgia, J.T. Blair (1876-1949) migrated to this area in 1897. He married Carrie Agnes Love, of a pioneer Coleman County family. They had five children. Blair served as foreman of the Overall Ranch, in addition to managing his own ranch . . . — — Map (db m94452) HM |
| On White Chapel Road (Farm to Market Road 503) 2.1 miles north of State Highway 153, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Coleman County was organized in 1867. The landscape in this area included high grasses, pecan and live oak trees. Deer, turkey, bear and antelope roamed freely. Into this wilderness came such pioneers as John Thomas and Julia Gowens Hamilton, . . . — — Map (db m94367) HM |
| On County Road 441 0.1 miles west of County Road 490, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Settlement of this area began in the 1850s with the establishment of Camp Colorado, a United States Cavalry outpost. At the outbreak of the Civil War the camp was occupied by Texas state troops and Texas Ranger units. The existence of the camp . . . — — Map (db m78265) HM |
| Near U.S. 84 west of County Road 106, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In early Texas had Apache, Comanche, Kiowa camps and mountain lookouts. White settlement began at Camp Colorado, U.S. 2nd Cavalry post on Jim Ned Creek, 1857. County was created Feb. 1, 1858. Named for Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837), a signer of . . . — — Map (db m94526) HM |
| Near Fannin Street (Farm to Market Road 1176) 0.2 miles south of Bowie Avenue. |
| | The Daugherty family moved west in the late 1870s to
Coleman County from present Forney in Kaufman County, where Emma was born. At age 14 she left home to finish school and obtain a teaching certificate in Goldthwaite. She married lawman and . . . — — Map (db m94580) HM |
| Near Fannin Street (Farm to Market Road 1176) 0.2 miles south of Bowie Avenue. |
| | Missouri native John Banister left home in 1867 and
came to Texas. He received training as a cowboy and
participated in several cattle drives to northern
markets. Banister served with his brother, Will, as a Texas Ranger and participated in . . . — — Map (db m94579) HM |
| Near Wallis Avenue (U.S. 84) west of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Mountain and town named in honor of man in power here in 1840’s, a Comanche chief friendly to Texans. Santa Anna in 1846 visited President Polk in Washington during U.S. negotiations to annex Texas. Also signed and kept until his death of cholera in . . . — — Map (db m94527) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2131 0.5 miles north of Farm to Market Road 1026, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The first community in this vicinity began as a Baptist church settlement founded in 1900. The vast ranch land of the area was divided into lots beginning about 1905. Early settlers called the community “Double Gates” because there were . . . — — Map (db m91742) HM |
| Near Sam Houston Street north of Avenue C, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Stonemason T.T. Perry arrived in Santa Anna about 1890 and, using the rock from the twin peaks above the town, helped carve the history of the town in stone. Perry fashioned many of the landmark buildings in Santa Ann where he worked and was buried . . . — — Map (db m94578) HM |
| Near Sam Houston Street north of Avenue C, on the right when traveling north. |
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(Panel One)
Thomas T. Perry
(1853-1943)
Thomas T. Perry was born March 12, 1853 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He came to San Antonio, Texas, as a young man, learning the craft of stone while masonry working for the Southern . . . — — Map (db m94577) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1176 at County Road 218, on the right when traveling south on Road 1176. |
| | William Patrick Williams (ca. 1818-1898) and his wife Elizabeth (Boles) (ca. 1822-1899) migrated to Texas from Mississippi during the Civil War. After a brief stay in Cherokee County, they settled in this area, arriving by wagon train. Their nearby . . . — — Map (db m94584) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1176 at County Road 218, on the right when traveling south on Road 1176. |
| | Oldest town in county; founded about 1855 as a cowboy trading post for ranching activities of cattle baron John Chisum. During 1860-1890, it was a boisterous community at a crossroads of cattle trails. Because of notorious jokes played at local . . . — — Map (db m94585) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 1176 north of County Road 218, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Trickham, Texas was on the military road from Ft.
Mason to Ft. Belknap in the 1850s. Here camped Johnston, Van Dorn, Lee, and other army men. Here John Chisum gathered herds of cattle in the 1860’s. This was the last town on the Western Trail to . . . — — Map (db m94581) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 1176 north of County Road 218. |
| | These unknown pioneers gave their lives in the winning of the frontier. Their names are known only to God. — — Map (db m94583) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 503 1 mile south of U.S. 267, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad established a railway line about eight miles southwest of Coleman in 1904. The town of Valera developed in the area around the train depot. Its business district, established parallel to the railroad, . . . — — Map (db m94422) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2134 1.9 miles west of Farm to Market Road 503, on the left when traveling west. |
| | A frontier center of traffic and communications. First known settler, Richard Coffey, lived here in 1860’s, except in weeks when pioneers banded together in Pickettville Fort (NW of here) for protection against Indians.
This was on the . . . — — Map (db m94421) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 2134 0.2 miles west of Recreational Road 9. |
| | This monument is dedicated to the memory of those persons that were buried in the Trap Crossing Cemetery (also known as Boot Hill Cemetery, Padgitt Ranch Cemetery, and Trigger Cemetery); the Coffey Cemetery; and the Gann Family Cemetery. The remains . . . — — Map (db m94417) HM |
| On South Central Expressway Frontage Road (U.S. 75) at Farm to Market Road 284, on the right when traveling south on South Central Expressway Frontage Road. |
| | This cemetery, which dates to the mid-19th century, is on land donated by early settler John Coffman (1804-1880). His son, George W. Coffman (1840-1913), owned and operated a homestead one mile west of this site. The oldest marked grave dates to . . . — — Map (db m72897) HM |
| On North Central Expressway Frontage Road (U.S. 75), on the right when traveling north. |
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On February 23, 1854, William C. McKinney, James W. Throckmorton, John A. Throckmorton, and Joseph Wilcox set aside twenty-five acres for the town of Mantua, which was conceived as a site for Mantua Seminary. Proceeds from the sale of town lots . . . — — Map (db m72900) HM |
| On Frankford Cemetery Road south of Muirfield Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The site of the former town of Frankford consists of the three-acre wagon yard, five-acre Frankford Church area and three-acre cemetery. The town of Frankford grew around Indian Springs after W.C. McKamy and his family moved to Texas in 1852. They . . . — — Map (db m93072) HM |
| On Highway 5 at Industrial Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Highway 5. |
| | A doctor's son, James W. Throckmorton was born in Tennessee. He migrated with his parents to the Texas frontier in 1841 and settled near this site. At age 17, he became hunter and scout for his pioneer neighbors. He served in the Mexican War . . . — — Map (db m150245) HM |
| On Highway 5 at Industrial Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Highway 5. |
| | This park is situated on property granted by the Republic of Texas to Samuel McFarland in 1845, only four years after the first permanent settlement in this area was begun by a pioneer from Tennessee, Dr. William E. Throckmorton (1795-1843), and . . . — — Map (db m150247) HM |
| On East Virginia Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Elm Saloon opened about 1883 in a 2-story frame building at this site owned by T.O. Bower. According to an 1884 newspaper story gunfighter Frank James was arrested for his involvement in a fight in the Elm Saloon. By 1892 the saloon, named for . . . — — Map (db m150197) HM |
| Near East 15th Street at H Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Kentucky natives William and Ruth Forman moved to Texas in 1846, and acquired land that included the future location of Plano. The Formans' daughter Letitia married George Barnett in 1853. The Barnetts bought land northwest of Plano along Spring . . . — — Map (db m131505) HM |
| | Early Richardson settler A. H. Hill built this home about 1887 at 206 Sherman Street, on what had been railroad property. In 1902 it was purchased by Margaret A. Robberson for her daughter Virginia Bell Robberson (1870-1940). Known as "Miss Belle", . . . — — Map (db m149090) HM |
| On Highway 480, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Members of the pioneer Roland family, natives of Alabama, settled here in the 1830s. Land at this site was part of a Republic of Texas land grant awarded to family members in recognition of the military service of John Roland, who was killed . . . — — Map (db m146924) HM |
| On U.S. 83 at Texas Highway 203, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 83. |
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Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created • Organized
August 21, 1876 • November 4, 1890
Named in Honor of
James Collinsworth
1806-1838
The first Chief Justice of the
Republic of Texas. Signer of the
Declaration of . . . — — Map (db m100235) HM |
| On Alleyton Road (County Road 268) at Center Street, on the right when traveling east on Alleyton Road. |
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Oldest permanent settlement and
once largest town in Colorado
County. Established by the pioneer
Alley family (William, John, Rawson,
Thomas and Abraham), all members
of Austin's original 300 settlers.
Terminus of the Buffalo Bayou, . . . — — Map (db m143994) HM |
| | Benjamin Beason, one of Stephen F. Austin's original 300 colonists, settled by a widely used Colorado River crossing near here in 1822. He and his wife Elizabeth proceeded to build a large home (also used as an inn) and established a gristmill, . . . — — Map (db m29691) HM |
| On Spring Street at Bowie Street, on the right when traveling west on Spring Street. |
| | Oldest surveyed and platted Anglo-American town in Texas. About Christmas, 1821, Robert and Joseph Kuykendall and Daniel Gilleland settled at this place-in vicinity of old Indian campgrounds on Mexico-to-Sabine River Trail. Stephen F. Austin had . . . — — Map (db m130348) HM |
| On Business State Highway 71 near Farm to Market Road 109, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A part of Stephen F. Austin's
First Colony
Created March 17, 1836
Organized in 1837
The river traversing the region was called “Colorado” (red) by Spanish explorers who mistook it for the reddish Brazos. From the river, the . . . — — Map (db m71994) HM |
| On Montezuma Street at Cardinal Lane when traveling west on Montezuma Street. |
| | John Toliver deeded a tract of land to Columbus Lodge No. 51 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In July 1871 for use as a cemetery among the first to be interred here were victims of the 1873 yellow fever epidemic. Including George W. Smith . . . — — Map (db m156705) HM |
| On Spring Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | By March 1822, Stephen F. Austin had attracted about 150 colonists to Texas. The pioneers faced many hardships, including concern for their protection form Indians along the Colorado and Brazos rivers. In December of that year, Trespalacios, the . . . — — Map (db m29767) HM |
| On Spring Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | John (1776-1823) and Elizabeth Plemmons (1778-1829) Tumlinson were born in Lincoln County, North Carolina and lived in Tennessee, Illinois, and Arkansas before coming to Texas with their seven children as members of Austin's Old Three Hundred . . . — — Map (db m29965) HM |
| On Washington Street at Bowie Street, on the right when traveling east on Washington Street. |
| | Early Texas settler. Came here from Kentucky, 1822, when Texas was part of Mexico. Received a large land grant in 1824 as one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists. Worked as blacksmith and trader.
After Columbus was burned in Texas . . . — — Map (db m130389) HM |
| On East Main Street at North McCarty Avenue, on the right when traveling north on East Main Street. |
| | Named for lake where in 1821 exploring party of Stephen F. Austin killed an eagle. In 1851 resident Gamaliel Good started a Houston-to-San Antonio Stage line with lakeside headquarters. In 1856, with D. W. C. Harris, Good platted Eagle Lake . . . — — Map (db m30159) HM |
| On County Road 208 at County Road 205, on the left when traveling north on County Road 208. |
| | Site of 1820 trading post of Jesse Burnam. His ferry on the Colorado River helped Gen. Sam Houston reach San Jacinto, 1836. To cut off Santa Anna, Houston then burned post and ferry.
Town started in 1850s was named for Osage Orange trees. . . . — — Map (db m61298) HM |
| On Hunter Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | German immigrant farmers were the first settlers of this area, which was originally called Goodwin. Henry D. Gruene established a large cotton farming operation here in the 1870s. He built a mercantile, cotton gin and dance hall, and conveyed land . . . — — Map (db m81254) HM |
| On Gruene Road at Hunter Road, on the right when traveling south on Gruene Road. |
| | Built in 1878 as a saloon and social hall for area cotton farmers, this is believed to be one of the oldest dance halls in Texas. Christian Herry (1854-1917) built the hall under the direction of town developer Henry D. Gruene, for whom many of the . . . — — Map (db m71559) HM |
| On Gruene Road south of Hunter Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | On this green bank, by this soft stream, we set today two votive milestones, that memory may their deeds redeem, when like our sires, our grandsons and daughters too are gone!!
Born in New Braunfels, Henry D. Gruene (1850-1920) was the son of . . . — — Map (db m71558) HM |
| Near North Business Interstate Highway 35 south of Peach Street. |
| | Born in Prussia, Carl (Karl) Heinrich Guenther immigrated to Texas in 1845. He was a community leader, one of New Braunfels’ first public school teachers, and a director of the Germania, an early singing society. In 1854, he was elected president of . . . — — Map (db m151033) HM |
| On Landa Park Drive (California Boulevard) 0.1 miles north of Monument Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The largest springs in Texas and the Southwest, maximum recorded discharge was 550 cubic feet per second (355,608,000 gallons per day) on April 20, 1977. They are a natural discharge of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) aquifer. Water enters this . . . — — Map (db m156472) HM |
| On State Highway 46 at Landa Park Drive, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 46. |
| | Virginia native William H. Meriwether (b. 1800), an early Comal County plantation owner, ran a sawmill, cotton gin and gristmill at this site. As an agriculturalist, he was aware of the need for an economical and practical source of fencing . . . — — Map (db m156486) HM |
| Near Landa Park Drive (California Blvd) at Monument Drive. |
| | 1700 This tree began as a seedling in this major camesile of Central Texas Indians. Archeology has traced the Indians presence here to 13,000 years ago. Early settlers told that Indians left messages to those who followed by weighing down the . . . — — Map (db m157206) HM |
| | A native of Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany, Hermann Seele came to Texas in 1843. He became the fist school teacher in New Braunfels on Aug. 11, 1845, when he held class for 15 pupils beneath elm trees at the foot of this hill. Selle helped organize . . . — — Map (db m130133) HM |
| On South Seguin Avenue north of Butcher Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Johann Michael Jahn (1816-1883) came to New Braunfels in 1845 as a colonist with the German Emigration Company. He married Anna Klein Bellmer in 1850. A "Tischlermeister" or master craftsman, Jahn established a business making fine hand-crafted . . . — — Map (db m150980) HM |
| On Porter Street at McKenna Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Porter Street. |
| | At the crossing of the San Antonio-Nacogdoches Road on the Guadalupe River (used earlier by some of Texas' most famous trail-blazers) about 200 German colonists ended a journey that had begun six months before in Europe. Here, on Good Friday, 1845, . . . — — Map (db m150968) HM |
| On East San Antonio Street at North Seguin Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East San Antonio Street. |
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Early inhabitants of this area included Karankawa, Lipan, Tonkawa and Waco Indians.
Between 1844 and 1846, the Verein Zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (Society for the protection of German immigrants in Texas) sent more than . . . — — Map (db m111232) HM |
| On Landa Park Drive at Monument Drive, on the left when traveling north on Landa Park Drive. |
| | Founded on March 21, 1845 by Carl, Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner-General of the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas. Named after Prince Solms' estate, Braunfels, on the Lahn River in Germany. Its permanence was assured . . . — — Map (db m117665) HM |
| On State Highway 46 0.1 miles south of Center Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1851 Jamaica native Jacob De Cordova (1808-1868) settled here. He selected this spot for its beauty, rich soil and nearby springs. He built his first home, "Wanderer's Retreat." It served as a stage stop on the San Antonio Road and as a mail . . . — — Map (db m111260) HM |
| On West Coll Street at South Academy Avenue, on the right when traveling north on West Coll Street. |
| | During the Republic of Texas period, Europeans became interested in colonizing Texas. In the 1840s, a group of German noblemen formed the Adelsverein or the Society for the Protection of German Immigration in Texas. Prince Carl of . . . — — Map (db m130120) HM |
| On South Castell Avenue 0.1 miles south of West San Antonio Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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The traditions of spaß (fun) and gemütlichkeit (fellowship) came with the German immigrants to the Texas frontier in 1845.
From the time of their arrival, settlers had to rely on their own skills and ingenuity to provide the necessities of . . . — — Map (db m111255) HM |
| On Old Nacogdoches Road at Farm to Market Road 482, on the right when traveling south on Old Nacogdoches Road. |
| | In the mid-19th century, several German families left nearby New Braunfels and established farms in what would become the village of Comal, Texas. At varying times, Comal has been known as “Wenzel” for one of these founding families, and . . . — — Map (db m151008) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 311 at Farm to Market Road 3159, on the right when traveling north on Highway 311. |
| | Located off State Highway 46 on Farm to Market road 311 in the Texas Hill Country, the Smithson Valley Cemetery is the final resting place for German immigrants who settled the Smithson Valley community area at one time. The community had a store, . . . — — Map (db m156448) HM |
| On Spring Branch Road at Old Spring Branch Road, on the right when traveling east on Spring Branch Road. |
| | Area settlers in horse-drawn carriages used this gravel bed low water crossing of the San Antonio-Blanco Road to reach the German settlement of Spring Branch. Despite frequent floods, use of the crossing increased during the years (1875-1906) Spring . . . — — Map (db m46923) HM |
| On West Central Avenue (U.S. 67/377) near Texas Highway 36, on the right when traveling west. |
| | First settled in 1854 by five families, the county, created and organized 1856, was named for Comanche Indians, Lords of Texas frontier, who were losing hunting grounds to settlers.
First county seat was Cora. Comanche has been county seat . . . — — Map (db m98274) HM |
| On Central Avenue (U.S. 67/377) at Austin Street, on the right when traveling west on Central Avenue. |
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Side A
Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it. For four weary years these brave men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and . . . — — Map (db m72290) WM |
| On Central Avenue (U.S. 67/377) at Houston Street, on the right when traveling west on Central Avenue. |
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Camped here in 1854 with his father, young Martin V. Fleming hid behind this tree and saved himself when hostile Indians rode through the grove. Years later paving contractors started to cut the oak, but were stopped by "Uncle Mart" with his . . . — — Map (db m72294) HM |
| Near Bryan Street at East Cedar Avenue. |
| | A member of Stephen F. Austin's Colony, George Washington Gentry came to Texas in 1835 with his father and brother. Settling what is now Washington County, he worked as a farmer and surveyor. He participated in the Texas Revolution, several Indian . . . — — Map (db m158029) HM |
| On Central Avenue (U.S. 67/277) at Houston Street, on the right when traveling west on Central Avenue. |
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One of boldest depredations in Texas history, made in May 1861, during the "Bright Moon." A braying mule wakened town after nearly all horses were stolen. Citizens spent rest of night molding bullets. Pursuit began at dawn, under command of . . . — — Map (db m72295) HM |
| On Central Avenue (U.S. 67/377) at Houston Street, on the right when traveling west on Central Avenue. |
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Soon after the creation of Comanche County in 1856, the town of Cora (10 mi. SE) was platted to serve as the county seat. The courthouse in Cora, typical of many early Texas courthouses, was a 12' 7" x 12' 10", one-room, squared log structure. . . . — — Map (db m72304) HM |
| On North Austin Street (State Highway 16) at West Grand Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Austin Street. |
| | The Hardin family first arrived in Comanche, TX in 1872 when John Wesley's father, Preacher James Gibson Hardin moved his family here from Mt. Calm, TX. By this time John Wesley's brother Jo G and sister Lizzie had already married. Johns other . . . — — Map (db m158043) HM |
| On North Austin Street (State Highway 16) at West Grand Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Austin Street. |
| | Texas Longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to over 6ft tip to tip for bulls and 7ft for steers. They can be any color or mix of colors, but dark red and white are the most dominant. They are . . . — — Map (db m158049) HM |
| On Central Avenue (U.S. 67/377) at Houston Street, on the right when traveling west on Central Avenue. |
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1859 first courthouse built near Fleming Oak at SW cor Sq was of slim log poles set on end (as a picket fence) with dirt floor & plank roof. The hand dug well was to furnish water to courthouse & public. As buildings burned on N side Sq in 1868 . . . — — Map (db m72291) HM |
| On S. Main Street (U.S. 83) at Jackson Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on S. Main Street. |
| | Founded 1882. Incorporated 1910. Named for Frederick Ede, native of England and pioneer ranchman on whose land the town was located, and who donated land for this public square.
Farming and ranching area. Wool and mohair marketing center. . . . — — Map (db m115514) HM |
| On S. Main Street (U.S. 83) at Jackson Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on S. Main Street. |
| | Ira Clarence Eaker was born April 13, 1896, in Field Creek, Llano County, Texas. In 1906, his parents, Young Yancy and Ladonia (Graham) Eaker, moved the family to the Eden area, where he and his brothers attended school. Eaker enlisted in the army . . . — — Map (db m115560) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1929 1.3 miles east of County Road 4827, on the left when traveling east. |
| | As settlers came to the area in the late 1800s, a small farming community developed here along the Concho River. In 1905 a post office opened in the home of W.D. Cape. In 1906 J.W. Barr (d. 1964) opened a general store at this site. As the business . . . — — Map (db m116225) HM |
| On N. Roberts (U.S. 83) at Moss Street, on the right when traveling north on N. Roberts. |
| | Created February 1, 1858
Organized March 11, 1879.
Named for the river which the Spaniards called the Concho because of the many shells that they found in it.
Paint Rock, The County Seat — — Map (db m30087) HM |
| On South Dixon Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Dixon Street. |
| | Settlement of the area now known as Cooke County began in late 1845. The county was created by the State Legislature in 1848 and named for William G. Cooke, Republic of Texas Quartermaster General and a participant in the Battle of San Jacinto. Land . . . — — Map (db m97598) HM |
| Near U.S. 82 east of Parkside Circle when traveling west. |
| | Founded 1850. Named for Gen. Edmund P. Gaines, who in 1836 aided Republic of Texas. Military supply headquarters during Civil War. Important in defense against Indian attacks and invasion. Center for agriculture, industry, oil. Home of famed . . . — — Map (db m97591) HM |
| Near Langford Cove Road at Sheldon Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Born in Falls County. Son of early Texas settlers Albert G. and Elidia Anderson Gholson.
After 1858-1859 service with Texas Rangers, he re-enlisted in company under Capt. J.M. Smith, and in 1860 aided in the rescue of Cynthia Ann Parker, . . . — — Map (db m89697) HM |
| Near U.S. 281 at E. Brooks Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The town of Evant traces its history to an earlier settlement in this area. Langford Cove, founded in 1855 by Asa Langford (1820-1907), was located adjacent to and partly within the south boundary of the present town of Evant. A United States post . . . — — Map (db m89695) HM |
| On North 8th Street at Saunders Street, on the right when traveling north on North 8th Street. |
| | County seat of Coryell County, Gatesville began in 1854 after the county was created. Richard Grant, an Indian trader and local landowner, donated the townsite. It was named for Old Fort Gates (1849-1852), which had been established 5 miles east for . . . — — Map (db m70078) HM |
| | Created in 1876, organized in 1892, in area where the Pease and Little Wichita Rivers break level terrain. Named for George Washington Cottle (1798-1836), an 1832 settler in DeWitt's Colony, who after fighting in 1835 Battle of Gonzales entered the . . . — — Map (db m104855) HM |
| On Richards Street east of 9th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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The Texas Legislature created Cottle County in 1876 and named it for George Washington Cottle, who died defending the Alamo forty years earlier. Stage routes connected early ranches, including the OX, SMS, and Matador, to established towns in . . . — — Map (db m104852) HM |
| On Ranch to Market Road 1440 8.4 miles west of U.S. 62, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The CV cattle brand was first registered in 1850 in McLennan County by Claiborne Varner. In 1856 his brother in law, J. Wes Sheek, and Sheek's stepbrother Charles Goodnight took the CV herd westward. Sheek bought Goodnight's portion of the herd in . . . — — Map (db m155167) HM |
| On U.S. 385 7.4 miles north of Texas Highway 329, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Formed from Tom Green County Created February 26, 1887 Organized September 3, 1927. Named in honor of William Carey Crane 1816-1885. A Baptist minister President of Baylor University 1863-1885 Crane, The County Seat. — — Map (db m85569) HM |
| On U.S. 67/385, on the left when traveling south. |
| | One of the most important sites in the old west. Named for skulls pointing toward crossing. Only ford for many miles where animals could enter, drink and leave Pecos River safely. Elsewhere deep banks would trap them. Ford mapped 1849 by Capt. R. B. . . . — — Map (db m68928) HM |
| On 11th Street (State Highway 466) east of Avenue E (State Highway 163), on the left when traveling east. |
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| Near Interstate 10 at Taylor Road (County Road 108), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The first platted town in Crockett County, Emerald was founded in 1889 by Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Immigration Agent T. W. Wilkinson. It was to be an agricultural shipping point on a planned extension of the F.W. & R.G. Publicized from Maine . . . — — Map (db m117502) HM |
| On Hoover Divide Road (County Road 406) at Scott Canyon Road (County Road 409), on the left when traveling south on Hoover Divide Road. |
| | Although Indians, Spaniards, wagon trains, and military expeditions crossed through this area earlier, the first permanent settlers in present-day Crockett County were native Texans Laura (McNutt) (1862-1941) and William Peery Hoover (1854-1922), . . . — — Map (db m126680) HM |
| On State Highway 290 8.8 miles south of Interstate 10, on the left when traveling west. |
| | First known to civilized men in the 18th century, when, according to legend, Franciscan Padre Alvarez prayed for water to ease his thirst, put down his staff, and saw a spring gush forth from the ground. This landmark of western travel was named for . . . — — Map (db m85005) HM |
| On State Highway 290 8.8 miles south of Interstate 10, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Chihuahua Trail was opened by segments, but was not called by this name until the 19th century. A small part of the route, along the nearby Pecos River, was followed by the Spaniard Gaspar Castano de Sosa in 1590, during an expedition to New . . . — — Map (db m126681) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 193 4 miles west of U.S. 62, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Girlhood home of Mrs. Ima Smith, First Lady of Texas, wife of Governor Preston Smith.
Settlement began here in 1887. The school district was created in 1893, with its early building funded by gifts from friends, including residents of Amarillo . . . — — Map (db m106158) HM |
| On U.S. 62 0.2 miles south of Farm to Market Road 193, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Named in 1903 for J.S. Cone, who helped carry mail here from the nearby town of Emma. Post Office was established same year in general store of R.E. Chapman, who became the first Postmaster. Town once had a school, stores, and churches. Now center . . . — — Map (db m104787) HM |
| On West Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Formed from
Young and Bexar Territories
Created • Organized
August 21, 1876 • September 20, 1986
Named in honor of
Stephen Crosby
1800-1869
came to Texas in 1845
Commissioner of the General Land
Office
County seat, . . . — — Map (db m105191) HM |
| On South Berkshire Avenue at West Aspen Street, on the right when traveling south on South Berkshire Avenue. |
| | Crosby County, created in 1876 and organized 1886, had its first county seat at Estacado (founded 1879 by a colony of Quakers). It was on a mail and stage road, in the northeast corner of the county. Freight hauling of materials was slow. County . . . — — Map (db m105217) HM |
| On West Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded 1908 on “Cutting Grounds” of C.B. Livestock Company which built a school, supply store, railroad and inn to encourage settlers. By 1911, had 1,000 citizens, was county seat.
Today is center of rich irrigated farm land. Home . . . — — Map (db m105192) HM |
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