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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «borden county» AND «texas»

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By Mark Hilton, September 16, 2015
View looking east towards U.S. Highway 84 & OS Ranch Marker.
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1 ► Texas, Garza County, Justiceburg — 3106 — Llano Estacado —
Stretching across the horizon as a range of flat topped mountains is the Cap Rock Escarpment, eastern boundary of the vast Llano Estacado or "Staked Plains." The Llano, one of the world's most perfect plains regions, is an elongated oval extending . . . — — Map (db m88820) HM

2 ► Texas, Borden County, Gail — 457 — Borden County Jail —
Built of hand-hewn native stone from Gail Mountain, this jail was planned for maximum security. Diebold Safe and Lock Company was awarded the $4,500 contract in 1896. Behind the two-foot-thick outside walls, the cell walls and floor are of 1/3 inch . . . — — Map (db m307902) HM

3 ► Texas, Borden County, Gail — Dorward Drug — Est. 1901 — David and Minnie Dorward —
David Dorward arrived in Borden County in 1892. He was born December 15, 1872, in Burleson County, TX, to David and Anna Atkinson Dorward. In 1893 David began working as a wagon cook for the Square and Compass Ranch; a year later he began work for . . . — — Map (db m294555) HM
4 ► Texas, Borden County, Gail — 13798 — Gail Cemetery —
Borden County, created in 1876, was organized in 1891, the same year the town of Gail was established as county seat. The next year, J.I. and L.E. Wilborn gave land for the courthouse sqaure and three churches, and dedicated Block 18 of the townsite . . . — — Map (db m290389) HM
 
 
  
 
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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