Well-respected attorney James Wilmer Dallam contributed much to modern Texas law. He was born in Maryland in Sep. 1818. After starting a practice in Matagorda, he travelled to Washington-on-the-Brazos and compiled five years' worth of legal . . . — — Map (db m292794) HM
Formed from Young and Bexar
territories
Created Organized
August 21, 1876 July 28, 1891
Named in honor of James W. Dallam
1818-1847
Compiler of digest of decisions
of Supreme Court of the
Republic of Texas, 1845 . . . — — Map (db m88747) HM
1860 C. Quanah & Buckskin Charlie met near Dalhart to make a peace treaty between Comanches & Southern Utes. Arrow sculptor: Charles A. Smith — — Map (db m280387) HM
Dallam County Created 1876. Organized 1891.
Named for James W. Dallam who was born in Baltimore Sept. 24, 1818. Educated at Brown University. Came to Texas 1839. Author of Dallam’s Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the Republic of . . . — — Map (db m128296) HM
Created in 1876 and organized in 1891, Dallam County was named for Republic of Texas Attorney James W. Dallam (1818-1847). Texline, located on the line of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad and the only town in the county when it was organized, . . . — — Map (db m93206) HM
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