Located south of the townsite of Wilson, Green Memorial Park
Cemetery was established as part of the farming community of
Wilson. In 1906, William Green and his associates from Shiner,
Texas, purchased land and a short time later Green and . . . — — Map (db m174142) HM
At or near this spot, Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie, with two companies of United States 4th Cavalry, was overtaken on Dec. 4, 1874, by a snowstorm. Forced to spend the night here without wood or water, or grass for the horses, troops called this the . . . — — Map (db m110539) HM
A prehistoric road discovered and used by Indians, Spaniards, United States Army units, and cattle drovers. It crossed the Llano Estacado from Gholson Spring (7 mi. E. of present-day Slaton), to Tahoka Lake (3 mi. S. of Wilson), then to Tobacco . . . — — Map (db m110538) HM
Founded 1910 by William Green, son of a family who settled in South Texas more than a century ago. The townsite was part of four leagues of Wilson County school lands bought 1906 by Green and Associates.
Green later bought out his associates, . . . — — Map (db m110537) HM
