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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8B_roosevelt_Roosevelt-TX.html
Roosevelt. . The community of Roosevelt began with the establishment of a post office in 1898. Although Alice Wagner applied for the post office with another name, the postal service in Washington substituted the name Roosevelt presumably in honor…
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Ft. McKavett - Ft. Clark Military Road
From nearby Ft. Terrett, this Road in 1852 led south to Ft. Clark and north to Ft. McKavett.
Selected mainly because it had water available, it served as route for freight and mail, 1868, when forts were …
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Kimble County Courthouse
The third courthouse to serve Kimble County, this structure was designed by San Antonio Architect Henry Truman Phelps (1871 - 1944). Between 1904 and the early 1930s, Phelps designed courthouses in more than ten Texas co…
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Early History Of
Kimble County
Created in 1858 out of Bexar County, Kimble County was attached temporarily to Gillespie County for judicial purposes. It was named for Lt. George C Kimble slain March 6, 1836, in the siege of the Alamo. The coun…
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Born in Tennessee in 1840, William Addison Spencer came to Texas with his family at the age of eight. He grew up southeast of San Antonio and served in the Civil War, attaining the rank of major. He later moved west to this area. He wed Caroline H…
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John Sterling Durst
Pioneer Minister
The son of pioneer Texans, John Sterling Durst (1841-1924) was born in Leon County. After service in the Confederate Army a sermon moved him to join the Church of Christ Ministry. When the Rev. Durst bought …
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Coke R. Stevenson
Texas Statesman
Strong resourceful conservative governor. Placed Texas on a cash basis with no increase in taxes nor curtailment of services to the people - changing a $34,000,000 deficit to a $35,000,000 surplus. Lifetime resi…
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Colonel John Griffith
(1831-1889)
Confederate officer in Civil War. Learned at War's end that women and children of family had fled from Arkansas to Texas in open wagon drawn by a milch cow and a one-eyed mule. The missing were found in 1866, a…
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Fight of Sheriff's Posse with Cattle Rustlers
(Site marked on Rust Ranch, 21 Mi. NW)
On Feb. 6, 1897, Sheriff John L. Jones and Deputies T.C. Taylor, Oscar Lattat, John Gardner, T.W. Frazier and Bob Owens found Jim and Jourd Nite (brothers) and…
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A Grateful County
Holds These Names
In Honored Memory
They Gave Their Lives
For Our Own Way Of Life
God Grant Them Eternal Rest
Civil War
William Gentry
WW I
Edmund Brinkolf · Dave Cowsert · Burt M. Fleming · Ju…