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County named for Texas Confederate Stockton P. Donley 1821 - 1871 Came to Texas from Kentucky 1846. Dist. Attorney 1853. Enlisted private 7th Tex. Infantry 1861, made Lieutenant. Captured with regiment after bitter fight at Seige Fort Donelson Ten…
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For more than a century, this site has been the location of a funeral home, a vital community business serving a widespread area of the Panhandle. Kentucky native Pleasant Andrew Buntin (1849-1941) brought his family to Texas in 1879, settling fir…
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Formed from Young and Bexar territories Created · Organized August 21, 1876 · March 22, 1882 Named in honor of Stockton P. Donley 1821 - 1871 a Confederate officer elected to the Texas Supreme Bench in 1866 …
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Designed by the architectural firm of Bulger and Rapp, and built by Troutman Brothers Contractors, both of Trinidad, Colorado, this distinctive public building opened in November 1891. The original Romanesque Revival design included prominent towe…
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First ranch in the Texas panhandleEstablished in 1876 byCharles Goodnight1836- 1929Noted scout, Indian fighter, trail blazerand rancherThe Burbank of the range
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Texas Ranger, Indian fighter. At age 19, on way to California gold fields, saw ranching possibilities. Settled and started ranch in Palo Pinto county, 230 miles southeast of here. In civil war, scout, guide and hunter for frontier regiment, Tex…
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