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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXAC_site-of-old-goodnight-ranch_Clarendon-TX.html
First ranch in the Texas panhandleEstablished in 1876 byCharles Goodnight1836- 1929Noted scout, Indian fighter, trail blazerand rancherThe Burbank of the range
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXA7_charles-goodnight_Clarendon-TX.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX7Z_port-bolivar_Bolivar-Peninsula-TX.html
Surveyor Samuel D. Parr claimed a league of land extending 5 miles eastward from Point Bolivar and in 1838 became the area's first permanent settler. That year developers Archibald Wynn and William Lawrence purchased about 1000 acres of Parr's lan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWSE_el-paso-county_El-Paso-TX.html
Voted 871 to 2 for secession. At start of Civil War Minutemen were organized to provide frontier protection. The San Elizario Spy Company was mustered into Confederate service on July 11, 1861. El Paso was the springboard and supply point for 1861…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWRZ_confederate-president-jefferson-davis_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Friend of Texas. Visited first as officer Mexican War 1847. As U.S. Secretary of War in 1855, built up frontier forts to open West Texas to settlers. Camels imported for patrols, hauling. His Postmaster-General and personal aide were Texans, as we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWM4_site-of-lutie-school_Shamrock-TX.html
The community of Lutie, named for early settler Lutie Gresham Templeton. Traces its history to 1909. Two years previously, local citizens had formed the Pleasant Valley School about one mile northeast of the townsite. Community leaders moved the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWM1_nicholson-school_Shamrock-TX.html
Once the center of a thriving agricultural community, Nicholson School was named for county judge Arthur Clyde Nicholson, during whose term the school was opened in 1915. As Nicholson School increased in enrollment, reaching a peak of 150 students…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLZ_site-of-fort-elliott_Mobeetie-TX.html
Established June 5, 1875. One of the last forts established in Texas for the purpose of clearing the region of Indians. Around it Mobeetie, rendezvous of buffalo hunters and trappers grew up. The post was abandoned in 1889.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW9C_riley-cemetery_Gilmer-TX.html
The oldest documented grave in this cemetery, that of Louise Gillum, dates to 1859. The land was acquired by John Riley, Sr. from A.W. Smith in 1875, and became known as Riley Cemetery. Early settlers buried here include John and Elizabeth Keeling…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW76_turkey-high-school_Turkey-TX.html
Turkey's school system acquired this land in 1928 for a $100,000 high school. Amarillo architect E.F. Rittenberry designed a brick structure with English Gothic details. Consolidation with several area schools caused an enrollment of 445 students …