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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKN_site-of-cottonwood-springs_Cross-Plains-TX.html
After Indians on High Plains were subdued (1874) by Gen. R.S. MacKenzie, settlers started to pour into this area, where they found abundant game, water, and good soil for ranching, farming. Cottonwood Springs, at head of Green Briar Creek, was one…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKM_old-cottonwood-cemetery_Cross-Plains-TX.html
For his military service with the Republic of Texas, George Washington Glasscock, Sr. (1810-68) received a land grant incorporating the future settlement of Cottonwood. His will conveyed this land to his daughter, Sarah Jane Glasscock Hall, whose …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKL_cottonwood-bank-and-post-office_Cross-Plains-TX.html
W.F. Griffin opened a bank about 1911 in this small frame building. With Griffin as a director, Paul Ramsey served as the first president. His duties included teller, cashier, loan officer and custodian. When the railroad bypassed Cottonwood, merc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJR_pioneer-cemetery_Cross-Plains-TX.html
Tradition holds that Captain A.M. Curry suggested the name for the Pioneer community, established in 1883. Bill Smith became its first postmaster in 1885. The burial here of Mrs. S.A. Briggs (believed to be Catherine P. Owsley Briggs) in 1879, how…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJQ_pioneer-cemetery-war-memorial_Cross-Plains-TX.html
In Memory Of The Men Of
The Pioneer Community
Who Gave Their Lives
For God And Country
World War I
Sam Marshall · Noah Ross
World War II
Earl Botts · Foster Cash · Raymond Dillard · Buster Fleming &m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJ9_the-home-of-robert-e-howard_Cross-Plains-TX.html
This Property Has Been
Placed On The
National Register
of
Historic Places
By The United States
Department Of The Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJ8_cross-plains-cemetery_Cross-Plains-TX.html
Situated on a flat area near the edge of town, the Cross Plains Cemetery is the final resting place for the town's key leaders and families. The land, originally granted to James Knight, one of Stephen F. Austin's original colonists, for service i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E4M_fort-mason-camp-cooper-military-road_Cross-Plains-TX.html
1 mile east toFort Mason-Camp CooperMilitary RoadRoute for U.S. 2nd Cavalry and supplies from San Antonio to Fort Mason (about 100 miles south of here) to Camp Cooper (about 65 miles north) in campaigns of 1851-1861 against Plains Indians. Great m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B82_fort-mason-camp-cooper-military-road_Cross-Plains-TX.html
1 mile east toFort Mason-Camp CooperMilitary RoadRoute for U.S. 2nd Cavalry and supplies from San Antonio to Fort Mason (about 100 mi. S. of here) to Camp Cooper (about 65 mi. N.) in campaigns of 1851-1861 against Plains Indians. Great military me…