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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299X_route-of-tascosa-dodge-city-trail_Stinnett-TX.html
As ranchers and merchants settled in this part of Texas during the 1870s, the need for a direct supply line became evident. This trail was established in 1877 for cattle drives and freight hauls from Tascosa (38 mi. SW) to markets in Dodge City, K…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R7R_isaac-mccormick-cottage_Stinnett-TX.html
Built 1899 with materials hauled at great peril across the Canadian - then without a bridge. Mr. McCormick, his wife, Capitola, and eight children lived in a covered wagon and a tent while they put up their house. Home became cradle of county gov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R7Q_hutchinson-county-courthouse_Stinnett-TX.html
Hutchinson County, named for prominent judge and writer Anderson Hutchinson, was one of 54 counties created out of the District of Bexar in 1876 by the Texas Legislature. It was not until 1901, however, that the county was officially organized. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D2A_drift-fence_Stinnett-TX.html
Famed cattleman Charles Goodnight established one ofthe first ranches in the Texas Panhandle, the JA ranch, in 1876. Later that year Thomas S. Bugbee established the first cattle ranch in Hutchinson County. As a result of soaring beef prices ca…
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