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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QQA_swenson-land-and-cattle-company-headquarters_Stamford-TX.html
Businessman Swen (Svante) Magnus Swenson (1816-1896), first Swedish settler in Texas, is closely associated with Sam Houston and his effort to keep Texas in the Union prior to the Civil War. In 1854 Swenson purchased large land tracts here which h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QQ9_st-johns-methodist_Stamford-TX.html
Church, built 1910 in pastorate of Dr. Robt. Goodrich, for congregation founded 1900 in Sledge Hall, under Rev. S. Gay. With 100' tower, long the tallest church between Dallas and El Paso. Served community of old Stamford College (now McMurry). Ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QQ5_stamford_Stamford-TX.html
Swedish native Swante Magnus Swenson and his two sons, Eric Pierson and Swen Albin Swenson, came to Texas in 1882 to establish the SMS ranches. In 1899, Eric P. and Swen A. Swenson donated a large section of land for a townsite on an extension of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QQ4_first-baptist-church_Stamford-TX.html
Organized on February 22, 1900, soon after the founding of Stamford, this church has been an integral part of the community since that time. Initially meeting in a shed on present Oliver Street and then in a building on the town square, the congre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QNT_the-poet-ranchman-larry-chittenden_Stamford-TX.html
Author of "Cowboys' Christmas Ball"—cited for literary merit by National Folklore Society.
Born in New Jersey, Chittenden first came to Texas as a sales agent. In 1884 he visited S.M. Swenson at this site; in 1887 began develo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QNS_texas-cowboy-reunion-oldtimers-association_Stamford-TX.html
Founded 1930, jointly with Texas Cowboy Reunion—to "hand down to posterity, customs and traditions" of early cattle people who lived in dugouts and fought drouths, die-outs, heat and freeze-ups, raising the longhorns that finally brought set…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QNR_first-aqha-show_Stamford-TX.html
The first American Quarter Horse Association-approved show was held here on July 2-4, 1940, in conjunction with the Texas Cowboy Reunion. AQHA had just been organized and incorporated in March of the same year in Fort Worth. DEL RIO JOE, a 1936 gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I4F_lake-fort-phantom-hill-parks-johnson-park_Abilene-TX.html
History of Fort Phantom Hill
The post was established on November 14, 1851 and just a year later was transformed into a well-organized and thoroughly developed post. However, conditions continued to be difficult for people at the fort, and in N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I0N_bethel-lutheran-church_Avoca-TX.html
Situated on ranch land of family of S.M. Swenson, banker who in 1850s underwrote Swedish migration to Texas. Church forms center for Ericksdahl community, founded 1905 by Swedes formerly living near Austin. Visiting pastors L.J. Sundquist and J.A.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I0M_lueders-cemetery_Lueders-TX.html
The town of Lueders lies along the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, on land given by the state of Texas to heirs of Frederick Luders, a German immigrant who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. Early area settlers included U.S. Indian agent Jess St…