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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H9C_valley-creek-station_Wingate-TX.html
Near this site, an important link in the frontier transportation system was an area landmark. The Butterfield Overland Mail maintained a stage stop at the falls and crossing of Valley Creek beginning in 1858. The twice-weekly mail and passenger li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H39_jim-ned-creek_Tuscola-TX.html
Probably named for Jim Ned, Delaware Indian chief. During Republic and early statehood of Texas (about 1840-1860), he was a scout for the Texas Militia on several campaigns against wild Indians in this area.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H38_first-exploratory-oil-well-in-taylor-county_Abilene-TX.html
Founded in 1881, the city of Abilene became a regional economic center, yet civic boosters believed that the discovery of oil and gas in the area had the potential to advance the area economy and population even further. Significant oil discoverie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H37_fletcher-ranch_Abilene-TX.html
In 1878 James Robert Fletcher, his wife, and son Lorenzo Thomas (1868-1939) came here from Granbury. Their caravan included a small herd of cattle and work animals. A carpenter came to construct a two-story ranch house. Fletcher filed for a patent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H36_near-site-of-indian-battle_Merkel-TX.html
On Feb. 15, 1870, Cpl. Hilliard Morrow and five men of Co. E, 24th U.S. Infantry, set out from Fort Griffin to relieve guards at Mountain Pass mail station near here. Soon after arriving, however, they were besieged by a raiding party of 75 Comanc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H35_mountain-pass-station_Merkel-TX.html
Maintained from 1858 to outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 as a stage stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route, which was the first mail and passenger line to link the east and west coasts of the United States. In 1870's this was a stop for bran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2M_lytle-gap-potosi-methodist-church_Abilene-TX.html
Organized about 1879 as Lytle Gap Methodist Episcopal Church, South, this fellowship first me in private homes and a schoolhouse. The church name was changed after the community became known as Potosi in the 1890s. This sanctuary, the second for t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2L_in-vicinity-of-coronados-camp_Tuscola-TX.html
In 1541, the Spanish explorer Coronado is thought to have passed this way en route from New Mexico to the fabled Indian villages of "Quivira", though his path across vast Texas plains is now difficult to determine.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2F_cornelia-clark-fort_Merkel-TX.html
Born into an affluent Tennessee family, Cornelia Fort attended the Ward-Belmont School in Nashville and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York in 1939. She returned to a society life in Tennessee but was soon introduced to flying by a f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2E_mulberry-canyon_Merkel-TX.html
Human activity in this area has been traced to prehistoric eras. Native American tribes roamed this land with the buffalo, deer, turkey, mountain lion, and black bear. Among the first recorded ventures into the canyon were the Military Road Survey…