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History of Comanche

Nʉmʉnʉʉ: The People RoadyGoat

You're in Comanche, Texas. The town name points to the Comanche Nation, so here's that tangent: Comanche people call themselves Nʉmʉnʉʉ, meaning The People. The English name Comanche came through an outside Ute-derived term. Ancestors separated from Shoshone relatives and moved south onto the Plains during the late sixteen hundreds and early seventeen hundreds. Horses radically expanded hunting, transport, trade, diplomacy, and warfare. Comanche skill in breeding, managing, and exchanging horses helped create a mobile power whose influence spread across enormous distances. The modern Comanche Nation, headquartered near Lawton, Oklahoma, remains a sovereign government and community; the story does not end when free-ranging Plains life changed.

Buffalo Destruction and Palo Duro RoadyGoat

You're in Comanche, Texas. The town name points to the Comanche Nation, so here's that tangent: the commercial destruction of buffalo herds attacked the economic foundation of independent Plains life. During the Red River War, United States forces struck Comanche, Kiowa, and allied camps in Palo Duro Canyon in September eighteen seventy four, burning supplies and capturing a vast horse herd, most of which soldiers destroyed. Loss of food, shelter, mobility, and horses accelerated surrender to reservation control. The town of Comanche became county seat in eighteen fifty nine and later a ranching and railroad center, but its name reaches into this much larger history. The Comanche Nation survived confinement and remains a living nation today.

The Day John Wesley Hardin Came to Town RoadyGoat

Imagine the town square on a hot day in May 1874. It’s packed with people for horse races. The notorious gunslinger John Wesley Hardin, celebrating his 21st birthday, is here with his gang. After a day of drinking and gambling, Hardin gets into a confrontation with Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb. Webb, who had followed Hardin to Comanche to arrest him, makes his move. Accounts differ on who drew first, but when the smoke cleared, Webb lay dying in the street. Hardin and his men shot their way out of town, galloping past the very spot you might be driving by now. The killing of a lawman sparked a massive response from the Texas Rangers, who relentlessly hunted Hardin for the next three years, finally capturing him on a train in Florida. It was the beginning of the end for Hardin, and the shootout cemented Comanche’s reputation as a true Wild West town.

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Comanche County

1874

Comanche County, in central Texas, is bounded on the south by Mills County, on the west by Brown County, on the north by Eastland County and on the east by Hamilton and Erath counties. The county is named for the Comanche Indians, whose territory once included the area. Comanche County covers 944 square miles of rolling land with elevations from 650 to 1,700 feet. The center of the county lies at 31°55' north latitude and 98°40' west longitude; the county seat, Comanche, is located about seventy miles southeast of Abilene. The area is drained by the North and South Leon rivers and their tributaries, which in turn flow into the Brazos River system. The northern part of the county is in the Western Cross Timbers region, which is characterized by light sand and loamy soils that support mixed timber of cedars, oaks, mesquites, and pecans. Southern Comanche County forms part of the southern edge of the Grand Prairie region and has dark waxy and dark loam soils. The county has a 238-day growing season and an average annual rainfall of 18.45 inches. In 1982 there were 1,350 farms in Comanche that produced a variety of agricultural products. Peanuts, pecans, grains, and hay account for about 40 percent of the county's $69 million annual agricultural income, while beef, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, and goats account for the remainder. The average minimum temperature in January is 32° F; the average maximum in July is 95°. The area that is now Comanche County was dominated from the eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries by the Comanche Indians. The Comanches' culture was well adapted to their life on the plains. Unlike some Indian tribes they organized raids and buffalo hunts without a tribal military society, but with a responsible hunt leader chosen as coordinator. Their prey included buffalo, elk, mustangs , longhorn cattle , and black bears of the Cross Timbers region; the last they used for their oil. They did not eat fish, wildfowl, dogs, or coyotes unless they were severely pressed for food. Comanches sheltered in the common plains type of tepee, made of tanned buffalo hides, standing twelve to fourteen feet high and resting on a framework of sixteen to eighteen poles. The entry was usually covered with a bearskin, and a flap at the peak vented smoke from winter fires. White settlement in the area began with a colony organized by Jesse Mercer and others in 1854 on lands earlier granted by Mexico to Stephen F. Austin and Samuel May Williams . F. M. Collier built the first log house in the county in 1855, and in 1856 the Texas legislature formed Comanche County from Coryell and Bosque counties; Cora was designated as the county seat. In 1859 the more centrally located town of Comanche became county seat. By 1860 the United States census counted 709 people living in the county; farming and ranching occupied 24,730 acres, about 1,880 acres of which was classified as "improved." Twenty-five residents owned slaves, but there were no large-scale plantations in the area. The population included only sixty-one slaves, and only two of the county residents owned as many as eight slaves; most of the slaveholders owned only one. Cattle ranching was by far the most important economic activity in Comanche County at that time, and over 14,700 head of cattle were counted in the area that year. Wheat and corn were the county's most important crops on the eve of the Civil War; only one bale of cotton was produced in the county in 1860. The withdrawal of the United States Army during the Civil War left the settlers without protection and even without livestock after Indian raids. Home-guard companies were organized for defense, but many settlers fled and the White population shrank to about sixty by 1866. With the war's end, military protection returned, and settlers were once more attracted to the county, many to participate in a range cattle boom. By 1870 the county had 126 farms and ranches, encompassing about 17,500 acres, and

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Hill, Robert Thomas

1878

Robert Thomas Hill, geologist, son of Robert Thomas and Catherine Tannehill (Stout) Hill, Sr., was born at Nashville, Tennessee, on August 11, 1858. He was orphaned during the Civil War at the age of five and raised in the home of his grandmother, where he received strict Methodist discipline. He soon developed the rebellious independence that characterized his life. Hill dropped out of school during the sixth grade, then left home at the age of sixteen to work as a printer's devil for the Comanche Chief , a newspaper owned by his brother in Comanche, Texas, then a wild frontier town. For the succeeding eight years he functioned in every capacity at the Chief and was a cowboy on the Dodge City Trail. In 1878 he established his own newspaper in support of the Greenback party but was forced to abandon it after the fourth issue due to conflicts with the staunchly Democratic Chief , which had provided his equipment. He spent his few hours of recreation collecting rocks and fossils around Comanche, a pursuit that led to his reputation as a "rock boy" and to his career in geology. From 1882 through 1885 he worked his way through Cornell University, where he received his B.S. degree in geology in 1887. In 1885 he began his career with the United States Geological Survey, then directed by John Wesley Powell. His investigations in Texas resulted in his discovery of Lower Cretaceous strata, which he named the Comanche Series after the town where he had first observed them. Between 1887 and 1903 he mapped the Cretaceous strata in the greater Texas region and subdivided the Lower Cretaceous into groups and formations that have since become standard. He discovered the westerly belt of fracture now known as the Texas Lineament, delineated and named the Balcones fault zone ( see BALCONES ESCARPMENT ), and defined and named the physiographic provinces of the Texas region. His stratigraphic studies and investigations of underground and artesian waters led to improvements of vast areas of farm and ranch land and served as the foundation for future petroleum exploration. Hill composed over 200 papers, books, and maps. His comprehensive Physical Geography of the Texas Region (1900) was the first systematized geography of Texas, and his atlas of the Austin Quadrangle, which contained a study of the Balcones fault zone, remains the type study of the area. His monographs on the Black and Grand prairies and on the Edwards Plateau are standard references for those areas and classics in Texas geology. Hill helped instigate two state geological surveys in Texas, one in 1888, for which he worked as a geologist, and the other in 1901, which was the predecessor of the Bureau of Economic Geology. He was an assistant professor at the University of Texas in 1888, and in 1899 he led an expedition down the Big Bend of the Rio Grande. In 1921 he was expert witness for Texas in the Texas-Oklahoma boundary suit ( see BOUNDARIES ). His testimony, along with those of other specialists, permanently won for Texas some 450,000 acres of river-valley lands and over 90 percent of the oil wells along the Red River. Hill also conducted reconnaissance work in Central America and the West Indies between 1894 and 1902, which led to several technical and popular books and articles and to his support of Panama as the location for the interoceanic canal rather than the favored route of the day, through Nicaragua. He received international attention as one of the first scientists to study the volcano Pelée on the island of Martinique during its catastrophic eruptive cycle of 1902, and he first described its classic "glowing cloud." Upon the completion of his work in Texas and the West Indies in 1903, Hill resigned from the United States Geological Survey and pursued independent business interests, chiefly in New York, Nevada, California, Texas, and Mexico. He also mapped the geology of the southern part of California, where he recognized the western extension of the Texas Lineamen

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General Ashbel Smith, C.S.A.

1805

(1805-1886) Born in Connecticut. Graduated at 19 from Yale. Studied medicine in France, where friends were Revolutionary War hero Lafayette and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. As a North Carolina doctor he later took interest in politics and government. Came to Texas 1837. Was made Surgeon-General of army. As headright (settler's land bounty) and pay for army service, obtained in 1839 Comanche County tract on South Leon River, near this site. Was sent to England and France, 1842, as Texas charge d'affaires. In cabinet of President Anson Jones, was last Secretary of State of Republic of Texas. Served in U.S. Army in Mexican War. As member of Texas Legislature, 1855-1857, worked in behalf of schools and railroads. Won Civil War citations for bravery. Commanded 2nd Texas Infantry. Built defenses and helped to save Texas coast from Federal invasion. In 1865, at the end of the war, served as one of commissioners empowered to negotiate peace terms for Texas. Was elected to Legislature in 1865 and in 1877. Serving as first chairman of Board of Regents of University of Texas, set ideals of scholarship. (1965)

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Robert Thomas Hill

1858

Robert Thomas Hill began life on August 11, 1858, in the aristocratic comforts of his parents' Nashville, Tennessee, home. His family, however, suffered tragic losses during the Civil War and by 1864 young Robert was an orphan living in his grandmother's Nashville home. He left Nashville in 1874 for Comanche County, Texas, to join his brother, Joe, as an employee of a local newspaper known as the "Comanche Chief." Hill developed a passion for geology while studying a nearby formation known as Round Mountain. He entered Cornell University in 1882 and in 1887 graduated with honors in geology. In 1888 the University of Texas established a geology chair to honor Hill for his landmark discovery of Cretaceous deposits on Round Mountain. He participated in the state geological survey and identified and named the Balcones Escarpment. In 1891 Hill became president of the Cosmos Club, a society of the nation's most distinguished scientists. In the 1890s and early 1900s Hill studied aquifer formations in the Southwest U.S., West Indies, Mexico and Central America. Hill's publications represent one of the most distinguished geological studies produced by one individual. Following his death on July 28, 1941, Hill's body was cremated and his ashes scattered over Round Mountain. (1995)

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Indian Raid at Comanche

1861

In May 1861, raiders stole nearly every horse in the town of Comanche during the night. A posse of 17 boys and men pursued them 36 miles and killed 19 raiders.

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Callaway, Francis Oscar

1916

Francis Oscar Callaway, congressman, was born in Harmony Hill, Texas, on October 2, 1872, the son of Christopher Columbus (Bud) and Louise Caroline (Atwood) Callaway. Four years later the family moved to Mercers Gap, in Comanche County. Callaway graduated from Comanche High School in 1894, taught school for three years, and entered the University of Texas law school; he received a degree in 1900 and began the practice of law. He was prosecuting attorney of Comanche County from 1900 to 1902. He was elected to the United States Congress from the Twelfth District of Texas in 1910, 1912, and 1914. Throughout his legislative career Callaway sharply questioned every federal expenditure. In 1912-13 he served on the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, and in 1914-15 he was on the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior. Until late 1915, when he was moved up to the Naval Affairs Committee, he had not attracted a great deal of attention except for his vigorous opposition to huge river and harbor appropriations. It was hard for him to see merit in making the Trinity and Brazos rivers navigable. Of these two rivers he once remarked that he had often waded across them, sometimes had spat across them, but never had to swim them. He gained national attention in 1916 by his opposition to the naval appropriation bill. He thought the huge preparedness campaign unnecessary and believed that it favored munition makers and others who would derive excessive profit from it. He also believed that an army of civilians could repel any invasion. So strong were his words against some congressmen that parts of his speech were expunged from the Congressional Record . He believed that submarines had made battleships obsolete and that international law would have to be rewritten to cover the situation. He was defeated for renomination in 1916 by United States attorney James C. Wilson, largely on the issue of preparedness. At the time of his defeat his hometown newspaper, the Comanche Chief , editorialized, "One thing marks this man above his fellows and that is his absolute lack of fear of criticism. He has his convictions and lives up to them." In 1917 Callaway returned to Comanche, where he practiced law and engaged in farming and stock raising until his death on January 31, 1947. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche. He was survived by his widow, the former Stella Couch, whom he had married on December 29, 1904. They had no children.

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Everything Near Comanche

146 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Comanche County · Tsha Handbook

    Comanche County, in central Texas, is bounded on the south by Mills County, on the west by Brown County, on the north by Eastland County and on the east by Hamilton and Erath counties. The county is named for the…

  • Hill, Robert Thomas · Tsha Handbook

    Robert Thomas Hill, geologist, son of Robert Thomas and Catherine Tannehill (Stout) Hill, Sr., was born at Nashville, Tennessee, on August 11, 1858. He was orphaned during the Civil War at the age of five and raised in…

  • Callaway, Francis Oscar · Tsha Handbook

    Francis Oscar Callaway, congressman, was born in Harmony Hill, Texas, on October 2, 1872, the son of Christopher Columbus (Bud) and Louise Caroline (Atwood) Callaway. Four years later the family moved to Mercers Gap, in…

  • Gaines, Thomas · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comanche County, where back in 1886, a farmer named Thomas Gaines emerged as a powerful voice for the common people. He led the "Human Party," which pushed for radical ideas like opposing national…

  • Holmsley, James Monroe · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comanche County, the heart of Texas ranching country. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1854</say-as>, the Holmsley family established the county's very first farm on what's…

  • Moore, Fred Holmsley · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comanche, Texas, the birthplace of Fred Holmsley Moore. Born in 1909, Moore became a titan in the oil industry, spending over thirty years with Magnolia and Mobil Oil. He rose from a field…

  • Comanche, TX · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comanche, Texas, established way back in 1858. Right here, John Duncan donated 240 acres on Indian Creek to be the new county seat. Ransom Tuggle laid out the townsite, and T. J. Nabors built the…

  • Central Christian Church of Comanche · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, where religious services began in a log cabin back in 1855, built by Dr. G. W. Montgomery. Later, this building served as both a church and a school. The Central Christian Church was…

  • General Ashbel Smith, C.S.A. · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    (1805-1886) Born in Connecticut. Graduated at 19 from Yale. Studied medicine in France, where friends were Revolutionary War hero Lafayette and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. As a North Carolina doctor he later took…

  • Robert Thomas Hill · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    Robert Thomas Hill began life on August 11, 1858, in the aristocratic comforts of his parents' Nashville, Tennessee, home. His family, however, suffered tragic losses during the Civil War and by 1864 young Robert was an…

  • Indian Raid in Comanche · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, and right here is where one of Texas's boldest Indian raids happened in May of 1861. After nearly all the horses were stolen, a braying mule woke the town, and citizens spent the night…

  • Fleming Oak · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, and right here is the Fleming Oak. Back in 1854, a young Martin V. Fleming hid behind this very tree to escape hostile Indians. Decades later, he had to stop paving contractors from…

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  • Old Cora Courthouse · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, where the town of Cora was the first county seat back in 1856. The original courthouse there wasn't exactly grand – just a small, one-room log cabin, about 12 by 12 feet. It…

  • First Comanche County Courthouse · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past First Comanche County Courthouse. A dwelling before county organization, 1856. Served as courthouse in town of Cora until 1859, when Comanche became the county seat; then reverted to use as a…

  • Indian Raid at Comanche · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    In May 1861, raiders stole nearly every horse in the town of Comanche during the night. A posse of 17 boys and men pursued them 36 miles and killed 19 raiders.

  • Texas Longhorn · 0.2 mi · Texas Historical Markers

    The Texas Longhorn is a breed defined by survival. Spanish colonists brought the first cattle to the New World, and by the late 1600s those cattle had reached what would become Texas. Then they escaped. For the next 200…

  • The Comanche Chief · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, where dreams of greatness for this town led to a newspaper. On August 21, 1873, 'The Comanche Chief' published its first issue, aiming to draw settlers and lobby for local improvements.…

  • Choctaw Robinson Tree · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Choctaw Robinson Tree. The Rev. William Robinson (1809-98), pioneer Baptist missionary, was born in North Carolina and came to Texas in 1848. He organized and served as pastor to churches in Rusk,…

  • Saint Matthews Episcopal Church · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, and if you look closely, you might spot the oldest church building still in use in the county: St. Matthews Episcopal Church. Its story starts in the late 1870s with Bishop Alexander C.…

  • First United Methodist Church of Comanche · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, where the First United Methodist Church has roots stretching back to the frontier days of 1858. Organized in the early county seat of Cora, it moved to Comanche the very next year. Look…

  • The Comanche National Bank · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, where the National Bank has been a fixture since 1889. Organized by John B. Chilton in his own home, it opened to the public in March 1890. The bank quickly grew with the town, even…

  • Lindsey-Gore Home · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Lindsey-Gore Home, a limestone house built between 1881 and 1888. Its first owner, Newton R. Lindsey, was more than just a politician and lawyer; he was the man who prosecuted the notorious…

  • St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Depot · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the old St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Depot, built right here in 1909. This brick and limestone beauty replaced an earlier wooden station, serving as Comanche's passenger hub until 1969. After…

  • Gentry, George Washington · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, Texas, where George Washington Gentry settled after a life of action. Arriving in Texas in 1835, he was part of Stephen F. Austin's Colony. Gentry wasn't just a farmer and surveyor; he…

  • Russell, L. B., Home · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, and look to your right to see the L.B. Russell Home, built in 1877. The first two rooms were made of rubblestone, hauled here by ox wagons. Texas pioneers L.B. and Alice Russell bought…

  • Corn Trail, Old · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, and right here, you're passing the old Corn Trail. Surveyed by Army engineers back in 1850, this was the very first wagon road to cut through this part of Texas. It stretched from…

  • Comanche County · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, named for the legendary Comanche Indians who once roamed these lands. Settlers arrived in 1854, facing challenges from both the environment and the displaced native tribes. The…

  • Oakwood Cemetery · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, and right here is Oakwood Cemetery, established in 1859. Local land developer Captain John Duncan donated 200 acres for the townsite, making sure to set aside land for a graveyard. This…

  • Greene, M. R. · 0.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Comanche cemetery, the final resting place of Deputy U.S. Marshal M.R. Greene. Greene pursued the notorious Bailey brothers for passing counterfeit money right here in Comanche. After a ten-mile…

  • Nʉmʉnʉʉ: The People · 0.8 mi

    You're in Comanche, Texas. The town name points to the Comanche Nation, so here's that tangent: Comanche people call themselves Nʉmʉnʉʉ, meaning The People. The English name Comanche came through an outside Ute-derived…

  • Buffalo Destruction and Palo Duro · 0.8 mi

    You're in Comanche, Texas. The town name points to the Comanche Nation, so here's that tangent: the commercial destruction of buffalo herds attacked the economic foundation of independent Plains life. During the Red…

  • The Day John Wesley Hardin Came to Town · 0.8 mi

    Imagine the town square on a hot day in May 1874. It’s packed with people for horse races. The notorious gunslinger John Wesley Hardin, celebrating his 21st birthday, is here with his gang. After a day of drinking and…

  • Comanchería Was a Network, Not a Wall · 0.8 mi

    You're in Comanche, Texas. The town name points to the Comanche Nation, so here's that tangent: Comanchería names the broad Comanche sphere that covered much of North, Central, and West Texas and extended into…

  • The Horse Economy · 0.8 mi

    You're in Comanche, Texas. The town name points to the Comanche Nation, so here's that tangent: horses were transport, hunting technology, trade goods, wealth, and military power. Comanche breeders and traders moved…

  • Treaties as Strategy · 0.8 mi

    You're in Comanche, Texas. The town name points to the Comanche Nation, so here's that tangent: Comanche leaders negotiated repeatedly with Spanish, Mexican, Texan, German, and United States representatives. Diplomacy…

  • Trails, Moonlight, and Perspective · 0.8 mi

    You're in Comanche, Texas. The town name points to the Comanche Nation, so here's that tangent: the Great Comanche Trail crossed West Texas and the Big Bend toward northern Mexico, linking water sources, hunting areas,…

  • The Science of a Peanut Capital · 0.8 mi

    Why did this county turn into peanut country? The answer is in the soil and in technology. You're in the Western Cross Timbers, where the ground is a sandy loam. Unlike the heavy clays elsewhere in Texas, this loose,…

  • Comanche, TX · 0.8 mi

    In 1850, a military road known as the 'Corn Trail' passed through what would become Comanche, supplying area forts and encouraging settlement. The town was established in 1856 and incorporated just two years later in…

  • Hardin, John Wesley · 0.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, home of one of the West's most notorious gunfighters: John Wesley Hardin. He was known as a champion of personal combat, but even he couldn't escape justice forever. Right here, in 1874,…

  • The Legend of the Fleming Oak · 0.8 mi

    As you pass through Comanche, you're near a tree that once had its own bodyguard. On the courthouse square stands a massive, gnarled live oak known as the Fleming Oak. The story goes back to 1854, when Martin Fleming…

  • Hanging Oak · 0.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, and right here is the site of the infamous Hanging Oak. In 1874, this very tree was used by a mob to carry out a brutal act of reprisal. They hanged Joe Hardin and his kinsmen, Tom and…

  • McCrary House · 0.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche, and just ahead is the McCrary House, a home built in 1876 by James Madison McCrary. He arrived here around 1870 and quickly became a key figure in local industry, helping to establish…

  • Mount Pleasant Baptist Church · 2.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving near Comanche, passing the site of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Organized in 1892 with 21 charter members under a brush arbor, the congregation soon built its first church building in 1893. A tabernacle…

  • Indian Creek Community · 4.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, heading past what was once the Indian Creek community. Founded way back in 1851 by John A. McGuire, this settlement had a unique start. The first public building wasn't a church…

  • Taylor's Chapel (Concord) Cemetery · 4.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving near the Taylor's Chapel Cemetery, which began as Concord Primitive Baptist Church prior to 1881. Many early graves are unmarked, but the earliest known burial is F. M. Warren, who died in 1881. The…

  • Cunningham, James · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comanche County, a place that was once the wild frontier. Right here, James Cunningham and his family were among the first Anglo-American settlers on the Plains in 1855. Cunningham, a veteran of…

  • Robinson, William [Choctaw Bill] · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comanche County, maybe near Hazel Dell. This place was once known as one of the toughest settlements in Texas. But right here, under a shade tree known as the Choctaw Robinson Oak, a Baptist…

  • Cora, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Cora, the first seat of Comanche County, was about sixteen miles southeast of Comanche on the South Leon River in southeastern Comanche County. The county was formed and organized in 1856, and the next year F. A.…

  • Hazel Dell, TX (Comanche County) · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Hazel Dell, sometimes misspelled Hazle Dell, is at the intersection of Farm roads 591 and 1702, seventeen miles southeast of Comanche in southeastern Comanche County. The community began about 1869 after a sawmill was…

  • Sipe Springs, TX (Comanche County) · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Sipe Springs is on Sipe Springs Branch at the intersection of Farm roads 1477 and 587, seventeen miles northwest of Comanche in northwestern Comanche County. Settlers first arrived at the site around 1870, and the town…

  • Leon River · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving along the Leon River, a waterway with a name that might stretch all the way back to Spanish explorers. In 1721, members of the Aguayo expedition are thought to have named this river, perhaps because it…

  • Burleson, Alfred La Fayette · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comanche County, and right here is the area where Alfred La Fayette Burleson lived and farmed before heading to the Texas Legislature. Born in La Grange in 1854, Burleson moved his large family,…

  • Comyn, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Comyn, on Farm Road 1496 in eastern Comanche County, was settled about 1875. The community was first called Theney for W. F. Matheney, who operated a trading post. In 1881, when the Texas Central Railroad built through…

  • Newburg, TX · 4.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Newburg is at the intersection of Farm roads 2561 and 1476, off State Highway 16 some ten miles south of Comanche in southern Comanche County. The site was settled in December 1854, when it was known as South Leon, for…

  • Zion Hill Baptist Church · 5.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, and right here is the site of Zion Hill Baptist Church. It's the second oldest Missionary Baptist church in the county, organized way back on August 2nd, 1873. These early…

  • Haase Community · 6.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, and right here is the site of what used to be Haase Community. It started life as 'Cordwood Junction' back in the late 1800s, a simple siding on the Fort Worth & Rio Grande…

  • Pendergrass Cemetery · 7.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, and just ahead is a quiet place that tells a story of frontier generosity. This is Pendergrass Cemetery. William Pendergrass, a pioneer farmer and rancher, arrived here in 1859.…

  • Gill Farm, Site of Old · 7.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, on land first settled in 1874 by W. A. Gill. Gill wasn't just any settler; he was a Civil War veteran and a Captain in the Texas Rangers, son of a hero from the Battle of San…

  • Cox Cemetery · 7.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, and just ahead is the Cox Cemetery. It started as a family plot in 1875 with the death of infant Mary Jane Cox. Her father, William Driscol Cox, a former teacher and sheriff,…

  • Taylor's Chapel Congregational Methodist Church · 8.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving near Comanche, where in 1901, residents organized a Methodist congregation. In January 1902, Hood Taylor deeded land for what became Taylor's Chapel, which has served the Soda Springs Community ever since.

  • Sidney, Community of · 8.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Sidney, a community that really got going around 1870. Early settlers like William Yarborough and J. A. Wright found their way here. By 1877, they had a log schoolhouse and the Methodist church…

  • Bibb Community · 8.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Bibb Community. The town of Bibb began when Anglo settlers moved to the area in the 1870s to farm cotton. Perhaps among the first settlers was John Wesley (1834-1924) and Floellar (Flullah)…

  • Cunningham Family Reunion · 8.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, passing the site of a remarkable family tradition. The Cunningham family, led by James and Susannah, arrived in Texas in the late 1830s and settled here in 1855. They were active…

  • Cunningham, James · 10.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, where James Cunningham carved out a life and a legacy. Born in Alabama, he settled here in 1855, quickly becoming a commander of the Texas Ranger company tasked with bringing law…

  • Newburg Cemetery · 10.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, near the site of the old Newburg Cemetery. Pioneer settlers arrived in the mid-1850s, and P.W. Brewer set aside land for this cemetery and church in 1872. The oldest documented…

  • South Leon Baptist Church · 10.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Newburg, near the site of the first Baptist church in Comanche County. Organized in 1857 under a brush arbor, it faced dissolution due to Indian troubles by 1859. The congregation reorganized in…

  • Big Eye Cemetery · 11.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, near where the Big Eye community once thrived. George Montgomery established this cemetery in 1872, near a log church that also served as a school. Though only five graves are…

  • Cunningham, Captain James · 11.7 mi · Historical Marker

    1855. Lumber hauled from Waco by ox wagon. Local stone. Place of county's first wedding. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965

  • Moore, Mollie E. · 11.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Proctor, Texas, a place that was once called Old Mooresville. And right here, we're remembering Mollie E. Moore, a poet whose words fired up Texans during the Civil War. She wrote poems about…

  • Proctor · 11.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Old Proctor, a town that literally moved for the railroad. In 1890, construction halted on the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railroad, and the town packed up and relocated right here. Within…

  • Proctor, TX · 11.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Proctor, Texas, a town with a story of two locations. It all started back in 1872 when Thomas O. Moore, seeking better health, established a settlement he called Mooresville. His mercantile…

  • Cunningham, Captain James · 11.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, and just ahead is the Cunningham home, built in 1855. Imagine hauling lumber all the way from Waco by ox wagon, using local stone to build this place. It wasn't just a home,…

  • Blanket · 11.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Blanket, a town with a name that comes from a rainy day in 1852. Local legend says surveyors named Blanket Creek after finding Tonkawa Indians drying their wet blankets on bushes. Later, in 1873,…

  • Smith, Thomas Vernor · 12.1 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Blanket, Texas, the birthplace of Thomas Vernor Smith. Born in a two-room cabin in 1890, Smith didn't even have a high school diploma, but he talked his way into the University of Texas. He went…

  • Blanket, TX · 12.1 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Blanket, Texas, a town with a name that comes straight from the wilderness. Back in 1852, surveyors were working in this area when they stumbled upon a group of Tonkawa Indians. Caught in a sudden…

  • Cora · 12.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, and just about four miles south of here lies the site of Cora. Founded in 1854 as Troy, it was renamed for a Miss Beeman and became the first county seat of Comanche County in…

  • Gustine · 12.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, right where settlers first arrived in the 1870s. The original town, Evergreen, even moved to this spot in the 1880s to catch the new road between Comanche and Hamilton. By the…

  • Rinehart, Nolan Arthur [Cowboy Slim] · 12.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comanche County, not far from Gustine, where Cowboy Slim Rinehart was born. He became known as the 'King of Border Radio,' singing hillbilly songs from Mexican stations like XEPN near Eagle Pass.…

  • Gustine, TX · 12.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Gustine, Texas, a town born from a move. Settled around 1873 as Old Evergreen, the community packed up and relocated to its current spot in the early 1890s. Why the move? To take advantage of a…

  • Site of Swann Hill School · 12.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Energy, Texas, near where Swann Hill School once stood. Back around 1900, John Henry Swann donated this land, hoping local kids wouldn't have to trek miles to school. So, the old Little Valley…

  • Evergreen Cemetery · 13.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Evergreen Cemetery, established in 1885 when Mrs. W. F. Hampton became the first recorded burial. The town of Gustine grew up around it, and this burial ground eventually expanded to serve multiple…

  • Old Evergreen moved for a road · 13.1 mi

    You might think towns are permanent, but the Gustine you're standing in actually moved here. The original settlement was called Old Evergreen, started around 1873 by H. H. Blankenship and M. B. Odell about…

  • From Cotton to Peanut Country · 13.1 mi

    If you look at the fields around Gustine, you're looking at the source of the town's 20th-century identity. While cotton and cattle built the town, it was the humble peanut that made it famous. The sandy, loamy soil of…

  • Gustine, TX · 13.1 mi

    Gustine, a small town in Comanche County, Texas, was once known as Cora and served as the county seat in the 1850s. This historical fact reveals its early importance in the region's governance. The population has seen a…

  • Proctor Cemetery · 13.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Proctor, and you're passing the oldest resting place in town. The first person buried here, back in 1875, was W.B. Long, a Methodist minister and neighbor to the pioneering Gyger family who owned…

  • Antioch Cemetery · 13.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Antioch Cemetery, serving this community since the late 1800s. Land was deeded here in 1880 for school and cemetery use, and the earliest marked graves date to 1881. Among those resting here are…

  • Hanson Cemetery · 13.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Hanson Cemetery, a resting place with roots stretching back to the 1870s. Though the land was formally granted in 1925, settlers had already buried over fifty loved ones here. Tradition says two…

  • Eureka Cemetery · 14.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Eureka Cemetery, a resting place for some of the earliest settlers in the Blanket area. The oldest marked grave here belongs to Luperda Cox, who died in 1876. This cemetery also holds the remains of…

  • Comyn-Theney, Community of · 14.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through what used to be Comyn-Theney, a Texas community that boomed and busted with the oil industry. It started around 1875 as a small settlement with homes and a store. The railroad arrived in 1881,…

  • The Oldest Festival in Texas · 14.8 mi

    Every August, something special happens in De Leon. The town hosts the Peach and Melon Festival, held the first week of the month, a tradition that goes back to 1914 — one of the longest-running town celebrations in…

  • How Peanuts Saved the Town · 14.8 mi

    If you look around De Leon, you'll see the evidence of an economic miracle born of disaster. In the early 20th century, the town's economy was based on cotton, but the arrival of the boll weevil insect wiped out the…

  • The Science of the Peanut Capital · 14.8 mi

    De Leon's title as a peanut capital isn't just about farming; it's a story of soil science and industrial engineering. The key is the soil of the Cross Timbers ecoregion: a sandy loam. Unlike dense clay, this soil is…

  • De Leon, TX · 14.8 mi

    On Labor Day night in 1918, oil was discovered north of De Leon near Desdemona. Over the next two years, nearly 1000 wells were drilled in the area, causing the population of De Leon to rise to an estimated 5,000…

  • Alonso, Not Ponce · 15.0 mi

    You're in De Leon, Texas, so here's the de leon tangent behind the name: the local name is generally associated through the Leon River with Alonso De León, the Spanish governor and explorer who led…

  • The Social Cat With a Mane · 15.0 mi

    You're in De Leon, Texas, so here's the de leon tangent behind the name: African lions are unusual among cats because they live in prides built around related females, young, and a changing coalition of males. Females…

  • Names on the Spanish Map · 15.0 mi

    You're in De Leon, Texas, so here's the de leon tangent behind the name: Spanish expeditions named and recorded rivers, missions, crossings, roads, and people across Texas, but those names accumulated over Indigenous…

  • From León, and the Lion · 15.0 mi

    You're in De Leon, Texas, so here's the de leon tangent behind the name: de León means from León, pointing to the Spanish city and historic kingdom. León resembles the Spanish word for lion, and lions became powerful…

  • Leo and the Leonids · 15.0 mi

    You're in De Leon, Texas, so here's the de leon tangent behind the name: Leo is a constellation people imagined as a lion among the stars and later linked to the zodiac. Astronomy uses it as a mapped region of sky;…

  • Campbell, Cyrus · 15.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past DeLeon, Texas, where a blacksmith named Cyrus Campbell lived a long and interesting life. He arrived in Texas in 1828 and later made leg irons for none other than Mexican General Santa Anna after his…

  • Democrat Cemetery · 15.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Democrat Cemetery, established right around the turn of the 20th century. The first documented burial here was little Lee Ella Deen in 1904. Just a year later, in 1905, three acres were deeded to…

  • De Leon, TX · 15.1 mi

    In 1918, De Leon experienced a dramatic transformation when oil was discovered near Desdemona, leading to a population surge to over 5,000 people within two years. The town, which had been a quiet agricultural…

  • De Leon, TX · 15.1 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through De Leon, a town born from the railroad back in 1881. The first lots were sold right off a flatcar, and settlers soon followed, hoping to grow cotton and raise cattle. But this frontier settlement…

  • Morton, Uriah Jackson · 15.1 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comanche County, not far from De Leon. Right here, you're passing through the area once served by Uriah Jackson Morton, a Confederate veteran who became a Methodist minister and a Texas state…

  • De Leon Peanut Company · 15.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through De Leon, Texas, a town that earned its nickname, "The Peanut Capital of the World," thanks to a company you're passing right now. For years, cotton was king in Comanche County, but a string of bad…

  • Texas Central Railroad · 15.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through De Leon, the heart of Texas peanut country. Just a few decades ago, this town owed its very existence to a railroad that wasn't even supposed to be here. Chartered in 1879, the Texas Central…

  • The move from Old Blanket · 15.4 mi

    The Blanket you see today exists because of a decision made in 1891. Before that, the town was a mile and a half away, a small community called 'Old Blanket' near the creek. But when the Fort Worth and Rio Grande…

  • Engineering a Railroad Town · 15.4 mi

    Blanket got its name in 1852. Surveyors came over a rise and found a band of Tonkawa caught out in a downpour, blankets spread over the sumac bushes along the creek for shelter. The creek took the name, and then the…

  • Blanket, TX · 15.4 mi

    U.S. Routes 67 and 377 pass along the southeastern edge of Blanket, providing key transportation links for the town. These routes lead southwest 14 miles to Brownwood, the county seat, and northeast 12 miles to…

  • Frances Marie Sparks Brown · 15.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past De Leon, where "Aunt Fanny" lived a life of service. Frances Marie Sparks Brown, born in 1849, came to Texas with her family and married Thomas Brown. After settling on a farm near here around 1876,…

  • The Texas Division and the Rapido River · 16.1 mi

    State Highway Thirty Six and U S Highway One Ninety both carry the name Thirty Sixth Division Memorial Highway. The Thirty Sixth Infantry Division was called the Texas Division, because when it entered federal service…

  • Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church · 16.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Priddy, Texas, where settlers of German ancestry arrived in the late 1800s. In 1889, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized here, holding early services in a schoolhouse. The congregation…

  • Edna Hill Community · 16.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Erath County, passing through what used to be Edna Hill. Settlers arrived in the 1850s, drawn by the rich grasslands and timber. Ranching and cotton farming were the mainstays here. A cemetery,…

  • Nineveh Cemetery · 16.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Nineveh Cemetery. Settlement in the community that became known as Nineveh began as some southerners moved west after the close of the Civil War. In 1886, Hezekiah Bellamy gave two acres for a school…

  • Heflin Cemetery · 17.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Brown County, near where William W. and Pency Heflin settled back in 1875. Local stories say the first soul laid to rest here was a child who died tragically in 1876, after eating wild berries…

  • Oakland Cemetery · 17.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Oakland Cemetery, established in 1891 with the burial of Willey N. Burleson. This site grew from two acres, deeded by circuit-riding minister H. S. Anglin and his wife Sarah, to five acres by 1998.…

  • Sipe Springs Cemetery · 18.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Sipe Springs Cemetery, a place that started with pioneers finding a spring around 1870. Controversy swirled over the name's spelling, but the town grew into a regional center. After Pratt Scarlett…

  • The Night The Wind Answered · 18.6 mi

    Zephyr, Texas got its name as a wry joke about a gentle breeze, and here's the thread that turns that joke grim. On the night of May thirtieth, nineteen oh nine, near midnight, a tornado dropped on Zephyr and very…

  • Named As A Joke About Wind · 18.6 mi

    Welcome to Zephyr, Texas, a town that got its name as a joke about the weather. The story, and every good source hedges it with the word supposedly, goes like this. Around eighteen fifty, a party of land surveyors was…

  • What A Blue Norther Really Is · 18.6 mi

    You're passing through Zephyr, Texas, a town whose surveyors named a killing cold front a gentle breeze as a joke. Here's what actually rolled over them out here, because the meteorology is worth a minute. A blue…

  • The Greek God Of The West Wind · 18.6 mi

    Rolling through Zephyr, Texas, the name begs an obvious question, so let's follow the word itself all the way back to ancient Greece, because it reaches back a very long way. In Greek mythology, Zephyros was the god of…

  • From Chaucer To A Survey Crew · 18.6 mi

    Here in Zephyr, Texas, stay on the town's name for one more beat, because the word's trip into English is a small history lesson by itself. The Greek Zephyros became the Latin Zephyrus, and from there it drifted into…

  • The Fastest Train Named For A Breeze · 18.6 mi

    You're rolling through Zephyr, Texas, a town a freezing survey crew named in sarcasm, and that name had a second life far from here worth the detour. In the nineteen thirties, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad…

  • One Breeze Folded Into Six Letters · 18.6 mi

    So look at what one small, joking name manages to hold. Zephyr, Texas got its name, supposedly, from surveyors mocking a blue norther by calling it a gentle breeze, and pull on that thread and the whole thing unspools.…

  • The Store That Chased The Railroad · 18.6 mi

    Underneath the wind stories, Zephyr, Texas rests on a plain frontier economy, and it explains why the town sits exactly where it does. The Lazarus Vann family settled here in eighteen sixty-three, over on Blanket Creek…

  • Round Grove Baptist Church · 18.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through western Erath County, and you're passing the site of the Round Grove Baptist Church. Organized way back in 1871 by Reverend R. D. Ross, this was the very first church in this part of the county.…

  • Zephyr, TX · 18.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Zephyr, a town with a name that means a gentle breeze, but it was born from a fierce wind. In 1850, surveyors got trapped here by a sudden, powerful blue norther. They ironically named the spot…

  • Zephyr Presbyterian Church · 18.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Zephyr, where the Presbyterian Church congregation got its start way back in 1890. They built this stone church in 1909, holding services twice a month and sponsoring community events. The church…

  • Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle · 19.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Zephyr, where this Gospel Tabernacle was built starting in 1898. Townspeople donated labor and materials to erect this open-air shelter, which was rebuilt after a devastating cyclone in 1909. Many…

  • First Baptist Church of Zephyr · 19.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the First Baptist Church of Zephyr. Its organizational meeting was held in 1886, and the fellowship erected its first sanctuary in 1892. Members rebuilt their church home after a…

  • May United Methodist Church · 19.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past May United Methodist Church. Methodists in this area were initially served by circuit-riding preachers. First to come to the region in the 1860s was the Rev. Hugh M. Childress, and worship services…

  • Cow Creek Cemetery · 19.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Cow Creek Cemetery, a final resting place for a rural Texas settlement. It started in 1871 when Jesse Van donated land. The first recorded burial here was the infant daughter of J.P. and Indiane…

  • Zephyr Cemetery · 19.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Zephyr Cemetery, a final resting place for generations of this Brown County community. While it's served residents since the 1870s, its most dramatic chapter came in 1909. On May 29th of that year, a…

  • May Community · 19.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through May, a town with roots stretching back to a Mexican land grant in 1827. It really started growing in the 1870s, with pioneer families arriving and quickly setting up churches and the first school,…

  • Duren Cemetery · 19.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Duren Cemetery, a place that started with a log home and a tragedy. Philip Duren bought land here in 1876 and brought his family, but his newborn daughter Willie Lee died in 1878, becoming the…

  • Dublin Memorial Park Cemetery, Old · 19.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Dublin Memorial Park Cemetery, Old. The earliest use of this burial ground was in 1864 at the death of Ellen, daughter of J. H. Keith. William ("Big Bill") Keith donated this memorial to his Aunt…

  • Purves Live Oak Cemetery · 19.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Purves Live Oak Cemetery. The earliest marked burial here is an infant from the Ascue family, born and died on July 20, 1880. The cemetery continues to serve the Purves community today.

  • Dublin - Dr Pepper's Original Home · 19.9 mi · Historical Marker

    For over a century, the tiny town of Dublin bottled Dr Pepper the way it was meant to taste. The Dublin Dr Pepper bottling plant opened in 1891, just six years after the drink was invented in Waco, making it the oldest…

  • Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company · 19.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company, the oldest Dr Pepper bottler in the world! Sam Houston Prim arrived here in 1891 with his bottling equipment and started selling Dr Pepper. By 1925,…

  • Miller, William T., Grist Mill · 19.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the old William T. Miller Grist Mill, built right here in 1882. Imagine the rumble of the millstones, powered first by steam, then later by a crude oil engine installed in 1918. This place wasn't…

  • Dublin Rodeo · 19.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Dublin, Texas, a place that became a big deal in the rodeo world. In 1936, Everett Colborn, an arena director for the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, bought into a rodeo company and settled right here…

  • Dublin National Bank · 19.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Dublin National Bank, the oldest continuously operating bank in Erath County. It opened in 1893, established by John G. Harris and three other businessmen. The bank has been a vital part of…

  • Irish for a Day, Whatever the Name Means · 20.0 mi

    Here is a delightful little irony about Dublin, Texas. The town most likely was not named for Dublin, Ireland at all. Remember, locals lean toward the story that the name came from a frontier call to circle the wagons,…

  • Dublin, TX · 20.0 mi

    Dublin, Texas, has a rich history that includes a connection to the world of soft drinks and the railroad. The town was once home to the world's oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant, which used real cane sugar and had a…

  • Amity Cemetery · 20.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comanche County, and just ahead is Amity Cemetery. It started with a tragedy in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1878</say-as>. Fourteen-year-old Charles Farley died, and his parents buried…

  • Hogan Blacksmith Shop · 20.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Hogan Blacksmith Shop in Dublin. William Hogan, a former Confederate blacksmith, opened this shop after 1870 to serve the growing cattle and cotton industries. His grandson, world…

  • Commercial Building, Early · 20.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past a building in Dublin that's seen a lot of history! Constructed around 1880 by Joseph Bishop, it was originally made of wood. It was later faced with native stone in 1895 and remodeled a couple of…

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