Graford, Texas

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Possum Kingdom

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"Possum Kingdom"

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"Possum Kingdom (title)"

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Possum Kingdom (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)

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"Possum Kingdom"

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History of Graford

The Kingdom of Possums RoadyGoat

The reason Graford is on the map today is just a few miles west of here: Possum Kingdom Lake. But where did that unforgettable name come from? The most popular legend credits a man named Ike Sablosky, a fur and hide trader who came to the area in the early 1900s. He was so impressed with the abundance of ring-tailed cats and opossums in the Brazos River valley that he took to greeting his best suppliers as the 'boys from Possum Kingdom.' The name stuck. When the Great Depression hit, the government-funded Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District chose this valley to build a massive dam. Completed in 1941, the Morris Sheppard Dam transformed the rugged canyon into a 17,000-acre lake. It turned Graford from a quiet farm and ranch town into the gateway to one of Texas's most popular recreational areas, all thanks to a long-ago possum trader's nickname.

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Engineering a Lake in the Canyon RoadyGoat

The massive Possum Kingdom Lake, which reshaped this entire region, is a marvel of 1930s engineering. To tame the wild Brazos River, engineers chose a deep, rocky canyon west of here to build the Morris Sheppard Dam. It wasn't a solid concrete wall. Instead, they built a specific type called an Ambursen buttress dam. Imagine a series of massive concrete buttresses supporting a flat slab deck on the upstream side. This design was brilliant for its time because it used the weight of the water itself to press the dam firmly against its foundation, making it incredibly strong while using far less concrete than a traditional gravity dam. Completed in 1941 with Works Progress Administration money covering more than half the cost, the 2,700-foot-long and 190-foot-high structure was a triumph of design and efficiency. It created a reliable water supply, provided flood control, and generated hydroelectric power, transforming this landscape through pure engineering ingenuity.

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The Month the Sky Burned RoadyGoat

In April 2011, the residents of Graford watched the western sky fill with a terrifying orange glow. A catastrophic wildfire had erupted in the dry, rugged hills around Possum Kingdom Lake. Fueled by high winds and one of the worst droughts in Texas history, the Possum Kingdom Complex fire burned for nearly a month. It was a slow-motion disaster, consuming over 126,000 acres of ranchland and lakeside property. From Graford, people saw smoke plumes that looked like mushroom clouds and ash falling like snow. The town became a critical support center, housing firefighters from across the nation and providing aid to the hundreds of people who lost their homes. It was a moment of crisis that brought the scattered lake communities and the old ranching town together, united against the flames. The landscape is recovering, but the memory of that fire remains deeply burned into the local identity.

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Bevers, George Rice, Homesite

1854

On the Fort Worth-Fort Belknap Road, near Flat Rock Crossing of Keechi Creek. Occupied 1854 when such travelers as Indian agent Robert S. Neighbors were fed or housed overnight by Bevers. First Palo Pinto county school opened in vicinity in 1856, on a path smoothed by oxen pulling a log. In Bevers Cemetery lies a victim of 1860s Indian raids that sent settlers to refuges as remote as the courthouse in Fort Worth. Bevers (1825-1904), his wife Lucinda Jane Tacker (1825-73), and children lived near Curetons, Goodnights, Slaughters, other noted pioneers.

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Lane, Alfred

1836

Called "A splendid brave man" by his brother-in-law, cattleman Charles Goodnight, Tennessee native Alfred Lane moved to Texas with his family in 1836 and settled in Robertson's colony on the Brazos River. He moved to the Black Springs area of Palo Pinto County in 1856, following his marriage to Elizabeth Goodnight, and raised horses on the open range. He scouted with the Texas Rangers during the Civil War. After helping Goodnight drive cattle west of Ft. Belknap, Lane was killed by Indians as he returned home. He is buried nearby in Crawford Cemetery (2 miles northeast). (1997)

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Vaughan, Reuben

1854

Alabama-born Reuben Vaughan (1819-1900) migrated to Texas in 1852. He and his wife Margaret (Truelove) and their three children moved to this area in 1854 and became the first permanent settlers in present Palo Pinto County. They erected a cabin of cedar and stone near this site. A farmer and stock raiser, Vaughan maintained friendly relations with the Indian tribes that roamed this region. During the Civil War, he served in a frontier battalion to protect pioneer settlements. Vaughan is buried in this family cemetery. (1979)

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Goodnight, Charles

1857

Charles Goodnight, rancher, the fourth of five children of Charles and Charlotte (Collier) Goodnight, was born on March 5, 1836, on the family farm in Macoupin County, Illinois. His father died of pneumonia in 1841 when Charles was five, and shortly thereafter his mother married Hiram Daugherty, a neighboring farmer. In all, Charles had only six months of formal schooling. Late in 1845 he accompanied his family on the 800-mile trek south to a site in Milam County, Texas, near Nashville-on-the-Brazos, riding bareback on a white-faced mare named Blaze. He later took pride in the fact that he was born at the same time as the Republic of Texas and that he "joined" Texas the year it joined the Union. Growing up in the Brazos bottoms, the boy learned to hunt and track from an old Indian named Caddo Jake. At age eleven Charles began hiring out to neighboring farms, and at fifteen he rode as a jockey for a racing outfit at Port Sullivan. Not satisfied with that occupation, he returned to his widowed mother and younger siblings, continued at various farm and plantation jobs, including supervision of black slave crews, and for two years freighted with ox teams. In 1853 his mother married Rev. Adam Sheek, a Methodist preacher; that led to the formation of the partnership three years later between Charles and his step-brother, John Wesley Sheek. Although they considered going to California, they were dissuaded by Sheek's brother-in-law, Claiborne Varner, who induced them to run about 400 head of cattle on shares along the Brazos valley for a ten-year period. In 1857 the young partners trailed their herd up the Brazos to the Keechi valley in Palo Pinto County. At Black Springs they built a log cabin buttressed with stone chimneys, to which they brought their parents in 1858. Goodnight continued freighting cotton and provisions to Houston and back for a time until Wes Sheek married, then assumed the bulk of responsibility of looking after the growing herd of scrawny, wild Texas cattle. With his acquired hunting and trailing skills, he quickly mastered the modes of survival in the wilderness. During this time he became acquainted with Oliver Loving , who was also running cattle in the Western Cross Timbers. When the gold rush to Colorado began, Goodnight helped Loving send a herd through the Indian Territory and Kansas to the Rocky Mountain mining camps. As Indian troubles in Northwest Texas increased, concurrent with heated conflict over the reservations on the upper Brazos and Clear Fork, Goodnight and his neighbors joined forces with Capt. Jack (J. J.) Cureton 's rangers, with whom he served as a scout and guide. It was Goodnight who found the trail leading to Peta Nocona 's Comanche encampment on the Pease River in December 1860 and brought word of it back to Cureton and Capt. Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross . He guided the rangers to the Indian camp and took part in the attack on December 18 in which Cynthia Ann Parker was recaptured. With the outbreak of the Civil War , Cureton's rangers, including Goodnight, were attached to the Frontier Regiment . Goodnight spent most of the war chasing marauding Indians and border toughs while ranging from the Canadian to the Colorado and Brazos headwaters with the likes of James E. McCord , James B. (Buck) Barry , and A. T. Obenchain . The intimate knowledge he gained of the vast rolling prairies and Llano Estacado later proved useful. At the expiration of his term of service in 1864, Goodnight returned to Palo Pinto County, where he and other cowmen spent the next year trying to recoup their cattle business from the chaos that characterized the frontier during that era. He sought out a new range along Elm Creek, in Throckmorton County, where Indians ran off nearly 2,000 head of his cattle in September 1865. Since cattle markets in Texas were poor at that time, Goodnight looked for a higher price at the Indian agencies and army posts in New Mexico, where beef was in demand. In the spring of 1866 he an

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Dement, Ada Bell

1888

Ada Bell Dement, black educator, civic leader, and civil rights activist, was born in Mineral Wells, Texas, in 1888. She began her career as a teacher in Mineral Wells where, sometime in the early twentieth century, she married Baptist minister Clifton Dement. Ada Dement served as chair of the Peace and Function Committee for the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs and as a member of the Board of Control. She also worked as senior Texas state supervisor for girls and on the general committee for the Texas Commission on Interracial Cooperation. In 1930 Dement was elected president of the Texas Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (TACWC), later called the Texas Association of Women’s Clubs . Under her leadership, the organization started a scholarship fund, promoted a training school for delinquent black girls, and helped develop a hospital for black tuberculosis patients. Furthermore, the TACWC doubled the size of its membership and even worked closely with the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs . In 1941 Dement became the first Texan elected to serve as president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC), a role she maintained until her death in 1945. While there, she was instrumental in transferring the Frederick Douglas home, located in Washington, D.C., into the care of the NACWC. While living in Mineral Wells, Dement served her community as an active participant in the woman’s auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention and as secretary of its executive committee. She was also a member of the city’s United Service Organization Council and was vice president of the Texas chapter of NNC, a popular front labor and civil rights organization with Communist connections. In 1942 Dement received an honorary doctorate from Bishop College in Marshall. She died in Tarrant County, Texas, on November 28, 1945. There are currently three Ada Bell Dement clubs on the Texas Association of Women’s Clubs list, including the Ada Bell Dement Civic and Social Club in Mineral Wells, Fort Worth, and Ranger, Texas.

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Mineral Wells, TX

1877

Mineral Wells is at the junction of U.S. highways 180 and 281 and on the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway in east central Palo Pinto County. The site was settled in 1877 by J. A. Lynch, who laid out the town in 1881. In 1882 a stage line operated between Mineral Wells and Millsap, the terminus of the Texas and Pacific Railway. The local wellwater became famous for its medicinal qualities after Lynch dug the first well and cured his rheumatism with the foul-tasting water. The town boomed as a health resort after 1885, when the Crazy Well was dug. Crazy Water, said to be a sure cure for numerous disorders including hysteria and other mental problems, was bottled and shipped throughout the country. People flocked to Mineral Wells to drink its waters and bathe in specially constructed bathhouses. J. C. Son, founder of the Palo Pinto Star , wrote articles extolling the water in exchange for one of Lynch's town lots. The railroad reached Mineral Wells in 1891, and the first of several resort hotels, the Hexagon House, was built in 1897. By 1920 the town had 400 mineral wells and was billed as "the South's greatest health resort." Many visitors were attracted each June to the Texas Health Festival. The population was 577 in 1890, 2,048 in 1900, 7,890 in 1920, 6,303 in 1940, 11,053 in 1960, 18,411 in 1970, and 14,468 in 1980. In the decades between 1940 and 1970, population figures reflected the military presence at Camp Wolters ( see FORT WOLTERS MILITARY RESERVATION). In 1966 Mineral Wells had 365 businesses, including thirty-five manufacturers, thirty-seven churches, two newspapers, a hospital, a radio station, and a business college. In 1990 it had a population of 14,870 and 304 businesses. The population grew to 16,946 in 2000 with 839 businesses. Although the town remained a center for retirement, health, and recreation, it also had a healthy industrial base in the manufacturing of clay pipe, aircraft systems, plastics, electronic products, bricks, feeds, clothing, and other products. An extension of Weatherford College is located in Mineral Wells. In 1985 Shadows on the Wall , a movie, was filmed at the local Baker Hotel.

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Accidental Lithium Therapy Before Science Caught Up

For decades people traveled to Mineral Wells claiming the water cured everything from insomnia to madness. Doctors rolled their eyes. Turns out the crazy well…

historical 13.8 mi away

The 14-Story Skyscraper in the Middle of Nowhere

In 1929 a man named T.B. Baker decided tiny Mineral Wells needed a 450-room Spanish Colonial hotel rising 14 stories into the Texas sky. It was absurd and it…

historical 13.9 mi away

Where Every Vietnam Helicopter Pilot Learned to Fly

If you flew a helicopter in Vietnam you almost certainly learned how right here. Fort Wolters trained over 40000 rotary-wing pilots before shutting down in…

historical 14.8 mi away

The Legend of Hells Gate

Before Possum Kingdom Lake existed a sheer cliff towered over the Brazos River in Palo Pinto County. Legend says a fur trader stole pelts from local Comanches…

nature 10.6 mi away

Mineral Wells Fossil Park

An old shale quarry the city of Mineral Wells turned into a fossil hunting park where you can keep whatever you find. The rock here is 300 million years old --…

historical 11.0 mi away

The Fire That Ate 126000 Acres

In April 2011 the Possum Kingdom Complex Fire roared through Palo Pinto County burning 126000 acres and destroying 168 homes over more than a month. Ninety…

quirky 11.1 mi away

The Drowned Town of Pickwick

When the Morris Sheppard Dam was completed in the 1930s the rising waters of Possum Kingdom Lake slowly swallowed the tiny settlement of Pickwick. Houses…

quirky 11.6 mi away

Hillbilly Radio From a Hotel Lobby

In the 1930s the Crazy Water Company figured out something brilliant. They set up microphones in the lobby of the Crazy Hotel and broadcast live country music…

Everything Near Graford

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

Bevers, George Rice, Homesite · 1.9 mi · Historical Marker
On the Fort Worth-Fort Belknap Road, near Flat Rock Crossing of Keechi Creek. Occupied 1854 when such travelers as Indian agent Robert S. Neighbors were fed or housed overnight by Bevers. First Palo Pinto county school…
Lane, Alfred · 2.0 mi · Historical Marker
Called "A splendid brave man" by his brother-in-law, cattleman Charles Goodnight, Tennessee native Alfred Lane moved to Texas with his family in 1836 and settled in Robertson's colony on the Brazos River. He moved to…
Vaughan, Reuben · 3.1 mi · Historical Marker
Alabama-born Reuben Vaughan (1819-1900) migrated to Texas in 1852. He and his wife Margaret (Truelove) and their three children moved to this area in 1854 and became the first permanent settlers in present Palo Pinto…
Crawford, Simpson · 3.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, where Simpson Crawford settled down after fighting in the Mexican War. Born in Kentucky in 1824, Crawford saw action at Vera Cruz and Mexico City. After the war, he married and…
The Kingdom of Possums · 5.3 mi
The reason Graford is on the map today is just a few miles west of here: Possum Kingdom Lake. But where did that unforgettable name come from? The most popular legend credits a man named Ike Sablosky, a fur and hide…
Engineering a Lake in the Canyon · 5.3 mi
The massive Possum Kingdom Lake, which reshaped this entire region, is a marvel of 1930s engineering. To tame the wild Brazos River, engineers chose a deep, rocky canyon west of here to build the Morris Sheppard Dam. It…
The Month the Sky Burned · 5.3 mi
In April 2011, the residents of Graford watched the western sky fill with a terrifying orange glow. A catastrophic wildfire had erupted in the dry, rugged hills around Possum Kingdom Lake. Fueled by high winds and one…
The Ghost of the Railroad · 5.3 mi
As you look at Graford's layout, you're seeing the ghost of a railroad — but the town got here first. Its post office opened in 1894, and its name is two towns spliced together: GRAham and weatherFORD, the places it…
Charles Goodnight · 5.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, heading towards Oran, and you're passing the site of Charles Goodnight's first ranch, established way back in 1857. This celebrated cowman and trail driver was a true legend of…
Black Springs · 5.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Oran, but this place used to be called Black Springs. Settled before the Civil War, it got its name from a dark water source nearby. This community was a big deal in Palo Pinto County, playing…
Black Springs Cemetery · 5.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Black Springs Cemetery, originally established for the pioneer settlers of the Keechi Valley. The earliest marked grave here belongs to Mary A. Lasater, who lived from 1841 to 1871.…
Slaughter, George Webb · 7.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising through Palo Pinto, and right here is the homestead of George Webb Slaughter, a true Texas legend. Born in Mississippi in 1811, he came to Texas in 1830 and served as a courier for Sam Houston during the…

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Comanche Trail Through Palo Pinto County · 8.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, following a route used for centuries by Native Americans and early travelers. This was part of the Comanche Trail, a vital path blazed by Plains Indians in the 1700s. It…
Site of the Home in 1855 of Oliver Loving · 10.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, near Oran. Back in 1855, this was the home of Oliver Loving. He was a true pioneer of the Texas cattle industry, credited as the first trail driver to move Texas cattle north.…
Mineral Wells Fossil Park · 10.6 mi · Things to Do
An old shale quarry the city of Mineral Wells turned into a fossil hunting park where you can keep whatever you find. The rock here is 300 million years old --…
The Fire That Ate 126000 Acres · 11.0 mi · Things to Do
In April 2011 the Possum Kingdom Complex Fire roared through Palo Pinto County burning 126000 acres and destroying 168 homes over more than a month. Ninety…
The Drowned Town of Pickwick · 11.1 mi · Things to Do
When the Morris Sheppard Dam was completed in the 1930s the rising waters of Possum Kingdom Lake slowly swallowed the tiny settlement of Pickwick. Houses…
Pickwick-McAdams Cemetery · 11.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising past the Pickwick-McAdams Cemetery, a final resting place for folks who settled this rugged frontier. Captain William Carroll McAdams, a Texas Ranger and Mexican War veteran, arrived in the 1840s and…
Sheppard, Morris, Dam and Possum Kingdom Lake · 11.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Morris Sheppard Dam, the massive structure holding back Possum Kingdom Lake. This wasn't just about recreation; it was a massive federal project born from disaster. Texas faced terrible Brazos…
Dr. H.H. Milling · 11.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Mineral Wells, home of Dr. H.H. Milling, a pioneer in experimental medicine. His father trained him in unusual methods, including magnetic treatments and the 'Milling method of masseuring.' Dr.…
The Crazy Well · 11.5 mi
In eighteen seventy-seven, James Lynch moved his family to this Palo Pinto County valley chasing a drier climate. Settlers drilled wells, the water built a reputation for healing, and visitors poured in. The town got…
Crazy Water Crystals · 11.5 mi
Somebody had a clever idea: boil the famous water down. Crazy Water Crystals were made by evaporating the local mineral water until the dissolved solids crystallized into a powder. It was an early instant mineral water.…
Famous Mineral Water Company · 11.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Mineral Wells, a town that owes its fame to a happy accident. Back around 1900, Edward Dismuke arrived and soon partnered to build a recreational lake. While digging for drinking water in 1904, they…
Rock Schoolhouse · 11.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the old Rock Schoolhouse in Mineral Wells. Built in 1886, this was the very first public school in town, thanks to the hard work of teacher Robert E. Hendry. Imagine hauling those stones…
Sam Savage · 11.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, and we're heading towards Mineral Wells. Keep an eye out for the Staggs Prairie Cemetery nearby, because it's the final resting place of Sam Savage. Savage lived a long life,…
Hillbilly Radio From a Hotel Lobby · 11.6 mi · Things to Do
In the 1930s the Crazy Water Company figured out something brilliant. They set up microphones in the lobby of the Crazy Hotel and broadcast live country music…
Mineral Wells High School · 11.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the first Mineral Wells High School! <break time="400ms"/> Back in 1913, the town voted to build a new school, a sign of their booming growth. <break time="400ms"/> Construction finished…
7Up Was a Lithium Drug · 11.7 mi
Here's the wild one. When 7Up launched in nineteen twenty-nine, it didn't go by 7Up. It went by Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda. And it really did contain lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing salt, listed as a…
Lithium, the Metal That Floats · 11.7 mi
Lithium is a genuinely strange element. It's the lightest metal and the least-dense solid element on the periodic table, about half as dense as water, which means a chunk of it actually floats, right before it reacts…
Mineral Wells · 11.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Mineral Wells, a Texas town literally built on water! Back in 1877, settler J.A. Lynch discovered this well's foul-tasting water seemed to cure his rheumatism. Word spread like wildfire, and soon…
Mineral Wells Post Office, Old · 11.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the old Mineral Wells Post Office, built between 1911 and 1913. This was the city's third post office, constructed during a period of rapid growth after 1900. Designed by U.S. Treasury architect…
First Baptist Church of Mineral Wells · 11.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the First Baptist Church of Mineral Wells, organized way back in 1882. It grew out of an early revival led by William Evander Penn, the "Texas Evangelist." Over the years, this church…
Rock Creek Cemetery · 11.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Rock Creek, Texas, a community that owes its name to a stagecoach stop. Back in the 1870s, this stop on the Fort Worth-Fort Belknap Military Road brought settlers to the area. The Rock Creek…
The Crazy Woman Who Wasnt So Crazy · 11.8 mi · Things to Do
Back in the 1880s a woman suffering from dementia wandered to a well in Palo Pinto County and drank from it for days. Folks thought she was a lost cause. Then…
The Lady in White of the Baker Hotel · 11.8 mi · Things to Do
Virginia Brown was the mistress of hotel builder T.B. Baker and by all accounts she loved him desperately. When he ended things she allegedly walked to the 7th…
When 150000 Tourists Swamped a Town of 8000 · 11.8 mi · Things to Do
By the 1920s Mineral Wells had drilled over 400 wells and lined its streets with bathhouses. Word of miracle cures drew visitors from every corner of the…
Hart, Jere Benjamin · 11.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, the heart of Texas ranching country. Right here, in the 1870s, a man named Jere Benjamin Hart was carving out a life. Arriving from Missouri after serving in the Confederate…
Palo Pinto County · 11.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, a place named for the "painted tree" river that flows through it. Back in the 1850s, this was frontier land, home to both Native Americans and early Texas settlers like Oliver…
Slaughter, George Webb · 11.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Palo Pinto, a place that was once the heart of a sprawling cattle empire. Right here, George Webb Slaughter, a rancher and a Baptist preacher, set up his spread in 1857. He wasn't just wrangling…
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway Depot · 11.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Mineral Wells, where the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway arrived back in 1891. This Romanesque Revival depot you see was built around 1903, replacing an earlier one that burned.…
Palo Pinto, TX · 11.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Palo Pinto, the county seat that got its name changed. Settlers arrived in 1855, drawn to the fertile Brazos River valley. In 1856, the state decided to form Palo Pinto County and called for a new…
Veale, William · 11.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, a place that was represented in the Texas Legislature by William Veale. In 1872, Veale won election to the Thirteenth Texas Legislature, representing a massive district of…
A Spa Empire Built on Chemistry · 11.9 mi
On November ninth, nineteen twenty-nine, the Baker Hotel threw open its doors: fourteen stories, four hundred fifty rooms, Spanish Colonial Revival, and the tallest thing on the skyline. It wasn't just a hotel. It was…
Accidental Lithium Therapy Before Science Caught Up · 11.9 mi · Things to Do
For decades people traveled to Mineral Wells claiming the water cured everything from insomnia to madness. Doctors rolled their eyes. Turns out the crazy well…
How the Crazy Well Got Its Name · 11.9 mi
Of all the wells that gave Mineral Wells its name, one became legendary, and it got there with a strange nickname. According to the local tale, an older woman who was thought to be mentally unsettled took to sitting by…
A Boxcar of Crystals a Day · 11.9 mi
Here is a fact that sounds too big for a small Texas town. In the nineteen thirties, Mineral Wells water was not just something you drove in to drink. It was a product shipped worldwide, and it made a couple of brothers…
Did the Water Really Cure People? · 11.9 mi
Let us be fair and honest about the healing-water story that built this town. The mineral water of Mineral Wells did contain real minerals, magnesium, calcium, sulfates, and famously just a trace of lithium. And that…
The Fourteen-Story Bet on Bad-Tasting Water · 11.9 mi
Picture a fourteen-story luxury hotel rising out of a small North Texas town, and you have got the Baker Hotel of Mineral Wells. It started with a bit of local pride and a bit of local anger. By nineteen twenty-two,…
Baker Hotel (Mineral Wells, Texas) · 11.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
They called it the Grand Lady of the Southwest, but now the Baker Hotel stands silent, a ghostly reminder of boom times gone by. Built in 1929, this hotel in Mineral Wells was meant to be a lavish resort, drawing people…
Mineral Wells - Crazy Water · 11.9 mi · Historical Marker
In 1881, a woman in this Palo Pinto County settlement claimed the local well water cured her rheumatism. Then someone said it cured a man's insanity, and they started calling it Crazy Water. Word spread. By the early…
The 65 Million Dollar Ghost Hotel Comeback · 11.9 mi · Things to Do
For over fifty years the Baker Hotel stood empty and crumbling while ghost hunters and teenagers snuck through its broken windows. Paint peeled from ballroom…
The Wells That Named the Town · 11.9 mi
Mineral Wells wears its origin story right there on the sign. The name really does come from actual wells full of mineral water. It starts back in eighteen seventy-seven, when a man named James Alvis Lynch loaded up his…
Why the Water Tasted Funny · 11.9 mi
So why did the water in Mineral Wells taste strange enough that the Lynch family fed it to their livestock first? The answer is chemistry, and it is the same chemistry that puts the mineral in Mineral Wells. Rain that…
You Can Still Sip It at the Source · 11.9 mi
Here is the part that makes Mineral Wells more than a history lesson. You can still walk up and drink the stuff the whole town is named after, right at the source. The Famous Mineral Water Company still operates a…
The Lynch Family Christmas Eve Gamble · 11.9 mi · Things to Do
On Christmas Eve 1877 the Lynch family packed up 9 children and 50 head of cattle and fled malaria-ravaged Denison heading south with nothing but desperation…
Taking the Waters · 11.9 mi
A century ago, America was gripped by a mineral-spring health craze. Taking the waters was sold as a fix for asthma, diabetes, rheumatism, gout, and just about anything else that ailed you. Towns like Mineral Wells…
Goodnight and Loving Rode Through · 12.1 mi · Things to Do
In 1867 cattlemen Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight blazed the legendary Goodnight-Loving Trail through Palo Pinto County driving herds to western markets.…
The Doomed Brazos Reservation · 12.1 mi · Things to Do
In 1854 the Brazos Indian Reservation was established in what is now Palo Pinto County holding destitute bands of Delawares Shawnees Tonkawas Wichitas and…
Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Perrin-Whitt (Perrin) · 12.1 mi
Perrin-Whitt (Perrin, TX) placed on the 2A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Cole Keeney (0.606 avg, 1 HR).
Palo Pinto, TX · 12.1 mi
Palo Pinto's history began with its designation as the county seat of Palo Pinto County in 1856. The community, initially called Golconda, was laid out in 1857 and renamed Palo Pinto shortly after. The first courthouse…
Jonathan Hamilton Baker · 12.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, and you're passing the site of Jonathan Hamilton Baker's early life here. He arrived in Texas in 1858, and after recovering from malaria, he opened what's believed to be the…
Courthouses of Palo Pinto County · 12.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Courthouses of Palo Pinto County. Palo Pinto County was created in 1856 and named for a creek south of here that was perhaps named by Spanish explorers of the Brazos River Valley. The county seat of…
The Sandstone Courthouse on the Hill · 12.1 mi · Things to Do
In 1881 Palo Pinto built a handsome courthouse from native sandstone quarried right out of the surrounding hills. The golden stone building presided over a…
Palo Pinto Methodist Church · 12.1 mi · Historical Marker
Methodist services started near Palo Pinto around 1859, with the first church building erected that same year. Later, the Methodists shared a building constructed in 1885 with other groups, before building their own new…
The Town the Railroad Forgot · 12.2 mi · Things to Do
In 1880 Palo Pinto was the only town and proud county seat of its namesake county. Then the Texas and Pacific Railway laid its tracks right past the town…
Old County Jail · 12.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Palo Pinto's old county jail, a sandstone fortress built to hold some of the roughest characters in the Wild West. Erected in 1880, this wasn't just a prison; the first floor once served as county…
How Possum Kingdom Got Its Name · 12.2 mi · Things to Do
The most accepted story credits Ike Sablosky a Russian Jewish immigrant who arrived in Mineral Wells in 1905. He went into the fur and hide business dealing…
First Baptist Church of Palo Pinto · 12.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the First Baptist Church of Palo Pinto. Frontier missionary George Webb Slaughter organized this Baptist church soon after the town of Golconda was founded in 1857. The congregation…
First Christian Church · 12.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto, and right here is the site of the First Christian Church, the oldest church building still standing in town. This congregation was organized way back in 1857, likely the very first of…
Elmwood Cemetery · 12.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Elmwood Cemetery in Mineral Wells. Established in 1883, this wasn't the city's first burial ground. Before Elmwood, a place called The Cove served as the public cemetery. In 1884, many graves were…
Palo Pinto Cemetery · 12.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto, and right here is the Palo Pinto Cemetery, a resting place that’s been here since before the town was even officially platted. The land was surveyed in 1857, and the townsite was laid…
Dement, Ada Bell · 12.6 mi · Tsha Handbook
Ada Bell Dement, black educator, civic leader, and civil rights activist, was born in Mineral Wells, Texas, in 1888. She began her career as a teacher in Mineral Wells where, sometime in the early twentieth century, she…
Mineral Wells, TX · 12.6 mi · Tsha Handbook
Mineral Wells is at the junction of U.S. highways 180 and 281 and on the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway in east central Palo Pinto County. The site was settled in 1877 by J. A. Lynch, who laid out…
Lake Mineral Wells State Park · 12.6 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving past Lake Mineral Wells State Park, a place with a surprisingly military past. Right here, nearly three thousand acres, including this lake built by the city for water, were once part of Camp Wolters.…
Mineral-Water Springs and Wells · 12.6 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and maybe you're feeling a little run down. Well, back in the day, Texans flocked to places like Mineral Wells, Marlin, and Sour Lake, seeking cures in the state's mineral springs. Sam…
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway · 12.6 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, and right here, you're passing through the former stomping grounds of the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway. Chartered in 1889, this line was built to connect…
The Song That Made a Lake Famous · 12.7 mi · Things to Do
In 1994 Dallas band the Toadies released Possum Kingdom a dark brooding single off their debut album Rubberneck. Singer Vaden Todd Lewis spun a ghoulish tale…
Salt Creek Cemetery · 12.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Salt Creek Cemetery, also known as Dark Corner. It started in 1878 when the Jonas family, early settlers here since 1876, offered a burial spot for a child from a traveling family. They later…
Palo Pinto County · 12.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, a place named for the 'spotted oak' trees you might see around here. This area was a favorite spot for Native Americans, thanks to good hunting and plenty of water. The first…
Old Camp Wolters · 12.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Old Camp Wolters, a place that saw a huge transformation during World War II. Established back in 1925 as a summer training site for horse-mounted cavalry, it was named for Brigadier…
Hittson Cemetery · 13.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, heading towards Hittson Bend. Look to your right, just ahead, you'll find the Hittson Cemetery. This resting place began with Jesse Hittson, a Virginia native who came to Texas…
Whitt Seminary · 13.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Whitt, Texas, where in January 1880, the Christian Church elders bought land right here to build a community school. The Whitt Seminary opened in 1881 in a two-story rock building. By 1885, Whitt was…
Goodnight, Charles · 13.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
Charles Goodnight, rancher, the fourth of five children of Charles and Charlotte (Collier) Goodnight, was born on March 5, 1836, on the family farm in Macoupin County, Illinois. His father died of pneumonia in 1841 when…
Slaughter, Robert Lee · 13.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, maybe near Dallas, where a legend was born. It's 1881, and young Bob Slaughter, just a kid, hears his father's half-million-dollar ranch deal might be a scam. Two fake English…
Cureton, J. J. · 13.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once wild frontier country, near Palo Pinto County. Right here, in 1858, J. J. Cureton, an early settler, led his neighbors in a battle against Comanche forces. Just two years later, in…
Possum Kingdom State Park · 13.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, heading towards the stunning Possum Kingdom Lake. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1941</say-as>, young men from Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2888…
U Lazy S Ranch · 13.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Palo Pinto County, and right here is where the legendary U Lazy S Ranch got its start. Back in the Civil War, John Bunyan Slaughter put that distinctive brand on some calves. He chose the name…
Jowell, George Radcliffe, Sr. · 13.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
George Radcliffe (sometimes spelled Ratcliff) Jowell, Sr., cattleman, civic leader, pioneer, and Texas Ranger , was born on March 8, 1840, in Marion County, Alabama, to James Abercrombie Jowell and Tabitha Paralee…
Oran, TX · 13.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
Oran is located five miles northeast of Graford on Farm Road 52 in northeastern Palo Pinto County in a grazing and farming area that produces peanuts, corn, small grains, fruits, beef cattle, sheep, and poultry. Early…
Pickwick, TX · 13.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
Pickwick was in northern Palo Pinto County. The area was settled as early as 1856, but Indian attacks prevented a permanent community from forming until after the Civil War . A post office operated there from 1903 to…
Salesville, TX · 13.4 mi · Tsha Handbook
Salesville, on Farm Road 2270 eight miles north of Mineral Wells in northeastern Palo Pinto County, was originally settled by the families of Victor Adolphus Dow and Theopalus Sale in the area known as Loving Valley.…
Whitt Cemetery · 13.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Whitt, a town that officially started in 1877, but folks were settling here even earlier, around 1855. It began as a farming community, then became a stagecoach stop. Later, Whitt turned into an…
The Grand Dame of Mineral Wells · 13.8 mi
As you approach downtown Mineral Wells, you can't miss the 14-story brick tower that dominates the skyline. That's the Baker Hotel, and it's the centerpiece of the city's story. Built for a staggering one point two…
Mineral Wells, TX · 13.8 mi
You might guess how Mineral Wells got its name, but the story is more specific than you think. In 1877 a settler named James Alvis Lynch dug a well on his land out here. The water tasted foul, but Lynch drank it anyway…
The Legend of the Crazy Well · 13.8 mi
The most famous story from Mineral Wells centers on a well and an old woman. The legend says that in 1881 an elderly woman suffering from dementia would sit by the well all day, drinking the mineral water. Slowly, so…
The 14-Story Skyscraper in the Middle of Nowhere · 13.8 mi · Things to Do
In 1929 a man named T.B. Baker decided tiny Mineral Wells needed a 450-room Spanish Colonial hotel rising 14 stories into the Texas sky. It was absurd and it…
The Helicopter Capital of the World · 13.8 mi
For a while, the skies over Mineral Wells were the busiest in the world. Four miles northeast of town lies the former Fort Wolters, which from 1956 to 1973 was the U.S. Army's Primary Helicopter School. As the Vietnam…
The Healing Hexagon House · 13.8 mi
Mineral Wells' reputation for health and healing drew hotels the way the water drew visitors, and the strangest of them all was the Hexagon House. It went up on the seven hundred block of North Oak Street, started in…
Where Every Vietnam Helicopter Pilot Learned to Fly · 13.9 mi · Things to Do
If you flew a helicopter in Vietnam you almost certainly learned how right here. Fort Wolters trained over 40000 rotary-wing pilots before shutting down in…
Fort Wolters · 13.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Parker and Palo Pinto counties, passing the site of Fort Wolters. It started in 1925 as a National Guard training area, but in 1940, the U.S. Army took over, turning it into a massive infantry…
The Legend of Hells Gate · 14.8 mi · Things to Do
Before Possum Kingdom Lake existed a sheer cliff towered over the Brazos River in Palo Pinto County. Legend says a fur trader stole pelts from local Comanches…
A Replica Vietnam Wall in the Texas Hills · 15.3 mi · Things to Do
On 12 acres of former Fort Wolters land where tens of thousands of young pilots once learned to hover sits the National Vietnam War Museum. Its centerpiece is…
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway · 15.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Cool, Texas, and right here, you're passing the story of a railroad built out of necessity! By the late 1880s, Mineral Wells was booming as a resort town, but it was stuck without a rail line. The…
Bethesda Cemetery · 15.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Bethesda Cemetery, a place born from a child's brush with death. Back in the 1860s, settlers called this Dry Creek, but by 1876, they’d built a schoolhouse that also served as a church. Two men, John…
Water Samples and a Chemical Truck · 16.1 mi
State Highway Sixteen in Young County, from the Palo Pinto County line northwest to Graham, is the Texas Game Warden Joseph Marshall Evans Memorial Highway. In nineteen sixty five this road was numbered State Highway…
Jack Llewellyn Knight · 16.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Cool Community cemetery, final resting place of Jack L. Knight. Born on a farm nearby, Knight joined the Texas National Guard in 1940. His unit shipped out for World War II, serving in Southeast…
Drilling Into Deep Time · 16.9 mi
The oil boom that defined Bryson was a feat of early 20th-century engineering, guided by geology. The key was understanding the rock beneath your feet. Bryson sits on a geological feature called the Bend Arch, which…
Boomtown Bryson · 16.9 mi
In the early 1920s, Bryson was a quiet little railroad town serving farmers and ranchers — the Rock Island had reached it back in 1903. Then oil came in. Wildcatters had found it in Jack County as early as 1898, but by…
Bryson, TX · 16.9 mi
Bryson's history began in the late 19th century when it was first known as 'Mount Hecla'. The community was renamed after Henry Bryson, who built the area's first residence, a log cabin, in 1878. The name change was…
Forty-Two (Domino Game) · 17.0 mi · Tsha Handbook
Right here, near Garner in Parker County, is the birthplace of a Texas institution: the domino game 42! It all started in 1887 with two boys, twelve-year-old William Thomas and fourteen-year-old Walter Earl. Forbidden…
Knight, Jack L. · 17.0 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Parker County, Texas, not far from where Lt. Jack Knight was born in Garner. It's February 2, 1945, deep in Burma. Knight, leading his men against heavy enemy fire, single-handedly takes out two…
Garner, TX · 17.0 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Parker County, not far from Weatherford, and you're passing through Garner. This small community has a big claim to fame: it's the birthplace of the popular domino game, 42! The town started as…
Miller, Eugene · 17.0 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Parker County, and right here is where a remarkable life story began. Eugene Miller, who would become a Texas legislator, started as an orphan train rider. In 1906, after his mother disappeared…
Fondren Cemetery · 17.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Fondren Cemetery, a final resting place with a frontier story. In 1854, William Fondren and his wife Susannah settled near this spot, near the military road connecting Fort Worth and Fort…
Bryson, TX · 17.4 mi
Bryson was originally known as 'Mount Hecla' when a post office opened there in 1878. The community was later renamed after Henry Bryson, who built the area's first residence, a log cabin, in 1878. The name change was…
Bryson · 17.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're passing through Bryson, once the undisputed Petroleum Capital of Jack County! It all started back in 1878 when Civil War veteran Henry E. Bryson built his log cabin right here. The town grew from farming and…
McCloud, James Madison · 17.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Bryson, Texas, and just a few miles east of here, a man named James Madison McCloud started something that lasted over fifty years. A Civil War veteran from Tennessee, McCloud moved his family to…
Bryson, TX · 17.8 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Bryson, Texas, a town that started life as Mount Hecla. <break time="400ms"/> It all began in 1878 when Henry Bryson built the first log house right here. <break time="400ms"/> The post office…
Authon Cemetery · 18.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Authon Cemetery, a final resting place for some of Parker County's earliest settlers. This ground first belonged to the Isom Cranfill family. Their son, Linn Boyd, was only 15 when he was killed in…
Gibtown Cemetery · 18.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Gibtown Cemetery, a final resting place with roots going back to the late 1800s. <break time="400ms"/> The land here was first known as New Hope City, but it was renamed Gibtown to honor local…
Officers Quarters · 18.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the last remaining Officers' Quarters from a 19th-century western army post in the entire United States. Built in 1867 from local cottonwood lumber, this building outlasted the fort's barracks and…
Civilian Conservation Corps at Possum Kingdom State Park · 18.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Caddo, Texas, and the beauty of Possum Kingdom State Park owes a lot to a group of young men from the Civilian Conservation Corps. In May of 1941, Company 2888 arrived here, tasked with developing…
Hell's Gate at Possum Kingdom · 18.8 mi · Things to Do
Hell's Gate is the narrow pass on Possum Kingdom Lake where the Brazos River cuts between two soaring sandstone cliffs. The cliffs are remnants of the Palo…
First Plant of Acme Brick Co. · 18.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the birthplace of a Texas industrial giant! Right here in 1891, George Bennett built the first plant for what would become Acme Brick. He chose this spot for the rich shale deposits along the Brazos…
Original Plant of Acme Brick Company · 18.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the very first plant of the Acme Brick Company, founded way back in 1891. Industrial pioneer George Bennett established this place to make high-grade pressed brick, right here because of…
Brad Cemetery · 19.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Brad Cemetery, which started with a sad story in the 1870s. Local tradition says a young girl died here as her family passed by, and soon after, Thomas Lindsey buried his sister nearby. The cemetery…
Lost Battalion, Mobilization Site of Battery F of World War II's · 19.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Jacksboro, and right here is where Battery F, part of the legendary Lost Battalion, was mobilized in November of 1940. This Texas National Guard unit sailed from San Francisco in November 1941,…
Fort Richardson · 19.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Fort Richardson, a key U.S. Army post established way back on November 26, 1867. Its mission? To protect the Texas frontier from hostile Native American tribes. The fort was named for…
Dosher, James B. · 19.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Jack County, not far from where James B. Dosher made his home. Dosher arrived in Texas back in 1847, serving in the Texas Rangers. After marrying in 1851, he settled near Jacksboro in 1855. He…
The Highway Name That Took Seventy Years to Make Legal · 19.3 mi
Every mile of U S Highway Two Eighty One inside Texas is the American Legion Memorial Highway, and the name is much older than the law behind it. On April thirtieth, nineteen thirty five, the Texas Highway Commission…
Millsap United Methodist Church · 19.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Millsap United Methodist Church, a community fixture since 1875, even before the town of Millsap was established in 1880. The current building, designed in the shape of a cross, was constructed…
Underground in Nagasaki When the Bomb Fell · 19.4 mi
U.S. Highway Three Eighty, from Graham east to Bryson, is the Henry H. King Memorial Highway. Henry King served in the Army in World War Two and was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. He survived the Bataan…
Fort Richardson Calvary Post Hospital · 19.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Fort Richardson Cavalry Post Hospital. This fort was built to stop Indian raids in North Texas. Imagine being here in May of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1871</say-as>.…
Jacksboro's First Railroad Depot · 19.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Jacksboro's first railroad depot, built back in 1898. This native stone building, constructed by the Risley Brothers, was a hub for the Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway. It wasn't…
Brazos Indian Reservation School · 19.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Graham, Texas, near where the Brazos Indian Reservation once stood. Created by the state in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1854</say-as>, this refuge was home to over a thousand Anadarko,…
Millsap Cemetery · 19.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Millsap Cemetery, also known as Old Millsap. Deeded in 1885, it's the final resting place for early Parker County settlers, tradesmen, and workers from the local brick, mine, and railroad industries.…
Joplin Fairview Cemetery · 19.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Joplin Fairview Cemetery near Jacksboro. The earliest marked burial here is from 1881, for Jessie T. Gillis. Johnny Joplin, the namesake of the nearby community, was buried here in 1899.
A Butterfield Overland Stage stop · 19.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Fort Richardson, established in 1867 by the U.S. Army. Its mission was to defend the Texas frontier against Native American tribes. This fort also served as a crucial mail station for the…
Fort Richardson · 19.7 mi · Historical Marker
Established November 26, 1867 by the United States Army to defend the frontier against the Indians. A mail station on the Butterfield Overland Stage Line, 1858-1861. Abandoned as a military post May 23, 1879.
Sewell Park · 19.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising past Sewell Park in Jacksboro, the city's very first public park! This land was a gift to the city back on June 25th, 1921, from Dan Roland Sewell. He was quite the character – a teacher, lumberman,…
The Chief Who Bragged to the Wrong General · 19.9 mi
On May eighteenth, eighteen seventy-one, about a hundred and fifty Kiowa warriors ambushed a supply convoy on the road near Fort Richardson, killing seven men. What made it historically unusual was that General William…
Butterfield Stageline · 19.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Jack County, and right here, for a brief but important time, ran a lifeline across the West. This was a key stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail Line, a legendary stagecoach route connecting St.…
Porter Cemetery · 19.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Porter Cemetery, a final resting place for Parker County's earliest settlers. It began in 1867, when Robert Scott Porter, the county's first judge, set aside land near his cabin for his family after…
Gulf, Texas & Western Railroad Depot, Former · 19.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the former Gulf, Texas & Western Railroad Depot in Jacksboro. Built in 1910, this stone structure was a symbol of local ambition and outside investment. Local contractors, the Risley Brothers, used…
Cross, G. D. · 19.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Jacksboro area, the site of G.D. Cross's later life. Born in Arkansas in 1855, Cross served with Hunter's Texas Ranger Company from 1873 to 1874, playing a role in the removal of Native Americans…

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