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276 Bailey County Bailey County Courthouse grounds, SE side facing S. 1st St. A part of Bexar Territory 1836-1876. Created August 21, 1876. Organized November 5, 1918. Named in honor of Peter James Bailey 1812-1836. A Kentucky ... 11719 Bailey County Cemetery Bailey County Cemetery. CR 1018, south side between FM 2079 and CR 163. When Mariah "Aunt Rye" Long died in 1918, Emil and Anna Wellsandt offered a parcel of their land on this site for use as a public burial ground. ...

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1103 Coyote Lake FM 1731, E side 0.4 mi. N of CR 1153 (W side of Coyote Lake). Marker reported damaged Oct. 2020. One of numerous natural salt lakes in the Texas Panhandle; its waters, although brackish, have been welcome enough at various times to Indians, buffalo ...

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13836 Enochs Cemetery 0.25 mi. S and 0.5 mi. W of int. of FM 54 and SH 214 Enochs Cemetery Established 1936 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2006 14145 Enochs Cemetery 700 ft. S - 1,713 ft. W of intersection FM 54 and Hwy 214 This burial ground has served the community of Enochs since the early 20th century. In 1924, Isaac C. Enochs, Jr. (d. 1958), a land speculator and ...

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1732 First Irrigation Well in Bailey County West of Muleshoe, at southeast corner of FM 1760 and CR 103. Marker reported missing Jun. 2017. 500 Yards South to Site of First Irrigation Well in Bailey County Dug by hand in 1909 on farm of Willard Burns. A pit well (large enough for workmen ...

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2372 Harden A. Douglass Bailey County Cemetery. CR 1018, south side between FM 2079 and CR 163. (Aug. 20, 1885 - Feb. 24, 1955) Born in Bosque County. Came to this area in 1904. Elected first sheriff and tax collector of Bailey County, 1919; ...

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14640 La Pista de Vida Agua SH 214, W side 2.7 mi. N of Enochs and 0.2 mi. S of FM 37 La Pista de Vida Agua (Trail of Living Water) crossed the Llano Estacado, linking several lakes in the region. Three lakes in Bailey County lie along ...

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17443 Maple Cemetery From Maple, one mile west on CR 1316 In 1934, in the midst of drought and the Great Depression, landowner Maple Wilson donated four acres for a cemetery for the small community that ... 3530 Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge 20 mi. S of Muleshoe on SH 214. Marker missing as of Jan. 2007. Founded in 1935 as a wintering area for migratory waterfowl, Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge is on the "central flyway" in a chain of refuges from Mexico ...

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3752 Old Hurley TX 214, west side of the road just south of SW corner of TX 214 and CR 1033. One-half mile west to townsite of Old Hurly. First town in Bailey County. Promoted in 1907 by land company of Stevens A. Coldren (d. 1924). He had ... 3531 Old Muleshoe Ranch Cookhouse Relocated to Muleshoe Heritage Complex 1986 Cookhouse built in Parmer County about 1897. Bought and moved here about 1902. Dodge City couple moving to Texas found shoe thrown by mule. Used ...

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22695 Pastores of Bailey County SH 214, W side 2.7 mi. N of Enochs and 0.2 mi. S of FM 37 Sheep herders from communities along the Pecos River in New Mexico, known as the pastores, used La Vista de Vida Agua, or the Trail of Living Water, ...

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4909 Site of Virginia City 9 mi. N of Maple, E side of FM 1731, 0.3 mi. N of CR 1234 Part of a land promotion scheme begun 1908. Advertised as future metropolis by shrewd dealers, who implied that good rains and bumper crops were ...

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5337 The Founding of Bailey County Bailey County Courthouse grounds, SE side facing S. 1st St. Marker reported faded Dec. 2013. Bailey County was created Aug. 21, 1876, and named for Peter James Bailey, a Kentucky lawyer killed at the Alamo during the Texas War for Independence. ... 5384 The Mule National Mule Memorial, NE side E. American Blvd. (US 84) between S 1st. and Main streets Without ancestral pride or hope for offspring, the mule -- along with buffalo, hound and longhorn -- made Texas history. In war he carried cannon ... 5456 The XIT Ranch South Line SH 214, W side 3.2 mi. S of Muleshoe, 50 feet N of CR 1090 (About 100 feet south of this marker) One of most famous boundaries in Texas. Marked edge of XIT -- ranch empire bartered away by Texas for its Capitol ...