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1890 Clay County Jail
116 Graham St.
Constructed in 1890 by the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, this is Clay County's third jail building. Construction ...
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Buffalo Springs
NW corner FM 174 and FM 3077
A landmark as early as 1849. Watering place for buffalo hunters. Site of a proposed permanent United States Army post, July, 1867. Abandoned due ...
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Buffalo Springs, C.S.A.
NW corner FM 174 and FM 3077
On line of sentry forts along Red River and far frontiers of North Texas, 1861-1865. Used at intervals by cavalry, especially at such times as 1864 ...
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Byers High School
At intersection of North and Washington streets, inside school building
Land given to found school (first in north Clay County) by A. W. and G. W. Byers. First superintendent Edgar Haney, later legislator, promoted first ...
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Cambridge
at east entrance to Clay County Courthouse
(Early County Seat) Founded 1860, but abandoned to marauding Indians, 1863. Settlers returned in 1870 and installed a grist mill. Developers surveyed ...
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Cambridge Cemetery
Henrietta
Cambridge Cemetery, established circa 1852
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Clay County
at junction of US 82 and Spur 510 at east city limits of Henrietta
Disorganized in 1862 because of Indian raids; reorganized August 4, 1873. Henrietta, headquarters for buffalo hunters until 1878; the first Hereford ...
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Clay County Courthouse
On courthouse square
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Joy United Methodist Church
Just off FM 173, in Joy, at intersection with unpaved road in center of town. Marker will be displayed at Clay County 1890 Jail and Heritage Center, 116 N. Graham Street, after Nov. 2009.
The oldest church in the Joy community, this congregation was chartered as a Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in April 1881, when the settlements ...
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Old City Calaboose
Fifth and N. Bridge, Henrietta; at Clay County Pioneer Association
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Pleasant Valley Cemetery
From Buffalo Springs take FM 3077 2 miles south. Continue straight on dirt road about one mile, take the next right turn and continue south about .7 miles.
The community of Pleasant Valley was begun following the Civil War. A one-room schoolhouse was built for the residents of the area and also served ...
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Sanzenbacher Ranch Headquarters
Off SH 148 on private property
The Sanzenbacher Ranch began in 1873 when German immigrant Johann (John) Sanzenbacher (1797-1879) bought land in south Clay County near the Fort ...
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Shannon Cemetery
.5 mi. E of Shannon on FM 175; .5 mi. S on local road
Established near a flourishing spring of water and a general store in 1878, the settlement around this site was known as Stampede Springs. The first ...
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St. Elmo Hotel
106 East Omega Street (US 82)
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