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517 Bronte South intersection of SH 158 and US 277, on SH 158, Bronte Eastern gateway to Permian Basin, in Coke County. Called Oso and Broncho in early 1880's. Formally named for English novelist Charlotte Bronte, in ... 518 Bronte Depot SH 158 West (Main Street), Bronte Built by local stonemason James C. Lammers (1874-1942), this depot was completed in 1911, two years after the first train arrived in Bronte. Built ...

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741 Cary Allen Gates Robert Lee Cemetery, at east city limits on SH 158 (October 14, 1836-July 27, 1927) Born near town of Paint Lick, Kentucky. Came to Collin County, Texas, 1858. Joined Confederate army at McKinney, ... 770 Cedar Hill from Silver, take FM 2059 south about 6 miles to intersection with FM 2742 The Cedar Hill area, settled by stock-farming homesteaders about 1890, was named for the nearby cedar-covered elevation. A one-room school built ... 933 Coke County from Robert Lee, take SH 158 E about 1 mile, in roadside park Formed from Tom Green county. Created March 13, 1889, Organized April 23, 1889. Named in honor of Richard Coke 1829-1896. Governor of Texas 1874-1876, ... 934 Coke County Jail 601 Chadbourne St. Successor to county's first one-room jail of rough lumber built about 1891, this building was erected 1907 by Southern Structural Steel Company, ...

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1232 Divide Cemetery Divide community. From Robert Lee, FM 2034 southwest 9 miles, then Walnut Road west 1 mile. In 1896 the Smith and Chapman families donated 4 acres here for a cemetery and church lot. A sanctuary for all faiths was built on the site the same ...

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1390 Edith from Robert Lee, take SH 158 west about 9 miles. MARKER REPORTED MISSING DEC. 2012 Settled by cattlemen who ran herds on open range, and stock-farming homesteaders. Development began in early 1880's after Winfield Scott, rancher, ...

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1588 Fence-Cutting War Courthouse square, 7th and Austin Avenue This area was a center of hostilities during 1880's conflict between landless cattlemen trying to keep use of free grass and open range and those ... 1618 First Baptist Church of Bronte 424 S. Washington St. Organized by visiting minister W.G. Green and a congregation of three on June 19, 1887, the Baptist church in Bronte met in homes. In 1890 a brush ... 1749 First Methodist Church of Bronte 324 S. Washington St. This congregation traces its history to the summer of 1890, when a small group of worshipers led by the Rev. J.W. Montgomery gathered under a brush ... 1766 First Methodist Church of Robert Lee 9th and Chadbourne Streets The Rev. Green Cotton Fields organized this Methodist congregation in January 1891. A one-room frame sanctuary built on this site in 1896 was replaced ... 1855 First Producing Oil Well in Coke County 1 mile east of Silver at intersection of FM 1672 and SH 208 Sun Oil Company's well - No. 1 Allen Jameson -- was staked in Sept. 1946, and struck oil Nov. 17. Intermittent drilling had gone on in Coke County ... 1973 Fort Chadbourne 11.75 north of Bronte on US 277 at entrance to Fort Chadbourne Established by the United States Army, October 28, 1852, as a protection to frontier settlers against Indians named in honor of Lieutenant T.L. Chadbourne, ... 1974 Fort Chadbourne, C.S.A. City Hall grounds, 100 block of S. Washington St. Located 8 miles north on old Butterfield stageline. Upon secession, company of First Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles occupied this post to give protection ...

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2414 Hayrick from Robert Lee, take SH 158 east about 5 miles then go northeast on Hayrick Road about 9 miles to Hayrick Cem. First county seat of Coke County, 1889-1890. Robert Lee then became the county seat. 2415 Hayrick Lodge 696, A.F. & A.M. Austin Avenue at 7th Street Organized 1890 at Hayrick, first county seat of Coke County. Moved to Robert Lee 1891. This hall was built in 1906 by a contractor, S.C. Wilkins, ... 12505 Henry Davis Pearce Robert Lee Cemetery, on SH 158 at east city limits (June 4, 1845 - December 8, 1911) Born in Illinois. Came to Texas 1856. Joined Confederate army in New Orleans, 1861; fought in Siege of Vicksburg ...

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2637 Indian Rock Shelters from Bronte, take US 277 north about 8 miles to the junction with SH 70 Throughout this area during the last several centuries, rock ledges gave protection to Lipan, Kickapoo, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians. In one typical ...

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2722 James Franklin Byrd from Robert Lee, take SH 158 east about 5 miles, then go northeast on Hayrick Road about 9 miles to Hayrick Cemetery (December 18, 1844-June 9, 1915) Born in Kentucky. Joined the Confederate army at Gonzales, Texas, 1862. Was in Co. F., Willis' Battalion of Cavalry, ...

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3110 Locklin Bartholomew Murray Robert Lee Cemetery, on SH 158 at east city limits (June 17, 1849-April 29, 1923) Born in Jackson, Miss. Came to Texas with family in early 1860's. Married Susan Lucinda McSpadden (1855-1917), and ...

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3528 Mule Creek Cemetery 4.5 miles southwest of Tennyson on US 277, at its intersection with FM 2333 Established by pioneers of Mule Creek community, a small frontier settlement founded in 19th century. Said to be named either for (1) an early horse ...

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3933 Panther Gap SH 208, 13 miles northwest of Robert Lee. Marker reported missing 1998. Landmark on ancient Indian trail, and early route of travelers and military west of Fort Chadbourne (20 miles east) before the Civil War. After 1880, ...

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4260 Richard Coke Courthouse square 7th and Austin Avenue (1829-1896) Virginia native. Leader Texas secession movement. Joined army, rose to captain 15th Texas Infantry company serving in Louisiana, Arkansas, ... 4300 Robert Lee Cemetery on SH158 at east city limit, Robert Lee Established in 1891, two years after the founding of the city of Robert Lee. Developers L.B. Harris and Eugene Cartledge, as president and secretary ... 4374 Route of the Southern Overland Mail Line from Bronte, take US 277 north about 11 miles to roadside park One mile southeast to Fort Chadbourne, a station on the Butterfield mail and stage line, which linked St. Louis and San Francisco, 1858 - 1861. The ...

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4558 Sanco from Robert Lee, take SH 208 northwest about 6 miles, then go north on Sanco Loop about 3 miles Sanco (originally located 1 mile east) On site of prehistoric Indian camps; in area where in 1850's Fort Chadbourne soldiers often skirmished with ... 4671 Shelving Rock Divide community. From Robert Lee, FM 2034 southwest 9 miles. Natural Landmark Shelving Rock (8 mi. W. on private land) Archeological findings at an overhanging rock ledge on Walnut Creek show that the spot, ... 4695 Silver at intersection of SH 208 and FM 1672 A pioneer ranching center, settled about 1880. Early land owners included S.M. Conner, W.G. Jameson and W.R. Walker. Dr. J. E. Reed for 50 years ... 4983 Southern Overland Mail, 1858-1861 from Robert Lee city limits, take SH 158 east about 5.75 miles Passed near this site, providing for the first time combined passenger and mail service between Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Operating west from ...

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5225 Tennyson On US 277 at its intersection with FM 2333 In area roamed by Indians for centuries. Tamed by open-range cattlemen in the late 1870's. Permanent settlement began in 1880's. A post office, named ...