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232 Atoka Cemetery From Novice take FM 1770 3 miles west. Turn north onto county road and continue about 1 mile to cemetery on the left fork of the road. Settlement of this area began in the 1850s with the establishment of Camp Colorado, a United States cavalry outpost. At the outbreak of the Civil ...

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425 Blair House 416 W. College Ave. A native of Georgia, J. T. Blair (1876-1949) migrated to this area in 1897. He married Carrie Agnes Love, of a pioneer Coleman County family. They ...

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16173 Camp Colorado Cemetery 656 Camp Colorado Guard House On private property, from Coleman take SH 206 about 5.3 miles; head east on FM 2303 about 6 miles; turn south onto dirt road and continue about 1.6 miles to Camp Colorado site. -- 657 Camp Colorado, C.S.A. City Park on SH 206, north side of Coleman. Surrendered as U.S. outpost beginning Civil War. Became part frontier defense line from Red River to Rio Grande. Headquarters first Texas Mounted ... 15264 Centennial School 2998 FM 503 In 1936, the Valera, Bowen, White Chapel and New Central communities established a common high school. The new centralized campus – the second rural ... 918 Cleveland-Anson House Off US 67 on private property. Map dot approximate. First fine house in area. Built in 1880 by George P. Cleveland, a sheep rancher. Structure, of native stone and lumber hauled from Fort Worth by ... 940 Coleman County Picnic area 0.9 mi. NW of US 283/SH 206. Text plate reported missing and seal reported damaged Feb. 2018. In early Texas had Apache, Comanche, Kiowa camps and mountain lookouts. White settlement began at Camp Colorado, U.S. 2nd Cavalry Post on Jim Ned ... 941 Coleman County Jail On northeast corner of courthouse square, Commerce at Walnut, Coleman. Second county jail. (First was a small 1879 structure on lawn of courthouse.) Erected in 1890, this building is a good example of Victorian jail ... 2523 Colonel James E. McCord City Park on SH 206, north side of Coleman 1834-1914 South Carolinian. Came to Texas 1853. Surveyor of lands in this region, including the site of Camp Colorado. Texas Ranger. Prominent secessionist. ...

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1143 D. A. Parker House 2 miles west of Novice on FM 1770, then 1 mile south on CR 488 A native of Ohio, David Absalom Parker (b. 1849) came to Coleman County in 1876 with his wife, Nannie Rachel (Atkinson). Soon after, they constructed ...

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1476 Emma Daugherty Banister Santa Anna Cemetery on FM 1176, Santa Anna. (Oct. 20, 1871-June 4, 1956) The Daugherty family moved west in the late 1870s to Coleman County from present Forney in Kaufman County, where Emma ...

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1716 First Christian Church of Santa Anna S. 1st St. and Avenue C Founded in 1894, this congregation worshiped in various places until members purchased this lot in 1900 and began construction of their own building. ...

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22451 Glen Cove Cemetery From Coleman go west on Hwy 153 12 miles. Turn south on CR 444 for 1 mile. Turn right (west) at Glen Cove Cemetery sign. Go west 0.2 miles which runs into the cemetery.

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2802 John R. Banister Santa Anna Cemetery on FM 1176, Santa Anna (May 24, 1854-Aug. 2, 1918) Missouri native John Banister left home in 1867 and came to Texas. He received training as a cowboy and participated ...

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1459 Kin Elkins Home Off FM 1176 on private property. Map dot approximate. RTHL medallion only

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3507 Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Williams FM 1176, near community center, Trickham William Patrick Williams (ca. 1818-1898) and his wife Elizabeth (Boles) (ca. 1822-1899) migrated to Texas from Mississippi during the Civil War. ... 3510 Mrs. J. A. B. Miller Public Library Building Courthouse Square, Walnut & Commerce, Coleman Financed by the Self-Culture Club and other local women's organizations, this structure was erected in 1909 to provide a meeting place for the groups ... 17974 Mt. View Cemetery Approximately 9 miles northwest of Coleman, Texas, on County Road 470. Take US Hwy 84 from the intersection of the US 84 Bypass and Neches St.(SH 206) approximately 8.1 miles. Turn right at the Mt. View Cemetery sign off of US Hwy. 84 onto County Road 468, and go approximately 0.4 miles to the intersection with County Road 470. Turn right on CR 470 for approximately 0.6 miles to the driveway of Mt. View Cemetery. Turn left into the cemetery property. This cemetery was established in 1891 on land donated by G. William Baker at the base of Robinson’s Peak in rural Coleman County. Families in the ...

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3796 Old Rock House From Santa Anna take US 84 NW about 1 mile This site was claimed in 1857 under a Republic of Texas land certificate held by former State Representative Darwin Stapp of Victoria County. In ...

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4258 Richard A. Pauley Valera Cemetery, about 1 mile south of Valera on FM 503. (March 20, 1882-May 16, 1925) A man who achieved boyhood wish to become a law officer, Pauley was a rancher before his election in 1923 to office ... 1090 Robert M. Coleman Courthouse Square, Commerce at Walnut, Coleman. (1799-1837) Born in Kentucky. Came to Texas in 1832. Commanded company of volunteers at Siege of Bexar (San Antonio), Dec. 5-10, 1835. Delegate to ... 4371 Route of Old Military Road 3 miles east of Santa Anna on US 67/84. Marker reported missing Jul. 2021. Opened in 1850s for supply trains and cavalry travel along line of U.S. forts from Belknap on the Brazos to Fort Mason and to Fort Clark near the ... 4381 Ruins of Camp Colorado From Coleman take SH 206 about 5.3 miles; head east on FM 2302 about 6 miles. Head south on dirt road about 1.6 miles to marker (on private property). Originally established on the Colorado River by the United States Army as a protection for the frontier against hostile Indians; moved in August, ...

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16899 Santa Anna Cemetery Santa Anna SANTA ANNA CEMETERY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SANTA FE RAILROAD IN 1886, THE TOWN OF SANTA ANNA GREW RAPIDLY AND DEVELOPED AS A CATTLE SHIPPING ... 4573 Santa Anna, C.S.A. 704 Wallis Avenue, Santa Anna Visitor Center, courtyard and gazebo Mountain and town named in honor of man in power here in 1840's, a Comanche chief friendly to Texans. Santa Anna in 1846 visited President Polk in ... 11813 Shields Cemetery 17.5 mi. S of Coleman on FM 2131 The first community in this vicinity began as a Baptist church settlement founded in 1900. The vast ranch land of the area was divided into lots ... 12865 Silver Valley Cemetery CR 476 NE of Silver Valley, cross Hwy 84; CR 476 at CR 478 Silver Valley Cemetery The first known grave here is that of Helen A. (Crocker) Averitt, who, like her husband, John C. Averitt, was an early area ... 4792 Site of Flat Top Settlement 10.8 miles south of Voss on FM 503, 6 miles west on FM 2134, on south side of road A frontier center of traffic and communications. First known settler, Richard Coffey, lived here in 1860's, except in weeks when pioneers banded ...

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24181 Talpa Cemetery marker pending marker pending 3906 The Rock House on Day Ranch FM 2134 to Leaday on Padgitt Ranch on Grape Creek -- 5574 The Turner House Wallis Avenue (US 84/US 67), N side between 7th and 8th streets. Marker reported missing Jul. 2022. Built 1886 by an attorney from Mississippi. Colonial architecture. House was enlarged from 8 to 12 rooms after 1903 purchase by Fred W. Turner, rancher ... 5557 Town of Trickham Near community center, FM 1176, Trickham. Oldest town in county; founded about 1855 as a cowboy trading post for ranching activities of cattle baron John Chisum. During 1860-1890, it was ... 13096 Trickham Cemetery RR 1176 at CR 216 Trickham Cemetery Established c. 1870s Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004

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5628 Valera Cemetery 1 mile south of Valera on FM 503 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad established a railway line about eight miles southwest of Coleman in 1904. The town of Valera developed ...

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5767 Western Trail Marker Courthouse square, Walnut at Commerce This tablet commemorates the Western Trail that passed through Coleman in 1867-1895. D.A.R. Seal. Head of longhorn. "Up the Trail". Erected by the ... 11814 White Chapel Cemetery 8 miles west of Coleman on SH 153; then 1 mile north on FM 503 Coleman County was organized in 1867. The landscape in this area included high grasses, pecan and live oak trees. Deer, turkey, bear and antelope ...