Historical Markers of Texas

13813 Cee Vee Cemetery 14.8 mi. N on US 83/62, 8.5 mi. W on FM 1440 The Cee Vee community dates to 1926, with earlier ties to cattlemen Clairborne Varner and Charles Goodnight, who grazed herds in the area using the ... 798 Chalk From Paducah, take FM 1038 south, about 10 miles, then follow FM 1278, southwest about 4.1 miles Drought conditions in the early 1900s prompted local rancher W. Q. Richards in 1903-04 to subdivide land in this area into small farms complete with ... 1074 Cottle County NW corner of Highways 70 & 62, or 8th & Easley Streets, Paducah Created in 1876, organized in 1892, in area where the Pease and Little Wichita Rivers break level terrain. Named for George Washington Cottle (1798-1836), ... 1075 Cottle County From Paducah, take US 70 about 7 miles east to Roadside Park Formed From Young and Bexar territories created August 21, 1876, organized January 11, 1892. Named in honor of George Washington Cottle a private ... 13447 Cottle County Courthouse Courthouse square The Texas Legislature created Cottle County in 1876 and named it for George Washington Cottle, who died defending the Alamo forty years earlier. ... 616 CV Ranch and Cee Vee Community 14.8 miles north of Paducah on US 83/62; 9 miles west on FM 1440 The CV cattle brand was first registered in 1850 in McLennan County by Claiborne Varner. In 1856 his brother in law, J. Wes Sheek, and Sheek's stepbrother ...

15340 Garden of Memories Cemetery Paducah 2194 Gober-Barron-Williford House 1314 Easley Street, Paducah Late Victorian structure, has fine glass and gingerbread trim. Built 1896 and lived in by first (1892-1898) Cottle County Sheriff, Joe L. Gober. ...

1480 Martin, Emmett Paducah Cemetery, Garden of Memories, from Paducah, follow FM 1038 east of .5 miles Son of trapper, J. A. Martin. In 1898, at the age of ten, Emmett was sent to his home in Shinnery settlement to remain overnight and return the next ...

5346 The Gray and The Blue Courthouse lawn, corner of Highway 83 & Highways 62/ 70, Paducah Into the western part of Texas, about 1885 came Civil War veterans of the Gray and the Blue, to tame the wilderness. They grazed cattle where drought ...