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1195 Deaf Smith County Deaf Smith County Courthouse grounds, SW corner, at NE corner of E 3rd. and Sampson streets Formed from Young and Bexar territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized October 3, 1890. Named in honor of Erastus "Deaf" Smith, 1787-1837. Came ... 1196 Deaf Smith Courthouse, 1910 Deaf Smith County Courthouse, SE entrance facing E 3rd St. Brick with marble veneer and interior. Second marble courthouse built in U.S. Cost was $125,000. After hotly-contested bond issue election, Judge ...

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5027 Former Site of Saint Anthony's Catholic School Deaf Smith County Museum. Marker reported damaged Aug. 2020. Since its establishment in 1914 Saint Anthony's Catholic School has played a prominent role in preparing young students for advanced classwork. Initial ...

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2181 Ghost Towns of Deaf Smith County Deaf Smith County Museum. Marker reported damaged Aug. 2020. Here as in many Texas counties, ghost towns and ghost post offices outnumber living ones. La Plata (formerly Grenada) thrived as county seat and ... 4806 Great Cowboy Strike, Site of US 60, 5.5 mi. N of Hereford (2 miles south) Began in Spring of 1883 when range hands from LS, LX, LIT and other large ranches organized a strike for better wages; was a reaction ...

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2460 Hereford Christian College Union Ave., N side between Ave. F and Whiteface Ave. Parking lot at southeast corner of Hereford High School campus. Hereford College opened 1902 as co-educational public school in newly-built three-story main building. By 1903, college was transferred to Christian ... 16007 Hereford High School Stanton Special Learning Center, NE corner E. Park Ave. and Ave. F In 1898, a relocated frame schoolhouse served students of Hereford. New buildings came as attendance increased, and in 1916 the school board converted ...

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3176 Mackenzie Trail 4.2 mi. SE at intersection of US 60 and US 385. Marker reported missing Dec. 2015 Along this lonely, arid trail Gen. Ranald S. Mackenzie led his troops on scouting forays in the 1870s. Known for bravery and skill as a Civil War ... 3482 Mothers Park Main St., NE side between E. Park Ave. and Ave. B Established by the Mothers' Club, founded in 1909. Site, a 1910 gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Thomas, was improved with walks and shade trees. In 1934 ...

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16428 Palo Duro Baptist Church Palo Duro community, FM 809, 1 mi. N of FM 2587 Palo Duro Baptist Church has its origins in Union School, which was built by settlers around 1893. Area residents held a non-denominational Sunday ... 13076 Palo Duro Wildorado Cemetery Palo Duro community, FM 809, 1 mi. N of FM 2587 Early settlers to this area included the J.C. Womble family, which came in January 1892. The next year, the community obtained land on which to build ... 4036 Pioneer Windmill Santa Fe Park, SE corner E. 1st St. (US 60) and S. Main St. A wind-driven machine for pumping water. Its use made gardening easier and led to irrigated farming on arid High Plains. With barbed wire, it enabled ... 4123 Prisoner of War Camp Chapel 3500 block US 60, W side of southbound lanes, on CR H/US 60 access road, 0.7 mi. SW of FM 2856. See also Prisoner of War Camp Chapel marker (Atlas no. 3902) in Castro County. (3.5 mi. S) A prisoner of war camp, used primarily for Italian soldiers, was in operation near this site during World War II. Known as the Hereford ...

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5325 The E. B. Black Residence NE corner W 3rd St. and Bennett Ave. In 1901 Alabama-born E. B. Black (1866-1945) brought his family to Hereford from Cleburne, Texas. He opened a furniture store and became a prosperous ... 5437 The Thompson House NW corner Union Ave. and Ave. E Land developer S. S. Evants built this home in 1906. The following year Alex Thompson (1883-1956) bought the house and then sold it to his mother ... 5527 Town of Dawn Southbound US 60 access road, N side between Grand and Community streets Had second post office in county, in 1889. Named by pioneers who saw here the "dawning of a new country." Santa Fe Railroad station house (a box ... 5517 Town Without a Toothache Mims Park, E side S. 25 Mile Ave. (US 385) between Bennett Ave. and S. 4th St. Hereford's "miracle water" was brought to national fame in 1941 when Dr. Edward Taylor, State Dental Officer, told the American Dental Association ... 5584 Two-Wheel Fire Hose Reel Deaf Smith County Museum. Hereford's mid-1913 equipment to fight fires. Hand-propelled, or (at a $5 bonus) hauled by the auto or horses of a bystander. Reel cost only $133, ...