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480 Boydstun Cemetery From Clarendon, take S.H. 70 about 20 miles north. Marker reported missing April 2017. Pioneer area settler Henry S. Boydstun (1858-1942), a native of Illinois, moved his family to this area in 1890. That year, his infant son, Eddie, ...

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854 Church of St. John Baptist At intersection of 3rd & Parks, Clarendon Oldest church continuously in use (in earliest Episcopal parish) in the Texas Panhandle. The first services were held by the Rev. Mr. Townsend of ... 903 Clarendon Cemetery From Clarendon, take S.H. 70 about 1 mile south to Citizens' Cemetery; marker near road in southwest corner of cemetery. In this first cemetery of Donley County, sixteen rods west lie the first dead of Old Clarendon. Here white civilization sank its roots in sadness ... 18210 Clarendon College Clarendon College, SE corner of Regent Ave and College Dr, NW of Academic/Administration Building On April 2, 1898, the first college in the Texas panhandle, Clarendon College and University Training School (Clarendon College), was organized by ...

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1250 Donley County In roadside park, at intersection of U.S. 287 & S.H. 70 on west side of Clarendon Formed from Young and Bexar territories; Created August 21, 1876; Organized March 22, 1882; Named in honor of Stockton P. Donley 1821-1871; a Confederate ... 13596 Donley County Courthouse 300 S. Sully Street Designed by the architectural firm of Bulger and Rapp, and built by Troutman Brothers Contractors, both of Trinidad, Colorado, this distinctive public ...

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1884 First United Methodist Church of Clarendon 420 S. Jefferson Street, Clarendon When the Rev. Lewis H. Carhart, a Methodist minister, founded Clarendon, he envisioned it as a religious and educational center. The town was established ... 13942 Funeral Business in Clarendon 212 S Sully For more than a century, this site has been the location of a funeral home, a vital community business serving a widespread area of the Panhandle. ...

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2735 James T. Patman From Clarendon, take S.H. 70 about 1 mile south to cemetery; marker located in cemetery about .2 mile east on first driveway past main gate Outstanding peace officer. Sheriff of Donley County, Nov. 1905 to Jan. 1, 1916 - era when large ranches were being subdivided into farms. Born in ... 12613 Jericho Cemetery 16.5 miles north of Clarendon on SH 70 right-of-way, near intersection with CR B (1 mile west) Settlement of this area of Donley County began in the late 19th century, before the town of Jericho was founded as a station on the ... 24245 Jericho Gap on Route 66 marker pending marker pending

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3769 Old Mobeetie Trail SH 273, NE side of the road, 10.1 mi. NE of FM 2471 (15.7 mi. NE of Hedley) (to early town, about 40 mi. NE) A road older than recorded history; carved out in centuries of wintertime travel to the south, spring migration ...

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12485 Rowe Cemetery 1.3 miles northwest of Hedley on FM 1932 Historically significant for its associations with rancher Alfred Rowe and the now-extinct community of Rowe, this burial ground is a reflection ...

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4403 S. W. Lowe House 507 W. 5th Street, Clarendon Local merchants J. G. and F. D. Martin built this house in 1904. Rancher James M. Calhoun owned the property from 1910 to 1914 and cattleman Robert ... 14341 St. Mary's Catholic Church 815 Montgomery 18141 St. Stephen's Baptist Church 305 North Jefferson Street Following the relocation of Clarendon along the railroad in 1887, the African American population began to grow. By the 1890s, African Americans ... 5127 Stockton P. Donley Northeast corner of courthouse square, Clarendon County named for Texas Confederate Stockton P. Donley 1821 - 1871 Came to Texas from Kentucky 1846. Dist. Attorney 1853. Enlisted private 7th Tex. ...

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12977 The Clarendon News Clarendon, 105 S. Kearney Street The Clarendon News The town of Clarendon began with an effort led by the Rev. Lewis H. Carhart as he strived to create a colony based on Christianity, ...