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595 C. M. Armstrong Building Seagraves-Loop Museum and Art Center, W side of Main St. and Hill Ave. Clifton Martin Armstrong (1888-1951) was instrumental in the early growth of northern Gaines County. He was involved in several significant area ... 771 Cedar Lake FM 1067, W side 150 feet S of FM 1066. Marker reported damaged Feb. 2022 (bronze star and wreath missing, graffiti). Or Laguna Sabinas. Largest Alkali Lake on Plains; old Indian camp and burial site; birthplace of Quanah Parker. A skirmish between Indians and United ...

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1161 Dan Cobb NW corner NW 3rd St. and NW Ave. E (Dec. 2, 1868 - May 16, 1937) A native of Tennessee, Dan Cobb designed and constructed the first Gaines County Courthouse in 1906. He also built ... 1162 Dan Cobb Home NW corner NW 3rd St. and NW Ave. E RTHL medallion only

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2094 Gaines County Heritage Park, triangle between SH 214, NW Ave. B and NW 5th St. Marker is mounted on low wall. Named for James L. Gaines, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, this county was formed out of Bexar County in 1876. Anglo settlement ... 2095 Gaines County Gaines County Courthouse grounds, W side facing S. Main St. (US 385) Created August 21, 1876. Organized October 24, 1905. Named for James Gaines. Born in Virginia in 1779. Established a ferry across the Sabine River ...

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12662 Historic Hackberry Grove 2 mi S of Seminole on Highway 385 Earliest known human habitation in Gaines county. This small, unique grove of Hackberry trees has survived in this arid land because of sub-irrigation ...

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14137 Lake Mackenzie Seminole

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3683 Oil Industry in Gaines County Gaines County Park and Golf Course. Marker is mounted on brick near entrance, 200 feet W of US 62/US 385 The first oil lease in Gaines County was in 1912 and the first drilling occurred in 1925. Ten years later the Landreth Co. brought in the first producing ...

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4636 Seminole Heritage Park, triangle between SH 214, NW Ave. B and NW 5th St. Marker is mounted on low wall. Founded and designated county seat in 1905, same year county was organized. Took name from Seminole Wells, Indian watering places to south and west. ... 4706 Simpson Hotel N side Main St. and Appleton Ave. Marker faces Appleton Ave. In 1917, the year the railroad town of Seagraves was platted, Alice Jenkins built this two-story hotel and named it the Hotel Texan. R. P. and Emma ...