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1259 Double Mountain Salt Works (on Brazos River) Kent County Courthouse grounds, NW corner, at SE corner of N. Main St. (SH 70) and E. 4th St. On Indian-infested frontier 125 miles beyond Fort Belknap and outer settlements. Northernmost business in Confederate Texas. Established at great ...

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11993 First National Bank Building NW corner N. Donaho Ave. and W. Main St. An excellent example of early 20th century Classical Revival style, the First National Bank of Jayton was erected about 1912 by descendants of early ...

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2926 Kent County Kent County Courthouse grounds, NW corner, at SE corner of N. Main St. (SH 70) and E. 4th St. NOTE: Clairemont is misspelled. Formed from Young and Bexar territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized November 8, 1892. Named in honor of Andrew Kent who fell at the Alamo. ...

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3756 Old Kent County Jail N side CR 200, 400 feet N and 100 feet E of intersection of US 380 and SH 208 Built, 1894, of red sandstone quarried nearby. Horse and cattle thieves, murderers, moonshiners most common prisoners. One of most difficult West ...

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4139 Putoff Canyon Picnic area on SH 70, E side 3.1 mi. NW of Jayton (East of here) Named for a Mr. Putoff, early settler. In region of Salt Water, canyon was noted for its freshwater spring "strong enough to swim ...