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55 A. J. Warren Building Corner of Eighth and Doak Streets, O'Donnell Farmer and rancher A. J. Warren (1870-1933) moved to this area in 1902 and helped to organize Lynn County in 1903. He built this 2-story brick and ...

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16331 Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 in Lynn County 8.5 mi. W of Tahoka, US 380, N side, 1 mi. E of FM 1328. Marker reported damaged Jul. 2020. Known as Buffalo Soldiers, African-American troops played a vital role on the western frontier following the Civil War. On July 26, 1877, Buffalo ...

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2255 Grasslands SE corner US 380 and FM 212 (2 miles south) One of first land patents in South Plains, lying along a well-marked Indian trail used by explorers, U.S. Army, and (after 1880) ... 18675 Green Memorial Park Cemetery 762 FM 400 Located south of the townsite of Wilson, Green Memorial Park Cemetery was established as part of the farming community of Wilson. In 1906, William ...

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3152 Lynn County from Tahoka, take U.S 87 about 3 miles n Formed from Young and Bexar territories; created August 21, 1876; organized April 15, 1903. Tahoka, county seat. (1936) 3153 Lynn County Courthouse Square, Highway 87, Tahoka Created 1876 from Bexar Territory. Name honors G. W. Lynn, "One of those who baptized the altar of Texas with life blood at the Alamo". Tahoka Lake ... 15274 Lynn County Courthouse Tahoka In 1876 the Texas legislature created Lynn county, which organized in 1903 with Tahoka as county seat. A two-story frame structure on this site served ...

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17848 New Moore 3 mi n of O'donnell on 87, west on 213 13 mi, intersection of 179 and 213 New Moore was a rural farming community established on the site of the Singleton Slash L Ranch in 1924. Samuel F. Singleton came to Texas in the ...

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3630 O'Donnell SE corner Doak St. (Bus. 87) and 8th St. Named for Tom J. O'Donnell, promoter of South Plains railroads, including 60 miles of Santa Fe Line from Slaton to Lamesa. On this new railroad (important ...

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4827 Site of Mackenzie Cavalry Camp W. M. D. Green Memorial Park At or near this spot, Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie, with two companies of United States 4th Cavalry, was overtaken on Dec. 4, 1874, by a snowstorm. ... 4999 Spanish Explorers' Route W. M. D. Green Memorial Park A prehistoric road discovered and used by Indians, Spaniards, United States Army units, and cattle drovers. It crossed the Llano Estacado from Gholson ...

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15121 T Bar Ranch Headquarters Tahoka 5190 Tahoka 1612 Lockwood, Tahoka In Dec. 1902, over 100 people met around a bonfire in a ravine to the southwest of Tahoka Lake and voted to petition for county organization and ...

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5857 Wilson Mercantile Company Wilson City Hall (Green Mercantile Building) Founded 1910 by William Green, son of a family who settled in South Texas more than a century ago. The townsite was part of four leagues of Wilson ...