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Carmelite Monastery
Carpenter St., N side opposite Convent St. Historical marker is along sidewalk, historic building (on private property) is 200 feet north. Originally designated RTHL 1962 as Kelly Home with RTHL medallion.
In 1882, six German friars from St. Boniface monastery in Scipio, Kansas, founded a new Carmelite monastery at Grelton Station, halfway between Fort ...
12046
Connell House
410 Convent St
Constructed in 1882 as a two-room home for Carmelite Priests, this was the first building in Stanton. Dennis and Mary (Stoeger) Connell made their ...
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13039
First United Methodist Church of Stanton
208 E Saint Anna St
Early Methodists in Stanton shared a Union church building with area Baptists. In 1904, following a local revival, nine individuals formed a separate ...
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2674
J. E. Millhollon Ranch House
From Stanton, take US 80 about .5 mile East.
About 1900, J. E. and Nettie (Bell) Millhollon trailed their cattle from Glasscock to Martin County, acquiring this homesite and 34 sections of land. ...
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3212
Marienfeld
Courthouse lawn st., Stanton
Former name of Stanton. Begun as German colony by 5 German Catholics from Kansas, who pitched tents here, near new Texas & Pacific Railroad in 1881. ...
3227
Martin County
From Stanton, take US 80 West about .5 mile
On lower great plains of west Texas. Formed from Young and Bexar territories. Created Aug. 21, 1876, and organized Nov. 4, 1884. Named for Wyly Martin, ...
3543
Mustang Spring
S side FM 1212, 0.7 mi. E of FM 1208. Marker reported damaged Apr. 2019 (graffiti).
Watering place known as early as 1849 when Captain Randolph B. Marcy of the U. S. Army stopped here en route from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to El Paso. ...
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3762
Old Martin County Jail
300 St. Joseph St., Stanton
The cell block of this jail was originally included in the 1885 Martin County Courthouse, built the year after the organization of Martin County ...
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4890
Site of St. Joseph's Church
301 E. Carpenter St., Stanton.
With the purpose of founding a monastery and a German Catholic colony, Carmelite Monks, in 1881, began the first Catholic church between Fort Worth ...
14220
Stanton Church of Christ
Stanton
