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24 1870s Cowboy-Indian Fight 0.5 mile southwest of Calf Creek on FM 1311 (or, from Brady, take US 87 about 16.2 miles west to marker, just east of junction with FM 503). Marker reported vandalized Feb. 2017. Near here in 1874 or 1875, 18 Indians attacked W.B. Brown and two comrades, spooking one horse and capturing bedrolls and grub, but sparing the men, ...

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678 Camp San Saba Masonic Lodge FM 1955, in Camp San Saba community; about 10 miles south of Brady via US 87 ----- 12855 Cowboy Cemetery From Brady, go north on Hwy. 377 for 15 miles; turn right at the Placid marker; go 2.5 miles east of the Placid Community and turn north (left) on FM Road 1028; go about 2 miles and turn east on the gravel County Road; the cemetery is 1 mile on the right . Cowboy Cemetery According to legend, this cemetery's name is a reference to a cowboy who died while passing through this area and may have been the ... 1136 Curtis Airfield Curtis Field Airport, W side of N. Bridge St. (US 377) Named for Harry Lamar Curtis, mayor of Brady who instigated offer of this field to the United States government during World War II. Born 1903 in ...

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12961 Fife Cemetery 20 mi. N on US 283 and 300 yds N of FM 765 Fife Cemetery Alexander (d. 1896) and Isabella (d. 1898) Mitchell came to this area in 1878 with their children. Alex, a surveyor, farmed and ranched. ...

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2125 General Ben McCulloch, C.S.A. Southwest corner of courthouse square, US 337/87 at US 190 (1811-1862) Distinguished Ranger, frontier surveyor, Indian fighter, lawman, statesman and military commander. Born in Tennessee. Followed David ... 2146 Geographic Center of Texas From Brady take US 377 north about 19.5 miles to marker, about 2 miles south of junction with FM 502. Five miles northwest is the geographic center of Texas, an imaginary point whose coordinates divide the state into four equal areas. In straight-line ...

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12978 Lohn Cemetery Lohn, FM 504 Lohn Cemetery German native Boi Albert Cornils immigrated as a young adult to this area in 1884 and wed another young immigrant, Bertha Lembke. The ...

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3285 McCulloch County Courthouse Square, US 87/377 at US 190 Created Aug. 27, 1856. One of 128 counties formed from Bexar County that extended from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle, and as far west as El Paso. ... 3286 McCulloch County Courthouse Courthouse square, US 87/377 at US 190 County organized 1876, with Brady as county seat; first courthouse built 1879. Present courthouse (second and on same site) completed 1900; Martin ... 3287 McCulloch County Jail 117 N. High St. Constructed in 1909-1910, this was the second building to serve as the McCulloch County Jail. This red brick Romanesque Revival style edifice was ... 14943 Mount Tabor Cemetery (Brown Cemetery) CR 222, W side 0.5 mi. N of SH 71. Map dot approximate. Established 1884 Historic Texas Cemetery – 2004

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3679 Ogden Home Camp San Saba community, off FM 1955 on private property. Map dot approximate. AKA Turner House. -- (RTHL medallion) 17663 Old Spiller Cemetery 6 miles east on CR 212 OLD SPILLER CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1866 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2000 3864 Onion Creek Indian Fight From Brady take US 190 north about 6 miles. One night in 1866, five men from Richland Springs (about 25 mi. NE) recovered stolen horses from Indians camped near here. A metal arrow hit a Mr. ...

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4314 Rochelle Cemetery From Rochelle, take County Road 424 east abut 1.6 miles; turn south on local gravel road. Continue .25 mile south to cemetery. E.E. Willoughby (1853-1935), a cattleman from Tarrant County, moved to Rochelle (then about 1.5 mi. SW) in 1883. He acquired land here in 1886 along ... 4315 Rochelle Depot US 190, Rochelle, just north of intersection with FM 1121. J.F. Crew of Ohio purchased land here in 1902 and later moved to McCulloch County and founded the settlement of Rochelle. When the Fort Worth and ...

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4747 Site of Camp San Saba FM 1955, in the Camp San Saba community, 10 miles south of Brady off US 87. Here was stationed, 1862-1864, Captian W. G. O'Brien's Company of mounted volunteers a unit of the frontier regiment organized to protect the frontier ... 4815 Site of Indian Battle From Brady take US 190 west about 10.9 miles to FM 1311. Follow FM 1311 south about 3.3 miles to marker. In this vicinity On November 21, 1831 James Bowie, Rezin P. Bowie, David Buchanan, Cephas D. Hamm, Matthew Doyle, Jesse Wallace, Thomas McCaslin, ... 4976 Soldier's Waterhole From Brady take US 190 east about 5.5 miles. Take CR 412 east 2.5 miles to marker. U.S. soldiers under command of Robert E. Lee used this site while traveling the nearby military road and patroling this area for Indians. West bound ... 5160 Swedish Free Mission Church FM 2028, 1 mile south of US 87, Melvin. Swedes began settling in the western part of McCulloch County in 1907. A Sunday school was begun that year, and the families met for worship in homes. ...

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5597 Union Passenger Depot North Bridge Street The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway built the first rail line into Brady in 1903. Eight years later the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad constructed ...

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15650 Voca Cemetery Voca 5658 Voca Waterwheel Mill 13 miles southeast of Brady on SH 71 at San Saba River. Marker is on south side of bridge, near Voca. Built 1876, by H.A. Chadwick and sons, William and Milam, who constructed other mills in the region. Water was diverted from river by a still-visible, ...

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5765 Western Trail From Brady take US 283 about 10 miles north to marker at pass between "Brady Mountains". Through this gap in hills called "Brady Mountains" passed the western cattle trail, also known as "Dodge City Trail", "Fort Griffin Trail", or "The ...