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967 Colonel William B. Ochiltree in front of Courthouse, Main Street, Perryton Secretary treasury and last attorney general Republic of Texas. Secession Convention delegate 1861. Influential member Provisional Congress which ...

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1861 First Sanitarium 221 S Baylor St. (RTHL medallion)

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3989 George Morgan Perry at east side of Perry Memorial Library, 22 SE 5th Avenue -Perryton A native of Iowa, George Morgan Perry (1862-1944) moved to the Texas Panhandle town of Ochiltree in 1886. Active in the formal organization of the ... 18095 Gray Community Church Museum of the Plains Settlers established Gray, Beaver Co., Okla., in the 1900s. Rev. J. W. Duff of Enid, Okla., organized a church in Jan. 1915 and became the first ...

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22855 Notla Community Notla community, FM 281, S side 2.6 mi. W of US 83, at site of former schoolhouse At the turn of the 20th century, the State of Texas promoted sale of public school lands to encourage settlement of rural areas. By 1901, a community ...

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12131 Ochiltree Cemetery SH 70, 9 mi. S of Perryton In 1902, Jim McLarty and J. V. Stump fenced off 90 acres for a cemetery in the town of Ochiltree. Soon afterwards, Jim was thrown from his horse ... 3662 Ochiltree County from Perryton take US 83 about 2 miles, north Formed from Young & Bexar territories: Created, August 21, 1876 Organized, February 21, 1889 Named in honor of William Beck Ochiltree, 1811-1867, ... 3663 Ochiltree Townsite from Perryton take SH 70 about 8 miles, south (Bordering this highway) This county was created in 1876 and named for noted Texas jurist William Beck Ochiltree (1811-1867). In 1876 it was attached ... 3691 Old Blasingame Home 1001 S. Cedar, Perryton Built about 1912 in Ochiltree. Designed by Mrs. John Blasingame; 19th century English, German influence. Constructed by Sam Whittaker; lumber and ...

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4673 Sheriff James Sidney Talley Ochiltree Cemetery, in southwest section of old cemetery, Block 133, Lot 4 -Section A Born near Washington-on-the-Brazos; moved 1901 to Ochiltree County. As sheriff, 1908-1944, he used free-wheeling methods and never carried a gun. ... 4907 Site of the Trading Post From Perryton, S 12 mi. on US 83 then east 1.6 mi. on County Road U. Established by C. E. Jones in 1874 on the Jones and Plummer Trail which extended from Dodge City, Kansas, to Mobeetie. Here food and cloth were traded ...

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5980 "The Buried City" From Perryton, S 12 mi. on US 83, then E 4 mi. on County Road U. Marker is on private property. In 1907, Dr. T. L. Eyerly, Floyd V. Studer and other archaeologists discovered here "The Buried City." These pueblo ruins were built by the Panhandle ...