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115 Alfred Lane SH 254, 2 miles east of Graford Called "A splendid brave man" by his brother-in-law, cattleman Charles Goodnight, Tennessee native Alfred Lane moved to Texas with his family in ...

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393 Bethel Strawn In front of City Hall; 118 East Housley Street, Strawn An 1858 settler and leading citizen of Palo Pinto County. Enlisted 1864 in Co. B. 1st Frontier District, Texas State Troops, in Maj. Wm. Quayle's ... 423 Black Springs NW corner FM 52 (Main St.) and 6th St. Settled before the Civil War and named for the area's early water source, located nearby, the Black Springs community played a significant role in ... 424 Black Springs Cemetery NE corner FM 52 and 8th St. (220 yards east) Originally known as the Black Springs Cemetery, the nearby burial ground was established to serve pioneer settlers of the Keechi ... 12135 Brad Cemetery 12 mi. W of Palo Pinto on US 180 According to local tradition, a young girl died as her family traveled past Thomas Lindsey's land in the 1870s. A short time later, Lindsey buried ...

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814 Charles Goodnight NW corner FM 52 (Main St.) and 6th St. Here at Black Springs in the Keechi Valley in 1857, the celebrated pioneer open range cowman and trail driver Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) located ... 896 Civilian Conservation Corps at Possum Kingdom State Park Park Road 33 at Possum Kingdom State Park, 18 miles north of Caddo (Caddo is in Stephens Company) The Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2888 was transferred here from Tyler in May 1941 to develop Possum Kingdom State Park. The CCC enrollees ... 13982 Comanche Trail Through Palo Pinto County 1.5 mi. S of SH 16 and FM 337 Plains Indians of the 18th century blazed a trail to a Taovaya village on the Red River from raids on settlements in northern New Spain. The trail ... 1093 Courthouses of Palo Pinto County Palo Pinto County Courthouse grounds, north side Palo Pinto County was created in 1856 and named for a creek south of here that was perhaps named by Spanish explorers of the Brazos River Valley. ...

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16958 Dr. H.H. Milling 814 NW Fourth Avenue Georgia native Hugh Hartwell Milliing (1894-1984) was the son of Roscoe G. Milling, who practiced several areas of experimental medicine. He trained ...

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1468 Elmwood Cemetery 1401 East Hubbard Street, US 180, Mineral Wells This cemetery was established in 1883 when G. W. Slaughter and G. P. Barber donated land to the city. Prior to that time, a site known as The Cove ...

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1568 Famous Mineral Water Company 209 NW 6th Street Edward P. Dismuke (1860-1957) came to Mineral Wells about 1900. He and Cicero Smith built a recreational lake west of town in 1904, complete with ... 13644 First Baptist Church of Mineral Wells SW 1st Street at SW 5th Avenue First Baptist Church of Mineral Wells, organized in 1882, grew out of an early revival. William Evander Penn, known as the “Texas Evangelist,” conducted ... 14488 First Baptist Church of Palo Pinto 234 S. 4th Ave., Palo Pinto Soon after the founding of the town of Golconda (Palo Pinto) in 1857, frontier missionary and cattleman George Webb Slaughter organzied the Baptist ... 1673 First Baptist Church of Santo 205 W. Palo Pinto, Santo The oldest continually active Baptist Church in Palo Pinto County, this congregation was chartered on November 3, 1872, under an oak tree near the ... 1700 First Christian Church South 7th and W. Elm Street, Palo Pinto Oldest church building in Palo Pinto, for congregation believed to have been first of any faith worshipping here. Organized 1857 in home of Dr. Stephen ...

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2159 George Rice Bevers Homesite from Graford, take SH 254 2 miles east On the Fort Worth-Fort Belknap Road, near Flat Rock Crossing of Keechi Creek. Occupied 1854 when such travelers as Indian agent Robert S. Neighbors ... 6270 George Webb Slaughter from Palo Pinto, take FM 4 5 miles north (May 10, 1811-March 11, 1895) Born in Lawrence County, Miss. Came to Texas with his parents in 1830, settled in Sabine County, and began a freighting ...

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2498 Hittson Cemetery from Palo Pinto, take US 180 east about 3 miles to Pleasant Valley Road and follow about 6 miles to Hittson Cemetery This burial ground (.2 miles north) first served the family of pioneer settler Jesse Hittson (1801-61). A native of Virginia, Hittson moved to this ... 5104 Home of Stephen Bethel Strawn Corner of Binney and Hinkson Sts., Strawn Born in Giles county, Tennessee. Came to Palo Pinto County, 1859, among first settlers in region. Married Jane Allen, July 18, 1860. Served in Co. ...

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2730 James Nesbit Stuart House at dead end (western part) of West Stuart, Strawn Built in 1874 by J. N. Stuart (1837-1910) and wife, Sally Allen Stuart (1835-1918), of materials hauled by ox-wagon from east Texas. A ship builder, ... 2842 Jonathan Hamilton Baker US 180, Courthouse Square, Palo Pinto Virginia native Jonathan Hamilton "Ham" Baker came to Texas in 1858 with his brother G. W. Baker and his uncle Eli Young. Stricken by malaria while ... 6267 Joseph Peter Davidson From Strawn, take Davidson Cemetery Road (from SH 16) 3 miles east (1823-1897) Born in Giles County, Tennessee, Joseph Peter Davidson moved to Texas and settled in Palo Pinto County about 1856. Davidson established ...

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13990 Mary Jane Gentry 701 Grant Ave., Mount Marion Cemetery, Gentry Family Burial Plot Born in Boston in 1912, Mary Jane Catherine Gentry became an accomplished educator, historian, author and world traveler. Her 1946 University of ... 3394 Mineral Wells 100th block of South Oak Street, Mineral Wells A town built on water. Founded 1877 by J. A. Lynch, a settler who miraculously recovered from rheumatism after drinking the foul-tasting, but apparently ... 12424 Mineral Wells High School 101 NW 5th Ave. Mineral Wells voters approved a bond issue in 1913 to build a new high school, reflecting the community's growth during the first decades of the ... 3395 Mingus Baptist Church Pecan Street, Mingus Area Baptists trace their history to 1891, when the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church congregation was organized with 14 charter members. Originally ... 3475 Morris Sheppard Dam and Possum Kingdom Lake from Graford, take SH 254 west about 8 miles, then take SH 16 southwest about 2 miles take PR36 southwest about 25 miles to FM 2353 follow FM 2353 south about 1 mile to observation Point Road, go west about .5 mile to observation area Built in response to disastrous Brazos River flooding, Morris Sheppard Dam and Possum Kingdom Reservoir were early attempts at water conservation ... 3494 Mount Marion Cemetery 701 Grant Avenue, Strawn Located on land once owned by William W. Johnson, whose coal mining operations spurred major development in nearby Thurber, this cemetery was named ...

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12136 Old Camp Wolters Mineral Wells High School campus Established in 1925, Camp Wolters was named for Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters, commander of the 56th Brigade for the National Guard, and designated ... 3716 Old County Jail Old Jail Museum Complex, 1 block south of courthouse square Built to replace a log jail, this native sandstone structure was erected by contractors Martin, Byrne and Johnston of Comanche. J. C. McQuerry was ... 3768 Old Mineral Wells Post Office Mineral Wells Women's Club, NE corner NE 2nd Street and NE 1st Avenue A surge of growth in this city after 1900 created a need for a larger post office. This structure was the third facility built here after postal ...

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3919 Palo Pinto Cemetery FM 4, south city limits, Palo Pinto This cemetery traces its history to 1857 when a 320-acre tract of land was surveyed for the original Palo Pinto townsite. The town was platted in ... 3920 Palo Pinto County 1.25 miles west of Palo Pinto on Hwy 180 Created August 27, 1856, from Navarro and Bosque counties; organized in 1857. Spanish name Palo Pinto refers to spotted oak, a common regional tree ... 3921 Palo Pinto Methodist Church 419 Oak Street, Palo Pinto Methodist services in this area began about 1859, when the Rev. Matt Williams, a circuit-riding minister, helped organize this congregation. A church ... 4013 Pickwick-McAdams Cemetery from Graford take Sh west about 8 miles to PR 36, follow PR 36 W about 3 miles Tennessee native Capt. William Carroll McAdams (1825-1906) came to Texas in the 1840s, served as a Texas Ranger, and fought in the Mexican war (1846-1848). ...

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4252 Reuben Vaughan from Graford, take FM 4 north about 2 miles (MARKER REPORTED MISSING 6/23/2009) Alabama-born Reuben Vaughan (1819-1900) migrated to Texas in 1852. He and his wife Margaret (Truelove) and their three children moved to this area ... 12525 Robinson School 6 miles north of Strawn on SH 16 In 1937, Guy U. Robinson led his neighbors to petition the county for a new common school district, in part to protest high school taxes in Strawn. ... 4320 Rock Schoolhouse 100 block of NW 5th Avenue, Mineral Wells Constructed in 1886 largely due to the efforts of schoolteacher Robert E. Hendry (1847-1910), this was the first public school in Mineral Wells. ...

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4506 Sam Savage, Captive of the Comanches Staggs Prairie Cemetery, FM 1821 at Sundown Drive, three miles north of Mineral Wells Buried in the nearby Staggs Prairie Cemetery, Sam Savage (1861-1951) was a rancher, farmer, and champion fiddler. At the age of five, he survived ... 4588 Santo East Cemetery from Santo, take FM 2201 NE 1 mile, then take county road N 1 mile The town of Calgando was established in the 1870s near this site on Sunday Creek. Soon after, land was donated for this cemetery. The oldest marked ... 4705 Simpson Crawford from Grafford, take SH 254 east about 3 miles. A native of Kentucky, Simpson Crawford (1824-1908) served in the Mexican War (1846-48) at Vera Cruz and Mexico City. Following the war he returned ... 4888 Site of Snake Saloon from Thurber, .25 mile north of town of FM 108 at south county line Saloons were prominent in the life and history of Thurber and were often settings for union organizational efforts. The first Snake Saloon, located ... 4931 Site of the Home of Oliver Loving in 1855 from Mineral Wells, take US 281 north about 7.5 miles and go west on Loving Road (west side of US 281 between FM 254 and FM 52), follow about .25 miles to marker (north side of road) Site of the Home in 1855 of Oliver Loving (1813 - - 1867) First trail driver of Texas cattle - Loving Valley and a county in Texas bear his name ... 15491 Strawn Strawn 5138 Strawn City Hall 118 East Housley, Strawn The city of Strawn, incorporated in 1917, held its first council meeting in a hall at a local bank building. During an oil, gas, and coal inspired ... 14267 Sturdivant Community & Cemetery Mineral Wells

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12708 Thomas House 715 Central Avenue (SH 16) Thomas House Designed by Dallas architect Thomas J. Galbraith and completed in 1919, this house is an excellent regional example of the prairie school ...

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5733 Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway Depot 300th block South Oak Street, Mineral Wells The tracks of the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway reached the town of Mineral Wells in 1891. This depot was built about 1903 to ... 13049 William Whipple Johnson RR 3137, about 1.8 mi. E of RR 919 William Whipple Johnson, the oldest of seven children, was born on October 11, 1843 in Ionia, Michigan to Ethan S. and Jane B. (Whipple) Johnson. ...