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257 B. T. Brown House Just east of US 183 at the south edge of Breckenridge. Driveway is just south of Brown Branch Creek Bridge. One of the oldest structures in Breckenridge, this ranch house was erected by Benjamin Tarver Brown (1831-1905), a Confederate Army Captain who came ... 17251 Breckenridge Cemetery Breckenridge, 1301 W. Elliott THE FIRST BURIAL HERE, FOR DR. ALEXANDER MILLER, DATES FROM DEC. 27, 1872. W. R. BROWN OFFICIALLY PATENTED THE LAND FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS IN 1881 ... 18405 Breckenridge Stephens Walker 200 W. Walker Breckenridge “Breck” Stephens Walker (1877-1929) was born to E. L. and Molena Jane Yancy Walker in Stephens County and named for the town and county ... 498 Breckenridge Stephens Walker Home 1000 E. Connell, Breckenridge. Banker and oilman Breckenridge Stephens Walker (1876-1929) had this three-story brick residence constructed in 1922 as a wedding present for his ...

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12635 Caddo NW corner of US 180 and FM 717 12870 Caddo NW corner of US 180 and FM 717 The 1860 census reported fewer than 200 residents in Stephens County. That year, Joe Schoolcraft settled on Caddo Creek, 15 miles south of a Caddo ... 653 Camp Breckenridge, C.S.A. SW corner Courthouse Square, US 180, Breckenridge. Established near this site 1862. Part Confederate frontier defense line from Red River to Rio Grande. Occupied by company of Texas Frontier Regiment. ...

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1275 Dr. Peter Gunsolus Breckenridge City Park; 100 bl. of N. Front St., N. ow Walker St. (US 180), near the bank of Gunsolus Creek (March 18, 1801-May 23, 1886) A native of Chicago, Dr. Peter Gunsolus came to this area in the 1850s. He lived and practiced medicine in Shackelford, ...

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12199 First Baptist Church of Breckenridge 301 S. Rose Believed to have been organized in 1876, the First Baptist Church met in members' homes, local church buildings and the county courthouse with the ... 18733 Fort Davis Cemetery Going north on 183 out of Breckenridge for approximately 15 miles to CR280. Turn left for approximately 3 miles turn right on ranch road for .2 miles. The cemetery is 400 feet from the house.This is in the middle of ranch land.

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2306 Gunsight Community From Breckenridge take US 183 south about 15 miles; take CR 157 east about 2 miles to marker in Gunsight Community. Records indicate that Gunsight existed on a wagon road from Fort Griffin to Stephenville in 1858. Settlement of the town, however, did not occur ...

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23736 Harpersville Cemetery Breckenridge

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3502 Mount Zion Cemetery From Caddo take FM 717 8 miles to LaCasa; take FM 207 west 1 miles; turn south on CR 127 and continue 0.7 miles to cemetery. In 1879 this land was owned by Ezekel J. and Louisa J. McCleskey. According to McCleskey Family tradition M.M. McCluskey, a relative of Ezekel and ...

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3582 New Hope Baptist Church #3 From Caddo take FM 717 south 7.3 miles to church. Thirty former members of the nearby Macedonia Baptist Church organized the New Hope Baptist Church #3 in 1893 with The Rev. C.J. McDonald serving ...

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1784 Old First National Bank Building 116 W. Walker, Breckenridge. The First National Bank of Breckenridge was organized in 1904, when Stephens County was primarily a farming and ranching area. The financial institution ...

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3944 Parks Camp From Breckenridge take US 183 south 6 miles to FM 576; take FM 576 east about 2 miles to marker. Founded in 1918 and named for rancher J.W. Parks, on whose land it was located, Parks Camp was a company town built for employees of the Texas Company ... 4012 Picketville US 183, east side, north of CR 257 (0.5 mi. E) One of Stephens County's first white settlements, Picketville was founded before the Civil War (1861-65) on Gunsolus Creek. Without military ...

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22714 Sam Bass & Gang in Stephens County 4.7 miles north of Caddo, TX on FM 717 from US 180, paved pull off along west side of FM 717. Marker pending. In 1878, the hills of eastern Stephens County became the setting for confrontations between lawmen, citizens and members of a gang led by outlaw ... 4516 Samuel P. Newcomb From Breckenridge, 10.4 miles northwest on US 183; 1.7 miles east on FM 1481; 2.5 miles north on CR 285 to Newcomb Cemetery, on private land. Born in Connecticut in 1839, Samuel P. Newcomb made his way alone to Texas at age 17, arriving in 1857. A schoolteacher, he settled at Fort Davis ... 4981 South Prairie Cemetery From Breckenridge take SH 67 about 15 miles north. Founded in 1880, this cemetery was the community burial ground for South Prairie, a settlement which once included homes, a post office, blacksmith ... 5109 Stephens County Located about 5 miles east of Breckenridge on US 80. First block east of courthouse. NOT YET LOCATED. Created as Buchanan County January 22, 1858; Organized September 20, 1860; Name changed to Stephens December 17, 1861; Named in honor of Alexander ... 5111 Stephens County Courthouse Stephens County Courthouse grounds, SE corner, at NW corner of W. Walker St. (US 180) and N. Court St. See also marker about 100 feet west titled Stephens County Courthouse (RTHL 1997) for the 1926 courthouse. This ornate doorway was main entrance of the three-story red sandstone courthouse built here in 1883. Carved into these columns are the names of ... 23686 Stephens County Courthouse Stephens County Courthouse grounds, S side, facing W. Walker St. (US 180). See also marker about 100 feet east titled Stephens County Courthouse (1975) at doorway of 1883 courthouse. Stephens County's first courthouse, erected in 1872, was a small pine building with desks for county officials lining the walls. In 1883, a new three-story ...

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16700 Veales Creek Cemetery Ivan vicinity, 10 mile east on FM 1148 to CR 297 The naming of this creek can be attributed to the Veal/Veale brothers from Palo Pinto county, who came to this area in the late 1850s to join in ...

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5711 Walter Prescott Webb's Formative Years SE corner courthouse square, US 180, Breckenridge Noted historian Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963) came with his family to Stephens County at the age of four. Over the next seventeen years, Webb ... 12200 Wayland School 8 mi. S of Breckenridge on US 183; 3.8 mi. E on FM 576; 4 mi. S on FM 1852 The Wayland Free School District was formed about 1883 when land was donated by a local fraternal organization for school and cemetery purposes. ...