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2211 A Half-Mile South of this marker Stood Town of Gomez Gomez community. From Brownfield, 5.7 mi. W on US 380, S side of the road 0.4 mi. E of FM 303. In 1903, owners of land here in center of then-unorganized Terry County platted this town, secured a post office named for Spanish-American patriot ... 56 A. M. Brownfield Home Terry County Heritage Museum, E. Cardwell St., S side between S. B and S. Club streets A. M. Brownfield, for whose family this town was named, came to Terry County as a rancher in 1900. An early community leader, he organized the Brownfield ...

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12995 Brooks Blacksmith Shop Sonny Curtis St., E side between Mitchell and Patton streets The town of Meadow developed in the early 20th century, moving to meet the railroad in this location in 1917. In 1922, O.L. Puthuff built a blacksmith ... 12225 Brownfield Cemetery SH 137, .5 mi. N of US 82/380 The first public burial ground in the new Terry County seat of Brownfield was begun in 1904 when 19-year-old Jessie Hill died and was interred here. ... 13549 Brownfield Municipal Power Plant SW corner N. 7th and W. Hill streets During the 1920s, when much of rural Texas was still without electricity, the town of Brownfield took a leap toward modernization. The town incorporated ...

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881 City of Brownfield Terry County Courthouse grounds, NW corner, at SE corner of W. Main St. (US 380) and S. 6th St. County seat of Terry County. Founded in 1903 by developers W. G. Hardin and A. F. Small. Named for Brownfield family, prominent property owners and ... 957 Colonel B. F. Terry and Terry's Texas Rangers Terry County Courthouse grounds, N side facing W. Main St. (US 380) Native of Kentucky. Came to Texas 1831. Member Secession Convention. Commanded reinforcements of state troops sent to Rio Grande for the capture ...

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13052 First Baptist Church of Brownfield 219 W Main Circuit riding preachers led early Brownfield settlers in religious services at a local schoolhouse. On April 1, 1906, several area residents formed ... 12226 Forrester Cemetery CR 620, N side, 1.6 mi. W of FM 403, 0.1 mi. W of CR 365 Longtime residents recall the burial of a woman, probably Mrs. W. C. Lusk, on this site in 1922 or 1923. Other burials occurred here as well, in ...

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2212 Gomez Baptist Church Gomez community. From Brownfield 6.1 mi. W on US 380, 0.1 mi. N on FM 303, W side of the road. Marker reported in storage Oct. 2024. On August 3, 1903, nine worshipers gathered together under a wagon sheet tent to organize a Baptist church. Led by the Rev. J. R. Miller, the congregation ... 2213 Gomez Cemetery Gomez community. From Brownfield, 5.1 mi. W on US 380, then 0.4 mi. S on CR 345, W side of the road Established in 1902 in Gomez (then 0.5 mi. W of here), first settlement in Terry County. Original 4-acre tract was deeded to Gomez School trustees ...

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3159 M. B. Sawyer Ranch House Near FM 403 on private property Home of Monroe Brown Sawyer and wife Rebecca (Skeen); built 1902. One of earliest homes in Terry County, it predated town of Brownfield. Building ... 3186 Maids and Matrons Club Kendrick Memorial Library, NW corner W. Tate and S. 3rd streets. In 1906, three years after the founding of Brownfield, eleven women gathered together to form a club. Named Maids and Matrons, the club became primarily ... 15819 Meadow Cemetery 1 mi. N. of Moorhead St. on CR 525 3308 Meadow Depot Meadow Park, Mitchell St., S side between Sonny Curtis and Renfro streets Meadow was founded in 1904 on public land grazed by L-7 Ranch herds; village moved to this site on the Santa Fe Railway line in 1917. Soon settlers ... 3309 Meadow United Methodist Church Meadow United Methodist Church, NW corner 3rd and Sefton streets Methodist worship services were held in this area as early as 1904 by the Rev. J. A. Sweeney, a pioneer West Texas circuit rider. On Feb. 1, 1920, ...

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4370 Route of Nolan Expedition From Meadow, take US 62/82 SW about 2.5 miles. W side of US 62/82, 500 feet SW of CR 260. Army and civilian effort in 1877 to halt raiding of Chief "Old Black Horses" Comanches. In group were 60 Negro troops of Co. A, 10th U.S. Cavalry, ...

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13231 Site of Joe T. and Laura Hamilton Home Hamilton Park, US 385 (Levelland Hwy.) at US 62 (Lubbock Rd.) In 1885, Joseph Thomas Hamilton (1856-1932) married Laura Letha Franklin (1867-1936) in Franklin County, Texas. Natives of southern U.S. states, ... 3188 Site of Mail Relay Station From Brownfield, 15.9 mi. SE on SH 137, W side of the road 0.1 mi. SE of CR 561 (500 yards west) By 1903, W.J. (1858-1930) and Mary E. (1863-1958) French had built a two-story home near this site, and it was a stop for freighters ...

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5233 Terry County From Brownfield, take US 380/82 about 10 miles east in roadside park. Formed from Young and Bexar territories; created August 21, 1876, organized June 28, 1904. Named in honor of Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry 1821-1861. ... 5234 Terry County's First Jail Terry County Heritage Museum, E. Cardwell St., S side between S. B and S. Club streets Terry County, organized in 1904, had no jail facility until this frame structure was erected in 1916 on the southeast corner of the courthouse square. ... 5387 The Oak Grove Lubbock Rd. (US 62/US 82), E side between E. Bynum Ln. and E. Magnolia Ave., opposite Hamilton Park. Landmark for pioneers, freighters, these "Shin-Oaks" are unusual for growing spontaneously on treeless High Plains. (1969) 5495 Tokio School Tokio community, US 380, 17.6 mi. W of Brownfield, N side 200 feet E of CR 121. Early classes in the Tokio area were held in the ranch house of the J Cross Ranch near the turn of the century. In 1911, a school building was constructed ...