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15093 Bush Knob Massacre Bush Knob Cemetery, W side FM 923 0.1 mi. N of CR 324 In 1873, rancher Bill Hayes organized a group to drive cattle to the Indian Territory. They gathered cattle, including some belonging to rancher ...

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658 Camp Cooper, C.S.A. Courthouse Square, intersection of US 380 & US 183/283, Throckmorton Located 17 miles south. Surrendered by U.S. at outbreak Civil War. Used as Confederate frontier outpost on the defense line from Red River to the ... 16161 Capt. Marcy Meets Chief Senaco Throckmorton

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23907 First Christian Church 200 Highway 183 N The area’s earliest ranching families worshipped in each other’s homes, occasionally organizing circuit rider visits and camp meetings. After a ...

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15927 Great Western Trail US 183/283, E side, 1.7 mi. NW of Allen St. and 0.1 mi. NW of Horse Creek on roadside pullout Between 1874 and 1886, millions of cattle were driven up the Great Western Trail from South Texas to the midwestern U.S., where they were sent east ...

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16766 Lynching of Tom Farrar Marker reported missing Jul. 2023. In October 1886, 19-year-old Tom Farrar was one of several African American cowboys working on area ranches. On his way to the Buchanan Ranch, he ...

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3824 Old Throckmorton Jail South Eagle and West Chestnut

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4741 Site of Camp Cooper Off FM 2584 on private property. Established by Major W. J. Hardee, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, on January 3, 1856 for the purpose of defending the frontier against the Comanche Indians. Named ... 992 Site of the Principal Village of the Comanche Indian Reserve Off CR 292 on private property Established in 1854 * Here Colonel Robert E. Lee, U.S.A., then commanding Camp Cooper, held a peace parley with Chief Catumseh on April 11, 1856 ...

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5485 Throckmorton County N. City limits US 283/SH79 Jct. on US 283 side; Throckmorton Formed from Fannin and Bosque counties. Created January 13, 1858. Organized March 18, 1879. Named in Honor of Dr. William Edward Throckmorton, 1795-1843, ... 15081 Throckmorton County Courthouse Throckmorton The Texas Legislature created Throckmorton County – named for pioneer doctor William E. Throckmorton – in 1858, with organization delayed until 1879. ...

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15836 Western Boundary of Peters Colony 12.7 miles west of Throckmorton City Limits on US HWY 380