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23367 Bill Mack marker pending marker pending 17827 Bowers Cemetery Bowers Cemetery, W. 3rd St., 0.2 mi. W of N. Colorado St. Beginning in the 1920s, this cemetery has been a burial ground for the African American community of Shamrock. The oldest marked grave, for William ... 14563 Britt Rock House northeast of Wheeler 17753 Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Elliott Picnic area, N side SH 152, 0.7 mi. W of FM 48 Fort Elliott, established June 5, 1875 to help keep Native Americans on their Indian Territory Reservations, was partially garrisoned by African ...

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713 Captain G. W. Arrington Old Mobeetie, at Fort Elliot Flagpole, Olaughlin St. 0.1 mi. SW of Dickerson St. (1844-1923) Great peace officer of era of early settlement in Texas Panhandle. (During his term in office, lived near this site.) Born in Greensboro, ... 17488 Center Cemetery N side FM 592, 4 mi. E of US 83, 0.1 mi. W of CR 21 In 1906, D. M. Pollard bought the south half of section 30, block A-7 of the H&GN survey and lived in a dugout. Near his homesite, the center school ... 18814 Custer on the Sweetwater About 3 mi. N of Wheeler. East side of US 83, 0.1 mi. N of CR I, near entrance to Sweetwater Ranch. Sweetwater Creek was essential to millions of southern buffalo In a region known as the Comancheria. Plains Indians camped along this freshwater ...

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23951 E.L. Woodley 201 North Madden Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, on August 14, 1872, to farmers Jackson Monroe and Alice (Pike) Woodley, Edward Leonidas (E.L.) Woodley was an early ... 1469 Emanuel Dubbs Old Mobeetie, at Fort Elliot Flagpole, Olaughlin St. 0.1 mi. SW of Dickerson St. (1843 - 1929) First county judge in Texas Panhandle and in Wheeler County, Dubbs was born in Ohio. Came to know Texas as a buffalo hunter, and was ... 23406 Episcopal Church of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church of St. Michael and All Angels, SE corner S. Madden and E. Laville streets. Map dot approximate. In 1883, Early W. Spencer and J. John Drew formed the Rocking Chair Ranche Company of London, England, consisting of 235 sections of land in Collingsworth ...

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15573 Farmers and Merchants State Bank southwest corner of Main and 2nd streets 1674 First Baptist Church of Shamrock 401 Main Street-Shamrock Organized in 1904 by the Rev. E. A. Oller, this was the second church established in Shamrock. Charter members included Martha Anderson, A. N. Holmes, ... 1982 Fort Elliott Flagpole Old Mobeetie, at Fort Elliot Flagpole, Olaughlin St. 0.1 mi. SW of Dickerson St. First stood about a mile to the northwest, at Fort Elliott, established 1875 to protect the Texas Panhandle from Indians. J. J. Long, teamster-merchant, ... 2050 Frank Willis, Sr. Old Mobeetie, at Fort Elliot Flagpole, Olaughlin St. 0.1 mi. SW of Dickerson St. (January 23, 1842 - August 5, 1894) First judge of the 35th District, then comprising entire Panhandle. Born in Indiana, he came to Texas in search ... 2076 Frye-Puryear Home Off CR 22 on private property Built 1884. Native stone, windows and lumber hauled 200 miles south from Dodge City, by Henry Frye, 1877 settler who had bought land of buffalo hunter ...

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23286 Glenn Truax marker pending marker pending 2277 Greer County, Texas N side I-40, roadside pulloff at mile post 175, 2 mi. W of state line (To the east, in present Oklahoma) Created 1860; until 1896, one of largest counties in Texas. Organized at Old Mobeetie, northwest of here. In 1880s ...

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12605 Lela School 2nd St. at Maple St. Soon after the establishment of this community along the proposed rail line for the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf railway in 1902, residents called ...

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3426 Mobeetie SE corner SH 152 and FM 48 (Dickerson St.) Oldest town in Texas Panhandle. Originally a trading post, 2 mi. south, 1874; moved nearer to Fort Elliott, 1875. Earlier called Sweetwater, was ... 17232 Mobeetie Cemetery Old Mobeetie, CR H, 1 mi. W of SH 152 Mobeetie Cemetery is the first known established cemetery in the Texas Panhandle. It was born of necessity, established as a final resting place ... 3427 Mobeetie First Baptist Church New Mobeetie, First Baptist Church Mobeetie, N side 2nd St. between Hoover and Miami avenues Soon after Wheeler County was organized in 1879, a Union church was formed at Old Mobeetie (2 mi. S). On April 2, 1894, the 13 Baptist members of ... 3428 Mobeetie Post Office New Mobeetie, Mobeetie post office, N side of W. 1st St. (FM 1046) between Hoover and Miami avenues Early mail service in Wheeler County was established at Fort Elliott. In 1879, a U.S. post office opened in the town of Mobeetie, previously known ... 13460 Mobeetie United Methodist Church New Mobeetie, Mobeetie United Methodist Church, W side Wheeler Ave. between 3rd and 4th streets Mobeetie developed from a buffalo hunters camp established in 1874 and Fort Elliott, which opened in 1875. Methodists Peter Gravis and J.T. Hosmer ... 23709 Mount Zion Cemetery marker pending marker pending

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3776 Old Pakan School SW corner FM 453 and CR W, about 4.5 mi. N of I-40 Named for Sam Pakan, Sr., (1875-1929), Slovak emigrant. Success in Chicago enabled him to buy land here, 1904. Ten other Slovak families joined him ... 1912 Old Rock House Old Mobeetie, off CR H on private property First substantial home in Wheeler County, built across creek from Hidetown, buffalo hunters' post, about 1875 for first sheriff Henry Fleming. Rock ... 3834 Old Wheeler County Jail, 1886 Mobeetie Jail Museum, Olaughlin St. 0.1 mi. SW of Dickerson St. First jail in Panhandle of Texas. Central holding place for badmen. Built at cost of $18,500, including $1200 for a hangman's device put in to meet ...

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23799 Pakan Cemetery CR X

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4319 "Rock School" Off FM 592 on private property. Built 1886, when Indians still raided nearby apple trees. Wheeler County's second school. Of native stone. Site gift of Tom Baley. Other donors: ... 3955 Rock Barn Stiles Ranch Rd., off SH 152 on private property Built 1891 by F. M. Patton, a rancher; native stone with cottonwood framing. Part of lumber came from abandoned Fort Elliott. Barn was one of first ...

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20100 Shamrock Cemetery At the water tower in downtown Shamrock go east on FM2033 two miles. The cemetery is located on the north side of the road. 4655 Shamrock Methodist Church 110 E. 5th Street-Shamrock Visits of Methodist ministers to this area began in 1881. On June 17, 1901, circuit rider W. L. Harris, from Cataline Mission (40 miles north), organized ... 15350 Shamrock Water Tower Tower Plaza, W side N. Main St. (US 83) between E. 1st St. and Railroad Ave. Soon after residents voted to incorporate in March 1911, Shamrock officials identified the need for a reliable waterworks for the city. Prior to ... 18548 Shamrock's St. Patrick's Day Celebration Blarney Stone Plaza, NE corner 2nd and Main streets Early area settler George Nickel and his wife, Dora (Haggard), raised their family in a dugout home in Wheeler County. For his Irish heritage and ... 1981 Site of Fort Elliott Picnic area, N side SH 152, 0.7 mi. W of FM 48 Established June 5, 1875. One of the last forts established in Texas for purpose of clearing the region of Indians. Around it Mobeetie, rendezvous ...

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5221 Temple Lea Houston Old Mobeetie, at Fort Elliot Flagpole, Olaughlin St. 0.1 mi. SW of Dickerson St. (August 12, 1860 - August 15, 1905) Brilliant attorney and state senator from this county, 1885-1887. Son of Texas hero Sam Houston. Old courthouse ... 23267 The Battle of Sweetwater Creek marker pending marker pending 3384 The Millie Porter House SE corner E 9th St. and S. Main St. (FM 2473). Marker faces E. 9th St. Built 1914 by Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Porter, pioneer settlers; Porter, an ex-cowboy, ranched near here after marrying Millie, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. ... 5513 Tower Building 105 E. 12th St. The distinctive Tower Building was one of many commercial structures erected in the early 1930s along new U.S. Route 66. Designed by Pampa architect, ...

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17231 Wheeler Cemetery From intersection of Hwy 83 & Co Rd 2473, .5 mile (1/2 mile) west to entrance THE SITE OF WHEELER CEMETERY WAS CONVEYED TO J.E. STANLEY, TRUSTEE FOR THE WHEELER COMMUNITY GRAVEYARD, BY R.M. STONE AND NELLIE J. STONE, ORIGINAL ... 5779 Wheeler County Wheeler County Courthouse, E side facing US 83 (Alan Bean Ave.) Formed from Young and Bexar territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized April 12, 1879. Named in honor of Royal T. Wheeler (1810-1864). Associate ... 11970 Wheeler County Courthouse 401 Main St. Named for Royal T. Wheeler, an early Texas jurist, Wheeler County was created by the Texas State Legislature in 1876. In 1879 the county was organized ... 5780 Wheeler County Jail Wheeler County Justice of the Peace, NW corner E. Texas St. and US 83 (Alan Bean Ave.) Built 1909 after county seat moved from historic Old Mebeetie. First sheriff, M. V. Sanders; jailer, J. M. Kezee. Built of concrete and steel. Used ...

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17234 Zybach Cemetery From Briscoe, 6 miles east on FM 1046, 1 mile north on Co Rd 19, 1/2 mile east on Co Rd EE THE ZYBACH CEMETERY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1918, WEST OF ZYBACH METHODIST CHURCH. THE FIRST BURIAL, OF GARRETT HELTON, DATES BACK TO 1918, WHILE A UNIQUE ...