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5323 Doans' Adobe Building From Vernon, take US 283 North about 13 miles to FM 2916 and follow FM 2916 east to Doan's Community. Corwin F. Doan (1848-1929) settled here on Red River in 1878; erected this house in 1881. In his early picket store and later, permanent building, ... 1234 Doan's Crossing From Vernon, take US 283 north about 13 mi. take FM 2916 east about 3 mi to Doan's Community A major route for cattle drives known primarily as the Western Trail developed from far South Texas to Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s. About 1876, ... 1235 Doan's Crossing on Red River From Vernon, take US 283 North about 13 mi. then take FM 2916 east about 3 mi to Doan's Community By herds on the Western Texas-Kansas Trail, 1876-1895, six million cattle and horses crossed here. "You don't need much monument if the cause is ...

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1361 Early Wilbarger County Wilbarger County Courthouse grounds, SW corner at NE corner of Main St. (US 183/US 283) and Wilbarger St. Organized 1858 and named in honor of Matthias and Josiah P. Wilbarger, early Texas settlers. Josiah, a surveyor, had become famous as the man who ...

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2840 Jonathan Doan Eastview Memorial Park, N section of the cemetery, about 400 feet from the entrance, on the left (May 20, 1837- November 6, 1902) Frontier trader and merchant; a Quaker, peaceable on troubled frontiers. With nephew C. F. Doan, came from Ohio ...

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3108 Lockett Community From Vernon, take US 70 west to Lockett Community, about 5 mi. Derived its name from the T. J. and J. B. Lockett families who settled here in 1888. On Dec. 24, 1888, Wm. Lockett, their father, died while visiting ...

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4221 Red River Valley Museum Vernon College, Red River Valley Museum parking lot near entrance Features one of Texas' famed regional collections of Indian artifacts, tracing history of early man along the Red River. Before Chisholm Trail days, ...

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18199 Thaddeus Edgar Johnson NW corner Wilbarger and Bowie streets Lawyer and World War I veteran, T. Edgar Johnson (1889-1972), gathered resources from family and friends to open Johnson-Davis Ford Company in Vernon ...

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5643 Vernon Drugstore Marker reported missing 6.26.19 Oldest drugstore in county. Founded 1882 in a dugout. First building (1884) housed office of Dr. H. H. Rhoads, co-owner and 40 years county health ...

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5669 W. D. Berry Home 2429 Texas St., Vernon Completed in 1906, this Colonial Revival residence was constructed for Sterling P. Huff. An attorney, Huff became Justice of the 46th District Court ... 5702 Waggoner-Hicks House Paradise Street, N side between Tolar and Nabers streets Spottswood Lomax, a founder of the noted Matador and Espuela (Spur) ranches of Texas, built a Queen Anne house here in 1890. It was remodeled in ... 5809 Wilbarger County Vernon College, Red River Valley Museum, parking lot near entrance Formed from Bexar County. Created February 1, 1858. Organized October 10, 1881. Named for Josiah and Mathias Wilbarger, brothers who came to Texas ...