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Bonus Shack
Ave. H, E side between 11th and 12th streets
RTHL medallion only
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Discovery Well in the Wasson Field
Yoakum County Park, W entrance off SH 214, S of SH 213
L. P. and Ruth Bennett moved to Yoakum County in 1916 to take over the ranching operation they had inherited from Ruth's father Dr. J. R. Smith of ...
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11688
Site of Center Point School
3.6 miles west of Plains on US 82, then 7.1 miles south on FM 1622
Yoakum County was organized in 1907. By the 1920s the area around this site was rural farm and ranch land without electricity, paved roads or a railroad. ...
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5927
Yoakum County
Yoakum County Courthouse grounds, SW corner near flagpoles, N side of Cowboy Way (US 380) opposite Ave. F. Inscription plate replaced 1965.
Created August 21, 1876, from Bexar County. Named for Henderson Yoakum, who wrote a classic on early Texas history. Only Texas county named for an ...
