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Tee Pee City

Matador, Motley County

Marker Text

Camp of early buffalo hunters. Only settlement west of Henrietta, north of Fort Griffin and south of Fort Elliott (now Mobeetie) 1875-1880. Headquarters of Texas Rangers under Captain G.W. Arrington at intervals, 1879-1881. Abandoned about 1886. First white child born in Motley county was Nora Cooper born here in 1882. S.N. Armstrong, pioneer merchant, buried near this site. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address US 62/70
Location Description roadside park, 10 mi. E of Matador and E of CR 247
Marker # 12939
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker
Code settlements; ghost towns
Latitude, Longitude 34.007131, -100.640643

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