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Martin's Gap

Fairy, Hamilton County

Marker Text

Mountain burial site for frontiersman Jim Martin, killed here by Indians in 1860s, when county had fewer than 500 people. Gap bore his name for 20 years. Settled in 1873 by Capt. Battle Fort, Confederate veteran and lawyer. A post office established 1884 was named Fairy to honor Mrs. Phelps, Fort's beloved young daughter.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description from Hico southern city limits, take FM 1602 south 9.8 miles to marker (on west side of road in front of gazebo) in fairy
Marker # 3230
Dedicated 1964
Size, Type 14" x 24"
Code cemetery; mountains and mountain passes; ghost towns
Latitude, Longitude 31.847926, -97.983333

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