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Early Sulphur Bluff

Sulphur Bluff, Hopkins County

Marker Text

First known settlers in area were family of John Gregg. Their cemetery (2 mi. N) has marker dated 1837, from Republic of Texas era. Other early settlers were the brothers Hezekiah and Robert Hargrave, from Indiana. They built brush-roofed log homes (3 mi. N), on high bluff above Sulphur River, offering protection from Indians and providing abundant game. Robert Hargrave, a mechanical genius, built a wood and iron shop, a blacksmith shop, and a grist mill that drew customers from Caddo Mills, 50 miles away. A post office was built 1849; early school was founded 1852.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description FM 71 at CR 3608, 15 mi. NE of Sulphur Springs
Marker # 7328
Dedicated 1968
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cities and towns; settlements
Latitude, Longitude 33.333305, -95.396302

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