Eastland County, Texas During 1863, W.C. McGough, Henry Manning, Silas Shilley, Marlie and Harrison York, and about five others were searching for cattle, near the corners of Eastland, Callahan, Shackleford, and Stephens counties. Many miles they...
Eastland County, Texas During the fall of 1870, Henry Martin, Bill Forbis, Mode Johnson, Tom Mansker, George Bugby, and perhaps a few others, were out cow-hunting on Palo Pinto Creek, in the eastern part of Eastland County, when charged by Indians...
Eastland County, Texas We are not certain when this episode occurred. But since it happened near the close of the Civil War, it will be reported at this time. Mrs. Sarah Jane Keith, wife of Berry (Coon) Keith, and her two children, Halbert, and Lou...
Markers (click on a topic to jump to that section.) Alameda Cemetery | Camp Salmon, C.S.A. | Early Settlers of Eastland County | Eastland | Ellison Family Graveyard | Ellison Springs | First National Bank | First Oil Well Drilled in Eastland County...
Eastland County, Texas Ghols Flannigan and Joe Smith left the Flannigan Ranch for Blair's Fort, which was located near the present town of Desdemonia. When they had gone only about one mile to the southeast, and were about three miles south of the...
Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: Cisco | Eastland | Gorman | Ranger Uncommemorated Sites from North to South W.C. McGough and Others Encounter Indians | Henry Martin | Citizens Charge Indians Near the Present Town of Cisco | Ghols Flannigan and Joe Smith...
Eastland County, Texas During the Civil War, the citizens of Eastland, Callahan, and perhaps other western counties, formed a company, and Lt. Singleton Gilbert was placed in charge. The company's headquarters were at Nash Springs, about three miles...
Eastland County, Texas 254-647-3091 Points of Interest Roaring Ranger Museum contains artifacts and photos of the city's oil boom days, housed in the old depot. Also houses Chamber of Commerce office, Commerce and Main Streets downtown. J.H...
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