Throckmorton County, Texas Hittson Cemetery Historical Marker Marker Title: Hittson Cemetery City: Palo Pinto Year Marker Erected: 1982 Marker Location: from Palo Pinto, take Highway 180 east about 3 miles to Pleasant Valley Road and follow about 6...
Throckmorton County, Texas The Old Stone Ranch is one-half mile south of the Clear Fork of the Brazos River on Walnut Creek in southwestern Throckmorton County. It was founded in 1855 by Capt. Newton C. Givens, who at the time was commander of a...
Throckmorton County, Texas After the Indians made the preceding raid, the local citizens elected John R. Baylor as their leader. Mr. Baylor suggested that it would be inadvisable to attempt to immediately pursue the Indians. For in such cases, the...
Throckmorton County, Texas About 1874, M.L. McCabe, who lived at the "Old Stone Ranch," about five miles north of the J.B. Matthews ranch-house, was out alone, near the southwestern corner of Throckmorton County, when charged by six...
Throckmorton County, Texas Before the war, Mrs. Dodson built an excellent frontier home near the mouth of King's Creek, in Stephens County. She had her African slaves plant a hedge of bois d' arc timber under the banks of the Clear Fork. Mrs...
Markers (click on a topic to jump to that section.) Camp Cooper, C.S.A. | Site of Camp Cooper | Comanche Indian Village | Throckmorton County | Old Throckmorton Jail Uncommemorated Active Battle Map (Stories below are on map.) James Hamby | Freeman...
Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: Throckmorton Uncommemorated Sites from North to South James Hamby | Freeman Ward Murdered as Hostile Indians Charge William, Jess and John Hittson | Famous Paint Creek Fight | Indians Storm the Lee Home | M.L. McCabe Fight...
Throckmorton County, Texas Young County, Texas About 1872, Two Dillard brothers, who lived in Young County, took a load of watermelons to Ft. Griffin, where they attended a dance. The boys then started home and were on the old Belknap-Griffin road...
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