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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E8C_brownfield-cemetery_Brownfield-TX.html
The first public burial ground in the new Terry County seat of Brownfield was begun in 1904 when 19-year-old Jessie Hill died and was interred here. By 1907, this land belonged to M. V. Brownfield; records do not indicate whether the cemetery was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E8B_gomez-cemetery_Brownfield-TX.html
Established in 1902 in Gomez (then 0.5 mi. W of here), first settlement in Terry County. Original 4-acre tract was deeded to Gomez School trustees in 1906 by pioneer settler H.F. Adams. Some of earliest settlers are buried here. Many graves were m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E89_gomez_Brownfield-TX.html
In 1903, owners of land here in center of then-unorganized Terry County platted this town, secured a post office named for Spanish-American patriot Maximo Gomez, drilled a public water well, and induced merchants and citizens to move here. This wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CWC_tokio-school_Brownfield-TX.html
Early classes in the Tokio Area were held in the ranch house of the J Cross Ranch near the turn of the century. In 1911, a school building was constructed near the center of town (about 300 feet N), and classes were relocated. Larger school buildi…