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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IYL_roscoe-veterans-memorial_Roscoe-TX.html
Dedicated By The Citizens
of
Roscoe, Texas
Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends
John 15:13
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IYK_george-parks_Roscoe-TX.html
George W. Parks, Jr. (1906-1983), lived a life of service to the community. He was instrumental in the creation of Howard Park, the baseball field, and the city swimming pool, but more important than the physical reminders of his works is the impa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IYJ_the-bankhead-highway_Roscoe-TX.html
The Bankhead National Highway, from Washington, D.C. to San Diego, California, was the nation's first all-weather, coast-to-coast highway. The southern road skirted the western mountains and was largely free from ice and snow, so it could be used …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IYI_roscoe-snyder-pacific-railway_Roscoe-TX.html
The Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railway was one of the country's most successful short-line railroads. Chartered on Oct. 1, 1906, by General F.W. James and a group of Abilene businessmen, it ran from Roscoe to Snyder and Fluvanna, though in 1941 the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IY4_roscoe-cemetery_Roscoe-TX.html
One of first settlers in Roscoe (then called Vista) was rancher-wheat grower W.J. Turner, who purchased cemetery site for burial of his brother-in-law, Joe Cleckler, about 1887. Next interments: infants Frank E. Spires, 1892; Ethel Lena Turner, 18…