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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DN0_vernon-texas-confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Vernon-TX.html
Vernon Texas Confederate Monument. . In Honor of those who fought and died; of those who fought and lived This monument is erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Vernon Texas A.D. 1916 1861-1865.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZDB_vernon-drugstore_Vernon-TX.html
Oldest drugstore in county. Founded 1882 in a dugout. First building (1884) housed office of Dr. H. H. Rhoads, co-owner and 40 years county health officer. First newspaper in county, the "Vernon Hornet", had its shop in the store building. Passing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZDA_thaddeus-edgar-johnson_Vernon-TX.html
Lawyer and World War I veteran, T. Edgar Johnson (1889-1972), gathered resources from family and friends to open Johnson-Davis Ford Company in Vernon in 1930 at this location. The business thrived during the Great Depression, becoming a leading tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZD8_the-lockett-community_Vernon-TX.html
Derived its name from the T. J. and J. B. Lockett families who settled here in 1888. On Dec. 24, 1888, Wm. Lockett, their father, died while visiting here and was among the first to be buried in the East View Cemetery. The J. B. Lockett family mov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZCA_waggoner-hicks-house_Vernon-TX.html
Spottswood Lomax, a founder of the noted Matador and Espuela (Spur) ranches of Texas, built a Queen Anne house here in 1890. It was remodeled in the colonial revival style around the turn of the century by the prominent cattleman W. T. "Tom" Waggo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZC9_w-d-berry-home_Vernon-TX.html
Completed in 1906, this colonial revival residence was constructed for Sterling P. Huff. An attorney, Huff became Justice of the 46th District Court and was later elected to the 7th Court of Civil Appeals. In 1914 local attorney William David Berr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZC1_the-western-texas-kansas-trail_Vernon-TX.html
In honor of the trail drivers who freed Texas from the yoke of debt and despair by their trails to the cattle markets of the far north; we dedicate this stone, symbol of their courage and fortitude, at the site of the Old Doan's Store, October 21-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZC0_doans-crossing_Vernon-TX.html
A major route for cattle drives known primarily as the Western Trail developed from far South Texas to Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s. About 1876, trail drivers along the route began crossing the Red River near this site. In 1878, Ohio native Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZBZ_doans-crossing-on-red-river_Vernon-TX.html
By herds on the Western Texas-Kansas Trail, 1876-1895, six million cattle and horses crossed here.
"You don't need much monument if the cause is good. It's only these monuments that are for no reason at all that has to be big. Good luck to you…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZBY_capt-john-t-lytle_Vernon-TX.html
This is a two sided marker
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In 1874 John t Lytle drove a herd of 3500 longhorn cattle from south Texas to Fort Robinson, Nebraska. The trail that he mapped would later be known as The Great Western Cattle Trail, the greatest of all the c…