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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W9L_first-united-methodist-church-of-clarendon-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
When the Rev. Lewis H. Carhart, a Methodist minister, founded Clarendon, he envisioned it as a religious and educational center. The town was established in 1878 near the junction of Carroll Creek and the Salt Fork of the Red River, six miles nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W9K_church-of-st-john-baptist-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
Oldest church continuously in use (in earliest Episcopal parish) in the Texas Panhandle. The first services were held by the Rev. Mr. Townsend of Dallas Diocese in the J. B. McClelland Ranch house, Nov. 1877. On site given 1891 by Isaac W. Carhart…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W9J_s-w-lowe-house-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
There are two markers on a single post
Local merchants J. G. and F. D. Martin built this house in 1904. Rancher James M. Calhoun owned the property from 1910 to 1914 and cattleman Robert H. Muir from 1914 to 1926. Muir sold the residence in 192…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W9H_st-marys-catholic-church-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
The community of Clarendon was established in 1878 as a Protestant community by Methodist Minister Lewis Henry Carhart. The construction of the Fort Worth-Denver railway in the Panhandle in 1887, and the selection of Clarendon as a division point …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W98_jericho-cemetery-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
Settlement of this area of Donley County began in the late 19th century, before the town of Jericho was founded as a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf rail line about 1902. Early community burials took place in the pasture near this sit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W97_boydstun-cemetery-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
Pioneer area settler Henry S. Boydstun (1858-1942), a native of Illinois, moved his family to this area in 1890. That year, his infant son, Eddie, died and was buried in the southwest corner of the family farm. In 1898, Boydstun deeded two acres a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W96_the-clarendon-news-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
The town of Clarendon began with an effort led by the Rev. Lewis H. Carhart as he strived to create a colony based on Christianity, temperance and education. To promote the settlement, he created The Clarendon News, publishing the first issue in J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W95_st-stephens-baptist-church-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
Following the relocation of Clarendon along the railroad in 1887, the African American population began to grow. By the 1890s, African Americans were searching for their own place of worship in the growing community. For a time, they gathered in p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TQ9_stockton-p-donley-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
County named for Texas Confederate Stockton P. Donley 1821 - 1871 Came to Texas from Kentucky 1846. Dist. Attorney 1853. Enlisted private 7th Tex. Infantry 1861, made Lieutenant. Captured with regiment after bitter fight at Seige Fort Donelson Ten…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TQ8_funeral-business-in-clarendon-historical_Clarendon-TX.html
For more than a century, this site has been the location of a funeral home, a vital community business serving a widespread area of the Panhandle. Kentucky native Pleasant Andrew Buntin (1849-1941) brought his family to Texas in 1879, settling fir…