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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM254Z_first-national-bank_Cisco-TX.html
Scene of daring Santa Claus Bank Robbery, Dec. 23, 1927.
During Christmas festivities, costumed Santa and three fellow bandits looted bank of $12,200 cash, $150,000 in securities. They escaped through gun battled with two little girls a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM254Y_first-baptist-church-of-cisco_Cisco-TX.html
The Rev. C.G. Stephens, founder of Red Gap community (1 mi. W), joined the Rev. W.B. Cobb in 1878 to organize the Red Gap Baptist Church. Forerunner of the First Baptist Church of Cisco, the Red Gap congregation had 13 charter members who met in a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM254X_first-united-methodist-church-of-cisco_Cisco-TX.html
The Rev. Lamb Trimble, a Methodist circuit rider, organized this church at Red Gap (two miles west) in 1880. The four charter members met in the home of M.V. Mitchell, a sheep rancher. The congregation moved to Cisco one year later when the city w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZWW_camp-salmon-texas-civil-war-frontier-defense_Eastland-TX.html
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Camp Salmon
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Guarding the frontier during the Civil War, this camp was located 17 mi. west, 6 mi. north. Established as part of a chain of posts a day's horseback ride apart stretching from Red River to Rio Grande. Occupied by T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZK7_early-banking-in-eastland_Eastland-TX.html
The evolution of Eastland banks reflects local economic conditions and global influences. Soon after the Texas and Pacific Railway reached town in October 1880, a Mr. Berry of Stephenville opened the first bank in Eastland in Jacob Alexander's dry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZK6_the-bankhead-highway_Eastland-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/HM1ZJY_early-settlers-of-eastland-county_Eastland-TX.html
First known Eastland area inhabitant was Frank Sanchez (d. 1867), who grazed herds here in the 1850s. The United States in 1853 established Army posts at Fort Phantom Hill, in present Taylor County, and Fort Belknap, in present Young County, givin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJX_first-christian-church_Eastland-TX.html
First Christian Church organized in Eastland in 1878 under the Rev. Cyrus Scarborough. There were a number of important Eastland leaders, including city founders, among the church's early membership. In 1886, the congregation moved from the county…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJW_eastland-county-courthouse_Eastland-TX.html
The Texas Legislature created Eastland County in 1858, but sparse settlement delayed organization until 1873, when Merriman (8 mi. NE) became the first county seat. Charles Connellee and Jack Daugherty platted the new town of Eastland near the cen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJT_eastland_Eastland-TX.html
County seat, Eastland County. Named for William M. Eastland—Texas War for Independence hero who was in Mier Expedition against Mexico, and was executed in "Black Bean" lottery at Rancho Salado in 1842.
Most noted early local people were …