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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28QX_site-of-the-home-in-1855-of-oliver-loving_Mineral-Wells-TX.html
First trail driver of Texas
cattle - Loving Valley and a
county in Texas bear his name
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28PZ_sam-savage_Mineral-Wells-TX.html
Buried in the nearby Staggs Prairie Cemetery, Sam Savage (1861-1951) was a rancher, farmer, and champion fiddler. At the age of five, he survived a Comanche Indian raid on his father's farm in Parker County and lived in captivity with the Comanche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28PY_old-camp-wolters_Mineral-Wells-TX.html
Established in 1925, Camp Wolters was named for Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters, commander of the 56th Brigade for the National Guard, and designated a summer training site for horse-mounted cavalry units. The city of Mineral Wells donated fift…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UUY_strawn-city-hall-historical_Strawn-TX.html
The city of Strawn, incorporated in 1917, held its first council meeting in a hall at a local bank building. During an oil, gas, and coal-inspired economic boom the city's population reached 5,000 in 1920, and in 1921 bonds for a city hall were is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UUX_bethel-strawn-c-s-a-historical_Strawn-TX.html
An 1858 settler and leading citizen of Palo Pinto County. Enlisted 1864 in Co. B, 1st Frontier District, Texas State Troops, in Maj. Wm. Quayle's command. Saw service mainly in keeping down Indian depredations and protecting settlements that were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UUW_strawn-historical_Strawn-TX.html
Anglo settlement began in this area, known as North Fork, in 1855. Stephen Bethel Strawn moved here in 1859 and in 1880 donated the right-of-way for the Texas and Pacific Railroad and laid off property for a townsite. The community's economy was b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UTK_mount-marion-cemetery-historical_Strawn-TX.html
Located on land once owned by William W. Johnson, whose coal mining operations spurred major development in nearby Thurber, this cemetery was named for Johnson's daughter, Marion, who died at age three. It later became the primary burial ground fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UTJ_mary-jane-gentry-historical_Strawn-TX.html
Born in Boston in 1912, Mary Jane Catherine Gentry became an accomplished educator, historian, author and world traveler. Her 1946 University of Texas Master's thesis, written under supervision of Walter Prescott Webb, was entitled "Thurber: …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UTI_thomas-house-historical_Strawn-TX.html
Designed by Dallas architect Thomas J. Galbraith and completed in 1919, this house is an excellent regional example of the Prairie School style of architecture. Its strong historical associations with area ranches and with the Ranger oil boom lend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UE1_mingus-baptist-church-historical_Mingus-TX.html
Area Baptists trace their history to 1891, when the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church congregation was organized with 14 charter members. Originally named for the rural schoolhouse where early worship services were held, the congregation was…