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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29F2_old-d-n-arnett-home_Colorado-City-TX.html
Built in 1899 by rancher F.E. McKenzie; Victorian architecture features porch columns with spool trim and decorative wood "awnings" over the windows.
Sold in 1900 to A.B. Robertson, rancher; in 1912, to D.N. Arnett, retired manager of the Grea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29F1_majors-home_Colorado-City-TX.html
One of first brick houses here. Built 1883 by Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Hodgson, son-in-law and daughter of Gen. Tom Green, Texas hero. Later the home of Winfield Scott, millionaire rancher, and W.T. Scott, a promoter, T. & P. Railroad. Owned since 1902 b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29F0_colorado-opera-house_Colorado-City-TX.html
Built by Colorado Opera House Company, 1899-1900; second opera house in city, then cultural center of West Texas. Staged light opera, vaudeville, silent movies (after 1911); also hosted school programs.
Converted to boarding house in 1925, it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29EQ_first-baptist-church-of-colorado-city_Colorado-City-TX.html
Founded as a mission station in 1881 by The Rev. George W. Baines (1809-1882), a former President of Baylor University and in 1880s a Baptist State Convention agent. The Rev. Peter Turner, an Englishmen, organized the church in 1882. Building site…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CH_dr-preston-c-coleman_Colorado-City-TX.html
Born in Tennessee. Graduated from University of Louisville (Ky.). Coming in 1883 to Colorado City, rode horseback or by buggy to ranches in 100-mile radius, practicing here rest of his life.
Religion, medicine, and education were his chief con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CG_all-saints-church_Colorado-City-TX.html
Outgrowth of 1882 worship by laymen (mostly sheep-ranching Englishmen). Organized 1883 by The Rt. Rev. A.C. Garrett, pioneer Episcopal Bishop of Dallas, who listed this as "Grace Mission", with eight communicants.
With some assistance from New…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CF_e-m-hardigree-home_Colorado-City-TX.html
Built 1890 by H.D. Shepperd. Sold, 1899 to Martin Dies, Sr. Birthplace of Martin Dies, Jr., famous U.S. Congressman.
Home of colorful early-day ranch couple, G.W. and Alice Garrett Plaster, Mitchell County ranchers for over fifty years.
Re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM294N_r-c-dick-ware_Colorado-City-TX.html
Born in Georgia, migrated to Texas in the 1870's and joined the Texas Rangers in 1878.
Was noted for his part in gun battle with outlaw Sam Bass at Round Rock, where Bass had planned to rob the bank. It was Ware's bullet that gave Bass the woun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM294M_colorado-city-standpipe_Colorado-City-TX.html
In response to the need for a water supply system for Colorado, as this town was then known, the city's governing body issued waterwork bonds in 1884. The bond money was used to build this standpipe and to lay mains through which the city's water …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM291X_coleman-ranch-field-discovery-well_Colorado-City-TX.html
Completion of The Westbrook Field T&P No. 1 oil well in 1920 signaled the beginning of commercial oil production in the Permian Basin. In the rush of oil activity that followed, the P.C. Coleman No. 1 Well was drilled on land owned by Dr. Preston …