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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I1Q_old-townsite-of-content_Goldsboro-TX.html
Named because of contentment of this valley. Founded 1881 by Dan W. Hale. Michael C. Bright, 1882 settler, early county commissioner, had a general store at this site. Family worked for progress of the area. Renamed "Tokeen", town bypass…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I1P_counts-cemetery_Goldsboro-TX.html
Earliest known interment was that of a child, Mary Louisa Hale, on Nov. 30, 1880. In Jan. 1884, Andy and Christian Fannin sold 4 acres to M.C. Bright, J.M. Carter, R.F. Counts, John A. Chambers, J.M. Givens, D.W. and William Hale, Alf. A. Hanscomb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I1O_alec-simmons_Goldsboro-TX.html
Civil War soldier from Lemon Gap (7 miles northwest). Was buried here in an unmarked grave prior to 1897.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HFU_ranger-campsite_Goldsboro-TX.html
One-half mile east of here, some twenty-five to thirty Texas Rangers of Company E were stationed in 1874, under the command of Capt. W.J. "Jeff" Maltby. They kept sentries posted on nearby "Ranger Peak" to guard against Indians…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HFT_ranger-peak_Goldsboro-TX.html
Named for Company E, Texas Rangers, which was stationed ½ mile east of peak in 1874. Atop peak, Rangers (under Capt. W.J. "Jeff" Maltby) kept a lookout for Indians. Outfit was part of the Frontier Battalion, organized to protect Tex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HFS_cotton-production-in-runnels-county_Goldsboro-TX.html
In 1884, when most of Runnels County was range for livestock, R.F. Counts (1838-1892) planted an experimental cotton field near this site. His success encouraged other area farmers, who raised 88 bales in 1888. First cotton gin in the nearby town …