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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I4R_the-civilian-conservation-corps-at-abilene-state-park_Tuscola-TX.html
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1933 to provide jobs on public lands for unemployed workers, specifically young men and World War I veterans. Quick to recognize the benefits of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H39_jim-ned-creek_Tuscola-TX.html
Probably named for Jim Ned, Delaware Indian chief. During Republic and early statehood of Texas (about 1840-1860), he was a scout for the Texas Militia on several campaigns against wild Indians in this area.
?????Dams near junction of two main for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2L_in-vicinity-of-coronados-camp_Tuscola-TX.html
In 1541, the Spanish explorer Coronado is thought to have passed this way en route from New Mexico to the fabled Indian villages of "Quivira", though his path across vast Texas plains is now difficult to determine.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F61_taylor-county_Tuscola-TX.html
Created 1858. Named for Edward, James and George Taylor, 18, 20 and 22, Tennesseans who came to Texas in 1833 and died at the Alamo March 6, 1836.?????Organized 1878, with county seat at Buffalo Gap, through which went the Fort Concho to Fort Belk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F5Z_cedar-gap-community_Tuscola-TX.html
Originally named Coates for early settler Kem Coates, Cedar Gap community formed in the late 19th century. Coates, on whose land the post office was later located, arrived in the 1870s, and by the early 1880s, a number of families from Robertson C…