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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HHH_james-winford-hunt_Abilene-TX.html
Born in present Oklahoma, James Winford Hunt grew up on the Texas high plains. A newspaper publisher for several years, he became a Methodist minister in 1903. While a pastor in Abilene, he convinced the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HH9_morgan-jones_Abilene-TX.html
Welsh-born Morgan Jones arrived in the U.S. in 1866. As a contractor for numerous railroad lines, he became a railroad legend by laying tracks spanning more than 1,000 miles across Texas and the west. He was president of the Fort Worth and Denver …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HAI_butterfield-trail_Abilene-TX.html
U.S. Mail Route
St. Louis to San Francisco
Crossed Here
1858-1861
Marked by Woman Club of Anson
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HA0_claiborne-walker-merchant_Abilene-TX.html
Claiborne W. Merchant and his twin, John, were born in Nagodoches. "Clabe" married Frances Bell in 1856. He served in the Confederate army and later became a cattle rancher. Merchant established his first ranch in 1874 in Callahan County…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H9Z_thomas-middlebrook-willis_Abilene-TX.html
Born in Bainbridge, Georgia, Thomas Middlebrook Willis was an important early leader in Abilene. Willis moved to Waco, Texas with his parents, Dr. Thomas L. And Mrs. Letitia Willis, in 1866. T.M. Willis first came to this area in 1878 to investiga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H9X_site-of-old-headquarters-of-the-hashknife-ranch_Abilene-TX.html
In December 1880, H.C. Whithers of the Texas & Pacific Railroad met local men here to decide on a site for a cattle shipping center. Bypassing the county seat of Buffalo Gap, the railroad platted a new town named Abilene for the famous cattle town…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H9U_double-v-memorial-flagpole_Abilene-TX.html
A lasting tribute to the Buffalo Soldiers of WWI and black veterans of WWII, who in service to God, Country, and Community, gave or risked their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today, while for them, these very freedoms were often denied.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F4G_fort-phantom-hill_Abilene-TX.html
Established November 14, 1851Abandoned April 6, 1854Repaired and Used by Southern Overland Mail, 1858-1861Sub-Post of Fort Griffin in 1871 and 1872A thriving village which grew up in its vicinity after the Civil War served as temporary county seat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F4F_fort-phantom-hill_Abilene-TX.html
By 1850 new settlers and travelers to the California Gold Rush were moving across Texas. This movement on the open plains increased hostilities between the newcomers and the Indians. The U.S. Army's solution was a fort, called the Post on the Clea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15MB_the-texas-pacific-railway_Abilene-TX.html
Chartered March 3, 1871, by Act of U.S. Congress, to build a railroad to the Pacific Coast, the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, under leadership of Colonel Thomas A. Scott, President, began construction across West Texas in 1880. General Grenvill…