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Callahan County, Texas
Historical Markers in Cross Plains, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 7 Texas historical markers in Cross Plains, in Callahan County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Native History, Oil Boom, Civil War, and Strange But True. The markers on this list were placed between 1967 and 2019.
Start with these Cross Plains stories
- Fort Mason-Camp Cooper Military Roadplaced 1967
Route for U.S. 2nd Cavalry and supplies from San Antonio to Fort Mason (about 100 miles south of here) to Camp Cooper (about 65 miles north) in…
- Home of Robert E. Howardplaced 2019
Adventure and fantasy writer (and creator of Conan) Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) moved in 1919 to this homesite with his parents, Dr. Isaac and…
- Pioneer Cemeteryplaced 2004
Tradition holds that Captain A.M. Curry suggested the name for the Pioneer community, established in 1883.
- Atwell Cemeteryplaced 2008
Before Callahan County organized, settlers built homes in this area. Many more families came after the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railroad in…
- Cross Plains Cemeteryplaced 2013
Situated on a flat area near the edge of town, the Cross Plains Cemetery is the final resting place for the town's key leaders and families.
- Cross Plains Reviewplaced 2015
Belmont L. Shields founded the Cross Plains Review in April 1909, when the town was sited on Turkey Creek.
All 7 historical markers in Cross Plains
Historical markers near Cross Plains
- May6 stories · 16 mi
- Baird vicinity6 stories · 17 mi
- Cisco13 stories · 17 mi
- Baird11 stories · 22 mi
- Brownwood vicinity6 stories · 24 mi
- Eastland12 stories · 26 mi
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