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Moore County, Texas
Historical Markers in Dumas, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 7 Texas historical markers in Dumas, in Moore County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Cowboys & Cattle, Oil Boom, Ghost Towns, and Native History. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 1986.
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- Route of the Old Tascosa-Dodge City Trailplaced 1966
Founded 1877, for travel from Tascosa, on the Canadian (25 mi. SW) to Dodge City, Kansas. Tascosa was supply center for hunters and settlers…
- Geological Riches of Moore Countyplaced 1970
Have proved beneficial from earliest times when prehistoric man developed first industry in Texas by mining flint deposits along the Canadian River.
- Moore Countyplaced 1936
Created 1876 from Bexar Land District. Named in honor of Edwin W. Moore (1810-1865), commodore of the navy, Republic of Texas.
- Route of Tascosa-Dodge City Trailplaced 1966
As ranchers and merchants settled in this part of Texas during the 1870s, the need for a direct supply line became evident.
- City of Dumasplaced 1986
In 1891, Louis Dumas and J. R. Wheat formed the Panhandle Townsite Company to develop and promote a community they named Dumas.
- Site of Historic Drift Fenceplaced 1969
Until the mid-1880's, no range fences existed in the Texas Panhandle. Thus when winter blizzards came, cattle drifted from Oklahoma, Colorado, and…
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