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Scurry County, Texas
Historical Markers in Hermleigh, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 5 Texas historical markers in Hermleigh, in Scurry County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Ghost Towns and Native History. The markers on this list were placed between 1966 and 1988.
Start with these Hermleigh stories
- Former Townsite of Wheatplaced 1972
Small farming community that grew up here in the late 1880s. Received its name because of a bumper wheat crop the year the U. S. Post Office opened…
- Hermleighplaced 1966
Townsite surveyed 1907 by H. W. Harlin and R. C. Herm, on Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad.
- Lone Wolf Communityplaced 1970
(5 mi. N of Lone Wolf Mountain) Named for Kiowa chief whose tribe roamed area until 1870s. Community development when John Mahoney donated cemetery…
- Pyron, Texasplaced 1968
(Former Townsite .5 miles South) Once a thriving community. Named for Bob Pyron, a rancher who settled on nearby Buffalo Creek before 1890.
- St. John's Catholic Churchplaced 1988
This area was settled in the early 1900s by a number of farm families from South Texas. Catholic services were first conducted by priests from…
All 5 historical markers in Hermleigh
Historical markers near Hermleigh
- Snyder47 stories · 13 mi
- Colorado City29 stories · 17 mi
- Roby7 stories · 21 mi
- Sweetwater18 stories · 22 mi
- Westbrook7 stories · 24 mi
- Roby vicinity5 stories · 25 mi
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