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Roberts County, Texas
Historical Markers in Miami, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 10 Texas historical markers in Miami, in Roberts County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Strange But True, Civil War, Cowboys & Cattle, and Ghost Towns. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2011. 1 is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
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- Parnellplaced 1973
(One mile east) Roberts County was created on Aug. 21, 1876, by the Texas Legislature, but remained unorganized, as in that year it had only one…
- County Named for Prominent Confederate Colonel O. M. Robertsplaced 1963
1815-1898. President Secession Convention 1861, resulting in comment by Sam Houston, "I don't know what they will do, but Roberts is honest." Raised…
- Fossil Bedsplaced 1970
(Three miles southeast) Cited as one of most prolific fossil fields of lower Pliocene age at time of discovery, these beds are about 13,000,000 years…
- Miami Cemeteryplaced 2011
The earliest cemetery in the town of Miami was established shortly after 1887 when the Southern Kansas branch of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe…
- Miami Mammoth Kill Siteplaced 2003
In 1933, a local farmer plowing a wheat field began uncovering large, chalky bones. Knowing them to be too large to be cow or buffalo bones, several…
- Cottage Hotelplaced 2000
The prominent Lard family helped Lizzie Lard build the Cottage Hotel to support her two daughters after she was widowed 1893; it was completed in…
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