DUANE
Crockett County, Texas
Historical Markers in Ozona, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 7 Texas historical markers in Ozona, in Crockett County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Oil Boom, Texas Revolution, Ghost Towns, and Civil War. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 1978.
Start with these Ozona stories
- Crockett, Davidplaced 1936
Was born in Tennessee on August 17, 1786 Participated in the Creek Indian Campaign 1813-1814 Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives…
- One Fourth-Mile North to Ruins of Fort Lancasterplaced 1936
[1936 inscription] One-Fourth Mile North to Ruins of Fort Lancaster. Established in 1855 by the United States government as a protection to travelers…
- Crockett County's First Producing Oil Wellplaced 1975
In 1923 World Oil Co., owned by Chester R. Bunker, Ft. Worth publisher and printer, began drilling on the L. P. Powell Ranch.
- Emerald Townsiteplaced 1978
The first platted town in Crockett County, Emerald was founded in 1889 by Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Immigration Agent T. W. Wilkinson.
- Fort Lancaster, C.S.A.placed 1963
Site 33 miles west on US 90. Upon US surrender Texas Forts start of Civil War, made part Confederate far western frontier line.
- Ozona-Barnhart Trap Companyplaced 1974
By the 1920s many ranchers in Crockett County had fenced their land, preventing their neighbors from driving sheep and cattle to the railroad…
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