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Cottle County, Texas
Historical Markers in Paducah, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 9 Texas historical markers in Paducah, in Cottle County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Cowboys & Cattle, Texas Revolution, Civil War, and Ghost Towns. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2005. 2 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
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- Cottle Countyplaced 1964
Created in 1876, organized in 1892, in area where the Pease and Little Wichita Rivers break level terrain.
- Cottle County Courthouseplaced 2005
The Texas Legislature created Cottle County in 1876 and named it for George Washington Cottle, who died defending the Alamo forty years earlier.
- The Gray and The Blueplaced 1964
Into the western part of Texas, about 1885 came Civil War veterans of the Gray and the Blue, to tame the wilderness.
- Cee Vee Cemeteryplaced 2004
The Cee Vee community dates to 1926, with earlier ties to cattlemen Clairborne Varner and Charles Goodnight, who grazed herds in the area using the…
- Chalkplaced 1994
Drought conditions in the early 1900s prompted local rancher W. Q. Richards in 1903-04 to subdivide land in this area into small farms complete with…
- Cottle Countyplaced 1936
Formed From Young and Bexar territories created August 21, 1876, organized January 11, 1892.
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