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Cottle County, Texas
Historical Markers in Paducah, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 8 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 1962 and 2005. 2 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Paducah stories
- 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…
- CV Ranch and Cee Vee Communityplaced 1996
The CV cattle brand was first registered in 1850 in McLennan County by Claiborne Varner. In 1856 his brother in law, J. Wes Sheek, and Sheek's…
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