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Garza County, Texas
Historical Markers in Post, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 10 Texas historical markers in Post, in Garza County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Strange But True, Native History, and Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1963 and 1969. 1 is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Start with these Post stories
- C. W. Post Rain Battlesplaced 1967
Site of 1911-1914 dynamiting to produce rain, carried on by C. W. Post, Texas farm colonizer and cereal foods millionaire.
- Garza Countyplaced 1965
Created in 1876, attached to Borden County 1891-1907. Organization came July 8, 1907 at the OS Ranch.
- Garza Pointsplaced 1965
Thin, triangular arrow points 2 to 4 centimeters long. Of fine workmanship, with central basal notch and deeply serrated edges.
- Llano Ranchplaced 1964
The Llano Ranch containing 192 sections of land was established in 1880. Known as the "Curry Comb" from their cattle brand, two bars over the letter…
- Charles W. Postplaced 1968
(1854-1914) Internationally known creator of Post Cereals, advertising genius, inventor and innovator, founder of Post City in 1906.
- Duffy's Peakplaced 1969
Height so prominent it was Garza County's earliest bench mark, designated by peg-legged surveyor Jasper Hays, who in 1877-1878 was marking bounds of…
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