Erath County, Texas
Historical Markers in Stephenville vicinity, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 7 Texas historical markers in Stephenville vicinity, in Erath County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War and Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1976 and 2000.
Start with these Stephenville vicinity stories
- Daniel Roberts and Mary Anna (Garland) Thorntonplaced 1976
D. R. Thornton from Mississippi married Mary Anna, daughter of frontier fighter Peter Garland in Anderson County, Texas, in 1853.
- Bowman Ridge Cemeteryplaced 2000
The namesake of Keith's Branch Community, A. B. Keith, deeded one acre of land to the Primitive Baptist Church around this site for use as a burial…
- Acrea Cemeteryplaced 1999
According to oral history, John Wright, who stopped for a time in Erath County on his way west, died nearby in about 1857 or 1858.
- Cedar Point Schoolplaced 1996
Originally known as Elm Grove School, the Cedar Point School began about 1860 in a log cabin nearly 2 miles east of this site.
- Millerville Cemeteryplaced 1994
Henry and Lourilla Osborn Miller, immigrants from Missouri who settled in Cooke County, Texas, during the 1860s, bought land in this area about 1876…
- Ramsey Cemeteryplaced 1986
The nearby burial ground is named for William Ramsey, who in 1886 formally deeded the land around several early graves as a cemetery.
All 7 historical markers in Stephenville vicinity
Historical markers near Stephenville vicinity
- Stephenville29 stories · 1 mi
- Dublin16 stories · 13 mi
- Bluff Dale8 stories · 13 mi
- Dublin vicinity9 stories · 13 mi
- Tolar8 stories · 17 mi
- Glen Rose16 stories · 24 mi
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