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Bosque County, Texas
Historical Markers in Valley Mills, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 5 Texas historical markers in Valley Mills, in Bosque County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Native History, Civil War, Ghost Towns, and Texas Revolution. The markers on this list were placed between 1975 and 1999. 1 is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Start with these Valley Mills stories
- Odle Log Cabinplaced 1978
A native of Tennessee, pioneer John Odle (1824-1913) moved to Texas in 1843, one year after his marriage to Lucinda Reeder (d. 1890).
- Lowry Hampton Scrutchfieldplaced 1999
(June 11, 1824 - November 2, 1900) Born in Nacogdoches in 1824 to Fleming and Nancy Pool Scrutchfield, Lowry H. Scrutchfield moved to Nashville on…
- Original Site of Valley Millsplaced 1990
A. H. Steagall and Dr. E. P. Booth purchased 300 acres of land on the north side of the Bosque River in 1868.
- Roden Taylor Crainplaced 1987
(April 29, 1819-July 20, 1891) Tennessee native Roden Taylor Crain, a member of Capt. William Kimbro's Company of San Augustine County volunteers…
- Rock Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Churchplaced 1975
The Rev. James B. Sadler (1828-1911), a self-educated former slave, started this black congregation in 1870 and helped establish a separate black…
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