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Parker County, Texas
Historical Markers in Weatherford, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 45 Texas historical markers in Weatherford, in Parker County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Native History, Civil War, Cowboys & Cattle, and Texas Revolution. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2023. 11 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Weatherford stories
- Oliver Lovingplaced 1977
Founder of three major cattle trails, Oliver Loving came from Kentucky to Texas in 1845 and to Parker County about 1855.
- Citizens National Bankplaced 1988
James Robertson (J.R.) Couts (1833-1904), a native of Tennessee, brought his family to Texas in 1858.
- Governor S.W.T. Lanhamplaced 1978
(July 4, 1846 - July 29, 1908) A South Carolinian, Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham volunteered at age 15 and fought 1861-65 in the Civil War.
- James Robertson Coutsplaced 1990
(1833-1904) A native of Tennessee and a veteran of the Civil War, James Robertson Couts brought his family to Parker County in the mid-1860s.
- Parker County, C.S.A.placed 1964
Part of a colonial grant to S.M. Williams and Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas, but with no permanent settlers before 1850, this county was created…
- Spring Creek Communityplaced 1990
Settlement of this area of Parker County began in 1854, with the arrival of the T.J. Shaw family from Tennessee.
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All 45 historical markers in Weatherford
- 1933 Weatherford City Hall1987
- All Saints' Episcopal Church1998
- Baker Community2002
- Bose Ikard1990
- Campbell Memorial Hospital2017
- Central Christian Church1990
- Chandor Gardens2011
- Citizens National Bank1988
- Comte de Bresson Stable2023
- First National Bank of Weatherford1981
- First United Methodist Church of Weatherford1979
- Franco-Texan Land Company Building2012
- Fred Rider Cotten2011
- Governor S.W.T. Lanham1978
- Greenwood Community2007
- Isaac Parker1986
- Isaac Parker1936
- J. J. Hamilton Log Cabin2015
- James Claude Wright House2012
- James Robertson Couts1990
- Merchants and Farmers State Bank1990
- Old City Greenwood Cemetery1996
- Oliver Loving1977
- Parker County Courthouse1965
- Parker County Poor Farm and Cemetery1986
- Parker County, C.S.A.1964
- Parsons Station2006
- Porter Cemetery1978
- Prince Memorial CME Church2022
- R. W. Kindel House1975
- Samuel Joseph Redgate1936
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham2006
- Shaw House1982
- Soldier Spring Park1976
- Spring Creek Community1990
- Texas Pythian Home1986
- The Double Log Cabin1936
- Thomas C. Snailum1986
- Twentieth Century Club2010
- Walker Bend Community and Cemetery1996
- Weatherford1964
- Weatherford College Old Main Building1964
- Weatherford Post Office1988
- Woolfolk-McCall House1975
- Wright Cemetery1986
Historical markers near Weatherford
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