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McLennan County, Texas
Historical Markers in West, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 6 Texas historical markers in West, in McLennan County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Native History, Ghost Towns, Strange But True, and Tales of Tragedy. The markers on this list were placed between 1976 and 2010.
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- Bold Springs Cemeteryplaced 2010
ISAAC BUTLER “DOC” CAUBLE (1820-1904) BUILT A CABIN IN 1850 NEAR ONE OF SEVERAL FLOWING SPRINGS THAT WAS HOME TO GENERATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
- The Crash at Crushplaced 1976
A head-on collision between two locomotives was staged on Sept. 15, 1896, as a publicity stunt for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad.
- First Presbyterian Church of Westplaced 1979
The Rev. D.C. Kinnard began the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1875. The first building on this site was erected in 1883.
- Saint Mary's Cemeteryplaced 1994
Early Catholic settlers in northern McLennan County worshipped at St. Martin's Church in Tours, five miles southeast of present West.
- St. Martin Cemeteryplaced 2004
A wagon train of German Catholic settlers from Teutopolis, Illinois arrived in this area on November 11, 1874, the feast day of St. Martin of Tours.
- Westplaced 1992
This community traces its origin to the establishment by entrepreneur Thomas M. West of a stagecoach stop, dry goods store and post office here in…
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