Texas Historical Marker

Dawson County

Lamesa · Dawson County · placed 1936

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Dawson County, Texas

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Created February 1, 1858. Recreated August 21, 1876 from Bexar Territory. Organized February 13, 1905.

Named in honor of Nicholas Mosby Dawson 1808-1842 who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto and fell at Dawson's Massacre. Lamesa, County Seat

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