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Farwell, Texas

Farwell · Parmer County · placed 1936

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Parmer County, Texas

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Named for John V. Farwell and C. B.

Farwell. Builders of the Texas Capitol, 1882-1888, in exchange for three million acres of state land. Founders of the XIT Ranch, 1885.

Erected by the State of Texas 1936

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