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Haskell County

Haskell · Haskell County · placed 1936

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Haskell County, Texas

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Created February 1, 1858. Recreated August 21, 1876. Organized January 13, 1885.

Named in honor of Charles Ready Haskell, 1817-1836. A Tennesseean who was shot with Fannin in the massacre at Goliad. Haskell, the county seat.

Crossed by Capt. R.B. Marcy in surveying a route to California in 1849.

First settlement at Haskell, 1882.

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