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Junction · Kimble County · placed 1965 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Civil War

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Kimble County, Texas

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First two-story house in county. Built 1877-1879 on the caliche soil, with no foundation, by Civil War veteran B.F. Pepper, who led a wagon train of settlers to Texas from Missouri.

Since 1905 in family of Dr. R.H.P. Wright.

The girlhood home of Fay Wright, 1941-1947, First Lady of Texas, as wife of Governor Coke Stevenson. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965.

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