DUANE
Duane's take
Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'll do my best to do it justice. Lamb County — out here on the Texas plains, you're ridin' through ground that carries a name worth knowin'. This land was formed from Young and Bexar Territories, carved into shape on August 21, 1876.
But here's the thing about Lamb County — it sat there, created and named and waiting, for more than three decades before anyone got around to officially organizing it. That didn't happen until June 20, 1908. Some places take their time comin' together.
And when they finally did, they planted the county seat right there in Olton. Now — who does this county honor? That's where the story gets its weight.
George A. Lamb. Born in 1814, dead by 1836.
You do the math in your head and you feel it — that is a short run. He held the rank of Second Lieutenant, and on the day that would change Texas forever, the Battle of San Jacinto, George A. Lamb didn't hold back.
He fell in the first charge. The very first charge. Not somewhere in the middle of the fight, not retreating, not waiting to see how things shook out — the first charge.
That's the kind of man a county gets named after out here. A piece of land stretched across the Texas plains, carrying the name of a young lieutenant who gave everything before the smoke even had time to settle. Lamb County.
Now you know whose name you're drivin' through.
What the marker says
Lamb County, Formed From Young and Bexar Territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized June 20, 1908. Named in honor of George A. Lamb, 1814-1836, a Second Lieutenant who fell in the first charge at the Battle of San Jacinto. Olton, County Seat.