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Battle of Rowletts Station

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near Munfordville, Kentucky.
Now a fight ensued such as seldom occurs ... - Colonel August Willich, 32nd Indiana In December 1861, Confederate General Thomas Hindman came from Bowling Green to probe the growing Union strength at Munfordville. Hindman . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Early Gunpowder Mill

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near Magnolia, Kentucky.
Two miles east on Lynn Camp Creek John Courts built, 1811-12, first commercial gunpowder mill in the State of Kentucky. Located near two large springs that furnished power to grind the charcoal made on site. Mixed with . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War of 1812 • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site, Aetna Furnace

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near Magnolia, Kentucky.
Built in 1816, first iron furnace in western half of Kentucky. Salt and iron sought by early settlers. Charles Wilkins, Ruggles Whiting, and Jacob Holderman were partners in this furnace until 1826, when Holderman became the . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Palmer's Division

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the First Tablet: Palmer's Division .......... Crittenden's Corps. Major General John M. Palmer. September 20, 1863, until 5:45 P.M. 1st Brigade - Brigadier General Charles Cruft. 2nd Brigade - Brigadier General . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Quanah Parker

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Quanah, Texas.
Quanah Parker, man of vision, fought against all odds to save the Comanche way of life. Then, he fought to survive and prosper in a white man's world. His mother, a white woman captured by Indians at age nine, was raised a . . .

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery. 4 James, 2 6 Pounders. Cruft's Brigade, Palmer's Division, Crittenden's Corps. September 20, 1863 1st Lieutenant Norman A. Baldwin, Commanding. 2d Lieutenant James H. Hill. 2d Lieutenant . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hardeman County Courthouse

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Quanah, Texas.
Hardeman County was created in 1858 and named for early Texas legislators Bailey and Thomas Jones Hardeman. It was not organized, however, until 1884 when the population had increased enough to have a formal county . . .

(Notable Buildings • Politics • Government • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Quanah Parker Trail

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Quanah, Texas.
The legendary Quanah Parker, railway icon and town namesake, blessed Town of Quanah in 1890 Arrow sculptor: Charles A. Smith

(Native Americans • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hardeman County Jail

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Quanah, Texas.
This native stone jail building was begun in 1890, when Quanah become Hardeman County Seat, and competed in March 1891. The lower floor housed the sheriff's office and living quarters, while the second floor held prisoner's . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Childress County

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Childress, Texas.
Formed from Young and Bexar Territories Created • Organized August 21, 1876 • April 11, 1887 Named in honor of George Campbell Childress 1804 – 1841 A member of the Convention in 1836 Co-author of the Texas Declaration of . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stockton P. Donley

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Clarendon, Texas.
County named for Texas Confederate Stockton P. Donley 1821 - 1871 Came to Texas from Kentucky 1846. Dist. Attorney 1853. Enlisted private 7th Tex. Infantry 1861, made Lieutenant. Captured with regiment after bitter fight at . . .

(War, US Civil • Political Subdivisions • Politics • Government) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Funeral Business in Clarendon

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Clarendon, Texas.
For more than a century, this site has been the location of a funeral home, a vital community business serving a widespread area of the Panhandle. Kentucky native Pleasant Andrew Buntin (1849-1941) brought his family to . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Donley County

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Clarendon, Texas.
Formed from Young and Bexar territories Created • Organized August 21, 1876 • March 22, 1882 Named in honor of Stockton P. Donley 1821 – 1871 a Confederate officer elected to the Texas Supreme Bench in 1866 Clarendon, the . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Armstrong County Jail

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Claude, Texas.
Erected in 1953, this building is constructed of stone used to build the first masonry jail in Armstrong County, 1894. Stone for the structure (which replaced a primitive, frame "calaboose") was quarried 14 miles south at . . .

(Notable Buildings • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Early Sheriffs

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Claude, Texas.
Inheriting peacekeeping duty from 1874-90 ranchers, the early sheriffs of Armstrong County (organized 1890) won great public regard. With their families, these men lived in jail quarters and fed the prisoners. There was no . . .

(Notable Persons • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Armstrong County

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Claude, Texas.
Created 1876. Name honors several Texas pioneers named Armstrong. Ranching became the chief industry when huge JA Ranch was established here in 1876. Farming was introduced after the railroad came through, 1887. County was . . .

(Agriculture • Political Subdivisions • Animals • Government) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Warner

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Claude, Texas.
Two of the most admired and beloved pioneer citizens of Armstrong County, Dr. Warner (1864-1934) was a country physician and his wife Phebe (Kerrick) (1866-1935) was an ardent humanitarian. Natives of Illinois, they were . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Science & Medicine • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Route of Coronado Expedition

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Claude, Texas.
Led by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, this trail-blazing expedition set out from Mexico City in 1541 in search of Cibola, fabled 7 Cities of Gold. Finding only Indian pueblos, Coronado changed his course for Quivira, a . . .

(Native Americans • Notable Persons • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Town of Claude

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Claude, Texas.
Founded when Fort Worth & Denver Railroad built into area (1887). Claude Ayers, engineer on first passenger train through here, suggested town be named for him — and citizens agreed. Jerry Cavanaugh, first resident, gave . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education • Settlements & Settlers • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boy Scout Troop No. 17

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Claude, Texas.
One of the oldest Scout troops west of the Mississippi River, this group was organized in May 1912 by pioneer physician Dr. W. A. Warner (1864-1934). The first troop of about 30 boys met in a room above Dr. Warner's . . .

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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