Cheatham's Division

C.S.A.

Right of

Cheatham's Division,

Nov. 25, 1863.

Marker is on North Crest Road north of Portview Place, on the right when traveling north.

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Fort Scott Memorial

This monument was originally located in Land Lot Number 224 in the 21st District of Decatur County, Georgia, 16 miles southwest of Bainbridge and on the site of Fort Scott built in 1816 and abandoned in 1821.

It was removed to ...

Walker's Division

C.S.A.

Left of

Walker's Division,

Nov. 24 - 25, 1863.

Marker is on North Crest Road north of Portview Place, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Conway Community Church

Residents of Conway, established 9 miles south of here in 1905, attended non-denominational services in a relocated schoolhouse until this union church building was completed in 1912. It became an important gathering place for the Conway community and housed regular ...

Temple Lea Houston

(August 12, 1860 - August 15, 1905)

Born in the Texas Governor's Mansion, the eighth and last child of Sam Houston (1793-1863) and his wife Margaret; educated at Baylor University, Texas A&M, and in a law office, Temple Houston came in ...

Finch-Lord-Nelson and the Founding of Panhandle City

Cattle firm that had brought first Herefords to region — Lue Finch, W.H. Lord, O.H. Nelson — in 1887 promoted Panhandle City, as railroad line approached. They sent in ten cowboys to stake claims around city, which prospered as county ...

Eclipse Windmill Patented 1867

George Tyng, White Deer Lands, drilled first water well 1887 near present townsite White Deer after unsuccessful attempt in 1886 by Col. B. B. Groom, Francklyn Land & Cattle Company.

Windmill indispensable factor in settlement plains of Texas. Eclipse Mill slow ...

The J.D. Chason Memorial Park / The J.D. Chason Memorial Park Hi

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The J.D. Chason Memorial Park

The J.D. Chason Memorial Park stands a permanent honor in memory of the late Doctor J.D. Chason. Members of his immediate family graciously presented it on December 29, 1921 to the city of Bainbridge. ...

Texas Panhandle Pioneers: The Simms Brothers

Permanent citizens, forgers of local civilization. Walter Franklin (1869-1963), George Leonard (born 1875) and Dormer D. Simms (born 1884) moved to Texas in 1886 and to this county in the early 1900's. They arrived later than visiting hunters, soldiers and ...

The Square House

The Niedringhaus brothers of St. Louis sent lumber by ox-cart from Dodge City and built this square house on their “N Bar N” Ranch here in Carson County in the mid-1880s. In 1887 a railroad official occupied the pioneer cottage ...