Weatherford
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N 32° 45.537 W 097° 47.866
14S E 612615 N 3625204
This little marker is on the sidewalk to the West of the Parker County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM1M8A
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2007
Views: 43
Index Entry: Weatherford
Address: US 180 on Courthouse grounds
City: Weatherford
County: Parker
Subject Codes: CY;
Year Marker Erected: 1964
Designations: na
Marker Location: West side of Courthouse, US 180 -Weatherford.
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Repairs Completed: Refinish -courthouse.
Marker Number: 5731
Marker Text:
Founded 1856. Named for Jefferson Weatherford, state senator and a Confederate soldier.
Frontier people found protection here from constant Indian threat during Civil War. Long the only town between Fort Worth and El Paso.
Home of Chandor Gardens and Texas Railroad Museum. Nearby is Double Log Cabin Museum. (1964)
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