HOUSTON Texas County Missouri
N 37° 19.645 W 091° 57.371
15S E 592476 N 4131705
The Heart of Houston Missouri Texas County USA
Waymark Code: WM30ZE
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2008
Views: 64
Since I am from Texas I found this marker while in Houston,Texas County,Missouri.
Largest of Missouri's 114 counties, Texas comprises 1183 square miles of Ozark Highland. With the same name as the largest of the 48 states, it exceeds the smallest, Rhode Island, by 125 square land miles. When formed in 1843, it was named for the explorer, fur trader, the first Lt. Gov. of Missouri, William H. Ashley but when formally organized in 1845, it was renamed for the Republic of Texas.
A seat of justice for the county was laid out in 1846 near the center of the county on Brushy Creek and named Houston for first president of the Texas Republic.
In the Civil War, the county was ravished by guerrilla warfare and the town destroyed. Houston's modern development has been as trading center for a dairying, poultry and livestock farming and lumbering area.
As always have fun be safe and
HAPPY............................WAYMARKING
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