Pilot Grove
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txoilgas
N 33° 26.294 W 096° 25.489
14S E 739398 N 3702836
A small marker at the intersection of a busy highway.
Waymark Code: WMAMFA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2011
Views: 7
Marker Number: 7417
Marker Text:
Founded in early 1850s. On Bonham-McKinney Stage Line. Called Lick Skillet; renamed, 1858, for J. P. Dumas' Ranch. Site of Lee-Peacock feud, 1865-1871, between ex-Confederate Capt. Bob Lee with his gold and Union supporter Lewis Peacock. Although Lee was killed in 1865, his followers carried on the fight until Peacock was shot. (1966)
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