FIRST -- County seat of Edwards County, Rocksprings TX
N 30° 00.957 W 100° 12.485
14R E 383497 N 3321167
The historic marker for the first county seat of Edwards County at the south side of the Edwards County courthouse in Rocksprings -- NOT LEAKEY - and we wonder whyyyyy?
Waymark Code: WMPPK0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2015
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This faded plate style historic marker on the south edge of the Edwards County courthouse grounds in downtown Rocksprings, Texas preserves the history of the jilting of Leakey, the first seat of Edwards County, in favor of Rocksprings.
Leakey had to wait for a whole new county to be organized around it to be a county seat again. Leakey is now the seat of Real County, directly to the east of Edwards County, on the Frio River.
The marker reads as follows:
"EDWARDS COUNTY
Atop the Edwards Plateau, extending into the scenic Nueces Valley. Angora goat capital of the world. The economy is based on ranching. Wild game is abundant.
Created in 1858 and organized 1883 from old Bexar district. Named for Haden Edwards (1813-1865), an early leader and colonizer in Texas.
First county seat was Leakey; present boundaries were created, and county seat was moved on April 13, 1891, to Rocksprings. First courthouse and jail were built that year. After a fire in 1897, the present courthouse was erected; it withstood a destructive tornado that claimed 72 lives in the county in 1927.
First officials to serve the county (1891-1893) as it is presently constituted were the following:
James M. Hunter, County Judge;
W. M. Sanford, County and District Clerk;
Ira L. Wheat, Sheriff and Tax Collector;
S.A. Hough, County Attorney;
W.H. Cowan, County Treasurer
County Commissioners:
John Eaton, Precinct No. 1;
C. H. Kirchner, Precinct No. 2;
H. Schweithelm, Precinct No. 3;
M. M. Bradford, Precinct No. 4
(1967)"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 04/13/1891
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