FIRST -- Court session in Kimble County, near Junction TX
N 30° 30.884 W 099° 46.191
14R E 426134 N 3376076
The first court session in Kimble County was held under a large live oak tree with bees bizzing around it on the banks of the North Llano River
Waymark Code: WMPQFX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2015
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Not only ws Kimble County a lawless area of the Texas frontier in 1876, it was seriously light on infrastructure and buildings.
The state historic marker reads as follows:
"First Court in Kimble County
(Site: .5 mi. NW, on main Llano River)
Held in spring of 1876, under a live oak tree that had a hive of wild bees in its trunk. The site, "Old Kimbleville," had been suggested as the county seat.
District Judge W. A. Blackburn, of Burnet, arrived by horseback.
District attorney was Frank Wilks. The jury was seated on two logs. Another log was the Judge's bench, and a piece of gnarled live oak limb the gavel. Prisoners awaiting trial were chained to nearby trees. Major trials were for horse thefts. Texas Rangers were on hand to testify and to guard court, as this was during lawless era. (1967)"
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Date of FIRST: 01/01/1876
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