Grasslands
N 33° 09.959 W 101° 35.705
14S E 257999 N 3672687
A state historic marker shares the hidden history of a very flat place
Waymark Code: WMPV18
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2015
Views: 3
This state historic marker is located on the south side of the US 380 just a few yards east of its junction with the FM 212 to the community of Grassland. This marker preserves the history that is not obvious in all the miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles in this part of West Texas.
Marker Number: 2255
Marker Text:
(2 miles south)
One of first land patents in South Plains, lying along a well-marked Indian trail used by explorers, U.S. Army, and (after 1880) the stages and freighters northbound from Colorado City.
Grasslands Ranch (named for an estate of President Cleveland) was established 1888 by Enos L. Seeds, the 1889-1900 postmaster, who erected a fine frame house and first trading post on South Plains. Mrs. Seeds was the first permanent white woman resident in county. Nearby is grave of area's first-born white child (a son of Mr. and Mrs. Todd Wilson). Community name is now Grassland. (1970)
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