FIRST - Settler & Area Settled - Sherman County, Texas
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YoSam.
N 36° 22.616 W 102° 06.958
13S E 758721 N 4029620
First to settle and first area settled
Waymark Code: WMTC5V
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2016
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Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: 1971
County of Marker: Sherman County
Location of Marker: US-287, roadside park, 2 miles N. of Stratford
Marker text:
Early Settlers on
COLDWATER CREEK
(Creek Located 6¼ Miles South)
"First area in Sherman County to be settled, and only live water for miles.
First settler, buffalo hunter J.D. Rawlings, came 1870s. Later County Judge.
"W.B. Slaughter acquired the Rawlings place about 1894. Later ran bank and store in Stratford.
"John Lanners (arrived 1892) was a cowboy at Slaughter's ranch; acquired land and ran a mule-drawn supply line.
"One of largest spreads was owned by Thomas Snyder (also arrived in 1892). Among other prominent early settlers were J.H. Williams, freighter, and Geo. Loomis, merchant.
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