Coryell County
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 25.395 W 097° 36.964
14R E 631538 N 3477338
1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Waymark Code: WMW57M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2017
Views: 8
In picnic/rest stop along Hwy-84 going East out of Gatesville.
Marker Number: 1070
Marker Text:
Formed from Bell County
Created Organized
February 4, 1854 March 4, 1854
Named in Honor of
James Coryell
Born in Tennesse in 1796
A member of the Bowie Expedition
To the old San Saba Silver
Mines in 1831
A Texas Ranger
Killed by Indians near
Fort Milam May 27, 1837
County seat Fort Gates 1854
Gatesville since
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