Howard County
N 32° 15.110 W 101° 28.604
14S E 266668 N 3571041
A 1936 Texas Highway Department Marker on the grounds of the Howard County Courthouse, 300 S Main St, Big Spring, TX, provides a sound byte about Howard County and the man for whom it was named.
Waymark Code: WMWHW3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/08/2017
Views: 4
Missing the medallion on the front, this one looks like someone may have tried to pry the top plate off. Call it a hunch, but this marker was probably elsewhere at some point, and has been relocated here so it can be better watched.
Marker Number: 15443
Marker Text:
Formed from Young and Bexar Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized June 15, 1882
Named in Honor of
Volney Erskine Howard
1809-1889
Came to Texas in 1844
Delegate to the first State Constitutional Convention
Member of the Texas Legislature
Member of the United States Congress
Big Spring, The County Seat
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