Hittson Ranch Headquarters on Battle Creek
N 32° 22.957 W 099° 08.213
14S E 487123 N 3582855
Callahan County-issued replacement Texas Historical Marker noting this as the vicinity of the Hittson Ranch Headquarters, providing some history. It is located about four miles east of Putnam on a pullout on FM 2945.
Waymark Code: WMZZKP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2019
Views: 5
The "official" brown sign with the correct marker number is there, but the Atlas indicates that this one should be a standard 18" x 28" marker, approved in 1984. Either this is a replacement -- most likely -- or someone missed that it should have been listed as "Other" or some variant thereof.
Marker Number: 2499
Marker Text:
Nearby Battle Creek was given its name in 1840 by a small band of men who had traveled to this area in search of hostile Indians. A fight took place near the creek when a raiding party attacked the group. Approximately, twenty years later, cattleman John Hittson (1831-1880) established his ranch headquarters at the site of the battleground. The headquarters, used only when cattle were rounded up from surrounding lands, consisted of corrals, branding pens, and a small shelter. It is believed to be the first ranching headquarters established in Callahan County.
Erected by
Callahan Co. Historical Commission
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