Site of Old Zulu Stockade
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 36° 07.497 W 101° 28.130
14S E 277820 N 4000630
First called Buffalo Camp of the Cators' then became an important stage stop and trading post.
Waymark Code: WM9Q7P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Dater Marker Erected: 1965
County of Marker: Hansford County
Location of Marker: FM-520, 1 mile W. of TX-136, 5 miles N. of Morse

Marker Number: 4867

Marker Text:
(4/10 Mi. N)

In 1875, a large, two-room pole building furnished with staple groceries and ammunition became the first trading post in Texas above the Canadian River.

The stockade, located in Indian-infested country, was fittingly named for the fierce Zulu tribe of Africa. It began as a buffalo camp which crack hunters Jim and Bob Cator (from England) had made the first permanent Panhandle residence at Christmas, 1873.

In 1876 Zulu became a major depot on the Ft. Dodge-Ft. Bascom military road, and it eventually received a post office contract. It was finally abandoned, 1912.

(1965)
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