Old Zulu Stockade - Hansford County, TX - Human Migration Monuments on Waymarking.com

County of Marker: Hansford County
Location of Marker: FM-520, 1 mile W. of TX-136, 5 miles N. of Morse
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Dater Marker Erected: 1965

Marker Text:

OLD ZULU STOCKADE 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.

Who placed it?: State Historical Survey Committee When was it placed?: 1965 Who is honored?: Buffalo Hunters, Jim & Bob Cator, Website about the Monument: [Web Link]

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