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 Site of Old Pease City Posted by:  txoilgas
N 34° 03.697 W 099° 43.489
14S E 433112 N 3769224
Lonesome roadside marker giving the history of the area.
Waymark Code: WMAQP5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2011
Views: 5
Marker Number: 4856
Marker Text:
Founded in 1880 by Benjamin E. Lower, John Wesley and wife, first settlers. Lower became the first postmaster, 1880; Mrs. Wesley was second, 1882. Place was named for Pease River and E. M. Pease, Texas Governor (1853-57 and 1867-69). Second group of settlers was family of W. T. Dunn. Stone post office-trading post served 3,500 square miles of sparsely settled country. Mail delivery was by stage or horse. The post office was abolished 1885 when Margaret became seat of Hardeman County. In 1891 site of Old Pease City and Margaret became part of Foard County. (1968)
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