Old Dixie Settlement
N 29° 43.471 W 100° 02.094
14R E 399908 N 3288708
One of three historic markers along the Nueces River in tiny Barksdale TX
Waymark Code: WMPPA6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2015
Views: 8
This historic marker is the leftmost of three in front of a private home near the banks of the Nueces River on the edge of the tiny Edwards Co. community of Barksdale.
Marker Number: 1233
Marker Text:
Named for Camp Dixie, a Texas Ranger post near Military Road to Fort Inge (42 miles southeast). First civilian settler was Jerusha Sanchez, midwife for Nueces Canyon area, widowed by Indians in the 1870s. Next came Elizabeth Hill, whose eldest son Jim was a military scout. Lewis Barksdale, a veteran of Republic of Texas wars, opened a ranch on his 1876 land grant. The J. R. (Bob) Sweeten family established a store that became the focus for the expanding community. When a post office was created in 1882 and named for Lewis Barksdale, the name Dixie disappeared from use. (1974)
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