Reagan County
N 31° 11.968 W 101° 30.329
14R E 261275 N 3454413
The saddest, most damaged pink block county marker we have seen stands in a lonely roadside park west of Big Lake
Waymark Code: WMV070
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2017
Views: 2
This pink granite block 1936 centennial marker hopefully is in the process of being restored.
The marker is located at along the US 67 west of Big Lake TX, in a roadside pullout. The bronze state seal and the bronze county information plaque have been stolen or removed.
Marker Number: 4210
Marker Text:
Formed from Tom Green County; created March 7, 1903, organized April 20, 1903.
Named in honor of John H. Reagan 1818-1905. Indian fighter and surveyor, member of Texas Legislature and United States Congress, Postmaster General of the southern Confederacy.
County seat, Stiles 1903-1925, Big Lake since.
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