FIRST - Courthouse in County - near Spearman, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 36° 11.833 W 101° 17.755
14S E 293574 N 4008266
Old pink marble marker, unusual,
Waymark Code: WM130A6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member model12
Views: 1

County of Marker: Hansford County
Location of Marker: TX-15/TX-207, @ Hansford Cemetery, 6 miles W. of Spearman
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee

The top of this marker has an incised drawing of the courthouse, an wind mill, and a water storage tank.

Marker Text:
This court house was located one fourth mile northwest of here and built in 1891.

It was made of red brick brought overland in wagons from Dodge City, Kansas. It was the first court house in the county.

HANSFORD COUNTY
Surveyed in 1876 and organized in 1889, was named for John M. Hansford a Texas Congressman and Judge.

FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location

Date of FIRST: 01/01/1891

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