Commemoration Cairn - Dalhart, TX - Cairns on Waymarking.com

County of structure: Dallam County
dated structure text: State Capitol Granite 1888

Today there is a silhouette of the state of Texas on top, the old courthouse cornerstone and a plque for the Texas Sesquicentennial and the 50th Reunion of the XIT Cowboys

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What was on this monument before the Sesquicentennial plaque was added, no one seems to know.
The plaque was added in 1986

This pile and the granite stone embedded, it is believed to the, as it says, Texas State Capitol Granite. This area, Dallam and Hartley County were part of the XIT ranch, and the men who provided the cutters were the owners of that ranch, which was located here.

Cairn Location: county courthouse lawn Cairn Purpose: Other (please describe in description) Type if different from above list: Sesquicentennial and reunion and old cornerstone preservation Types of rock: Ignious, granite & limestone Cairn Condition:

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