FIRST - Home in Canyon, TX
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 34° 58.478 W 101° 55.654
14S E 232732 N 3874145
This fine and large city started here.
Waymark Code: WM133PR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2020
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County of Marker: Randall County
Location of Marker: 9th Ave. & 16th St., Canyon
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: 1966
Marker Text:
Site of
CONNER DOUGOUT
First home in Canyon, a half-dugout, with windows at ground level. Built on survey located Christmas Day, 1887, by L. G. Conner. Location of Canyon's first post office; birthplace of Mamie Conner, first white child born in county. 1889 election to organize the county was held here.
(1966)
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