The Missouri Colony
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QuesterMark
N 32° 58.190 W 097° 01.920
14S E 683919 N 3649661
This marker, at the edge of Tarrant Count, pointed at by a brown "Historical Marker -->" sign, is on the SH 121 Access Road, with no good place to stop to read it.
Waymark Code: WM23P2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2007
Views: 65
Index Entry: Missouri Colony
Address: SH 121, N of Grapevine
City: Grapevine
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: PI; SM;
Year Marker Erected: 1979
Marker Location: From Grapevine take SH 121 north about 4 miles to Tarrant/Dallas County line. Marker is on north side of SH 121 access road.
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
More on Lonesome Dove:
Dove Community
WM16KF
Marker Number: 3419
Marker Text:
In 1844 related families from Platte County, Missouri, settled in this area. James Gibson, one of the earliest settlers in Tarrant County, owned this site. In 1845 more relatives and friends arrived. They became known as the "Missouri Colony". The pioneers raised cattle and grain. John. A Freeman taught school and preached to the settlers at Lonesome Dove. Some original colonists moved to pioneer other frontier regions. Others remained to help build the northeastern section of Tarrant County, the first permanently settled area in the county. (1979)
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