Whitesboro
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member txoilgas
N 33° 39.345 W 096° 54.370
14S E 694154 N 3725953
Located in the center median of the downtown business area.
Waymark Code: WMAJYK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 11560

Marker Text:
Settlers moved to this site after Ambrose B. White (1811-83) camped here on his way west from Illinois in 1848. His inn here was on the Butterfield Stage route after 1858. The post office, opened in 1860, was named for White, who surveyed (1869) the townsite with Dr. W. H. Trolinger (1827-95), donor of land for a park. When Whitesboro incorporated in 1873, White was elected its first mayor. The Denison & Pacific Railroad, later part of the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas, arrived in 1879; the Texas & Pacific in 1881. Today the area's economy is based on recreational facilities and peanut production. (1975)
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