Callahan
Callahan County
Baird, TX
Formed from Bexar Territory, created February 1, 1858; recreated August 21, 1876; organized July 3, 1877.
Callahan County Courthouse
Baird, TX
The county seat moved from Belle Plain to Baird in 1883, and a courthouse, designed by noted architect F.E. Ruffini, was built at this site.
Camp Pecan, C.S.A.
Baird, TX
This Civil War camp of the Texas frontier regiment was located 21 miles southeast.
Cross Plains Review
Cross Plains, TX
Belmont L. Shields founded the Cross Plains Review in April 1909, when the town was sited on Turkey Creek.
Old Fort Phantom Hill Corn Road
Clyde, TX
Founded 1851 for supply operations between Austin and the frontier post of Fort Phantom Hill.
Texas & Pacific Railway Depot
Baird, TX
The Texas & Pacific Railway arrived here in 1880, platting a town near the work camp of Matthew Baird, surveyor and engineer.
William Jeff Maltby
Baird, TX
(December 7, 1829 - June 27, 1908) A native of Illinois, William Jeff Maltby gained fame as a frontiersman, veteran of the Mexican War...