Shackelford
City of Albany
Albany, TX
Chosen county seat of Shackelford in 1874, Albany had a 43-acre townsite donated by Sheriff Henry C. Jacobs.
Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Griffin
Albany, TX
THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC) OPERATED NATIONWIDE BETWEEN 1933 AND 1942 TO CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES AND TO PROVIDE WORK FOR...
Fort Griffin Civil Jail
Albany, TX
This structure was the jail used in the town of Fort Griffin located 15 miles north of here, near the United States Army Post of Fort...
Frontier Town of Fort Griffin
Albany, TX
In the 19th century, the U.S. government established forts along Texas' frontier to protect pioneers.
Goodnight-Loving Trail in Shackelford County
Albany, TX
Shackelford County was an unorganized and largely unsettled county of 914 square miles when Oliver Loving (1812-1867) and Charles...
Granville E. Waters
Moran, TX
Born in Ashtabula County, Ohio in April 1852, Granville Eades Waters came to Texas in 1871.
H. C. Jacobs House
Albany, TX
First permanent home in Albany.
Ledbetter Picket House
Albany, TX
William Henry Ledbetter (1833-84), a native of Georgia, came to Texas in 1858, and established a salt works on Hubbard Creek (8 miles...
Ledbetter Salt Work, C.S.A.
Albany, TX
Located 8 miles southwest on Salt Prong, Hubbard Creek.
Moran
Moran, TX
Pioneers came to this area as early as the 1860s.
Shackelford County's First Permanent Jail
Albany, TX
Erected 1877-78 by architects and builders Thomas & Woerner of Fort Worth.
Smith's Station
Albany, TX
From 1858 until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, a station of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route was located here.
Western Cattle Trail Crossings at Fort Griffin, The
Albany, TX
Cattle have been important to Texas' economy since early Spanish mission days.
White Elephant Saloon
Albany, TX
(Blach Building) The land on this site, Lot 9, Block 3 of the original town plat of Albany, was purchased in 1882 by noted local...