Tom Green
Butterfield Stage Station at Grape Creek
Grape Creek, TX
An early stagecoach stop near here provided the foundation for a frontier community.
Fort Concho
San Angelo, TX
The center of a line of forts extending from the northeastern border of Texas to El Paso.
John R. ("Sarge") Nasworthy
San Angelo, TX
Colorful pioneer and Texas ranger who helped to create civilization and institutions of West Texas.
Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker, TX
Attracted by irrigable land and the available water supply in Dove Creek, farmers, sheepmen, and cattlemen came to this area in the 1870s.
Major Ben Ficklin, C.S.A.
San Angelo, TX
(1827-1871) Called Mystery Man of the Confederacy.
Orient-Santa Fe Depot
San Angelo, TX
The Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railway Company (KCM&O) built this depot in 1909-10.
Original Tom Green County
San Angelo, TX
On transcontinental trail of California gold rush.
R.F. Tankersley Homestead
Veribest, TX
Richard Franklin Tankersley was born June 23, 1828, in Georgia and married Annie Allen of Aberdeen, Mississippi, in 1848.
Sheep and Goat Industry in Texas
San Angelo, TX
Spanish explorers introduced sheep to the Soutwest in the 1500s, and Spanish missions depended on the animals for food and clothing.
The Tenth Cavalry
San Angelo, TX
Following the Civil War, the United States Congress authorized the creation of six regiments of black U.S. Army troops.
Tom Green County
San Angelo, TX
A part of the Miller and Fisher Grant in 1842.
Tom Green, Confederate General
San Angelo, TX
(Star and Wreath) Led 5th Texas Cavalry, Battle Val Verde in Arizona-New Mexico Campaign, 1861-1862.