Tom Green

12 historical markers in Texas

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.

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