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Jones County, Texas
The Beginning of the Frontier
photo by Ted Texas County Courthouse Photographs
Jones County was named for Anson Jones, statesman of the Republic
of Texas. Nomadic Indians inhabited the area in the 1850s including
Kiowa,
and Comanche. In 1851, the second line of frontier forts produced
Fort
Phantom Hill. Randolph Marcy detailed his visit to Jones county
while
surveying for a short cut to the gold fields of California. Fort
Phantom Hill
enjoyed a short time in defense of the area, it was abandoned in
1854. The
Butterfield Stage coach used one of the buildings until the Civil
War came
and disrupted all transportation.
Jones County was organized on February 1, 1858, from land in Bexar
and
Bosque counties. During the Civil War, Indian depredations and the
War
kept the county from being settled. It was 1872 before the
settlement
made a better stand at encouraging settlers to the area. The Indian
threat
was removed by 1875 which brought the influx of buffalo hunters.
Stock farmers brought the Longhorns into the area to take advantage
of
the grass covered range. Ranches were established including the
Swenson Land and Cattle Company in 1882. By this time, the
population of Jones county was 546 and the county was officially
organized in 1881 with Jones City as the county seat.
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BIOGRAPHIES
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CEMETERIES
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Gloria B. Mayfield |
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Federal Census USGenWeb Census Project |
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HISTORY LINKS
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Henry McArdle's battle paintings, Dawn at the Alamo and The Battle of San Jacinto, have become Texas icons. The painstaking detail of the paintings was reflected in exhaustive research. McArdle's notebooks are packed with letters, notes, and photographs documenting the paintings and the events they depict. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS
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RECOLLECTIONS
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"The Tiger" |
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Our Neighbors
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Stonewall
Aspermont |
Haskell
Haskell |
Throckmorton
Throckmorton |
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JONES
Anson |
Shackelford
Albany |
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Fisher
Rotan |
Taylor
Abilene |
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Baird |
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Last update: Saturday, 20-May-2017 19:02:04 MDT
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