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Sanco

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Robert Lee vicinity, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 0' 22.91864000004", -100° 31' 15.1387600008"
 
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    Sanco (originally located 1 mile east) On site of prehistoric Indian camps; in area where in 1850's Fort Chadbourne soldiers often skirmished with Indians. One of the first settlements and second pioneer post office (established 1888) in county. Named for the Comanche Chief Sanaco, who with Chief Yellow Wolf had regularly camped here. Yellow Wolf, killed in a fight with Lipans, is buried nearby. In 1907, new site was surveyed; town relocated here on Yellow Wolf Creek. School, post office, store, blacksmith shop moved to this new site, where Methodist church was already located. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Sanco Historical Marker Location Map, Robert Lee vicinity, Texas