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Barnhart |
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Barnhart,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
0° 17' 27.30447",
-° 0' 0"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Named for William F. Barnhart, an agent of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad, this community was founded in 1910. During the 1920s and 1930s it was a major freighting center and considered by many the largest inland livestock shipping point. The Ozona-Barnhart Trap Co. set up cattle holding pens (traps) along the trails into town to protect area ranches. Barnhart declined with decreased rail traffic. It was once the site of a school, post office, newspaper, drugstore, theatre, bank, four cafes, two hotels, three groceries, and a variety of other businesses. (1981)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Barnhart Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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