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Hermleigh |
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Willis Ave. & Wheat St., Hermleigh,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 38' 9.43401000012",
-100° 45' 45.9891"
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Texas State Historical Marker |
Townsite surveyed 1907 by H. W. Harlin and R. C. Herm, on Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad. Post office, store and church moved here from Wheat, community to the northeast. In 1907 New Town--a trade center for livestock farmers--had 2 banks, a lumber yard, a newspaper; 2-story brick school was built 1909. Santa Fe Railroad came through in 1911. In 1918, a war hero was honored by town's name change to Foch. Old name was reinstated 1921. Six miles east is Sand Stone Canyon, with Indian pictographs. Skeletons of extinct mammals have been excavated nearby. (1966)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Hermleigh Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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