Eldorado, TX, United States
Christopher Colombus Doty. (APRIL 16,1857-OCTOBER 26,1944) FIRST PERMANENT CITIZEN OF SCHLEICHER COUNTY. CAME TO TEXAS FROM MISSOURI,1879. SOON BOUGHT HEADQUARTERS AT TEN-MILE WATER HOLE(1/2 MI.EAST). DRILLED FIRST WATER WELL IN COUNTY 1882 AND ERECTED FIRST WINDMILL SOUTH OF CONCHO RIVER,THUS ESTAB
LISHED AREA'S AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY IN 1901 INCLUDED HIS PROPERTY AND HE WAS ELECTED FIRST TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR. LATER WAS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, A RANCHER, ACTIVE MET
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