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Black plaque № 16548

Old Glory, TX, United States

Old Glory. Stonewall County was created in 1876 by the State Legislature, but the area was only sparsely settled by cattle ranchers before the turn of the century. About 1900 a number of German families who had been living in southeast Texas relocated to this vicinity and settled along the Double Mo

untain Fork of the Brazos River. They bought land and started farming, often living in half-dugout structures until lumber could be brought in to build horses and barns. In 1903 G. R. Spielhagen laid

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