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Black plaque № 16999

Rogers vicinity, TX, United States

Reed's Lake. Earliest settlement in Bell County; founded 1834 by men of the Sterling Robertson colony. Named for family of John Burnett Reed, who in 1859 built near here his large house that is still in use; also put in cotton gin, and gave sites for a school and cemetery. (1967) #4222

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