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Black plaque № 17584

Three Rivers, TX, United States

Site of Old Crowther Ranch. Townsite of 1600 acres established by 1902. Named in honor of Samuel Crowther on whose land it was located. Purchased by S.A. Hopkins in 1903. Extensive promotion failed to develop community into oil and farming center despite early oil discoveries. Became a ghost town by

1921. Bought by George T. Jambers, 1933. (1968) #4848

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