Caldwell, TX, United States
Town of Chriesman. (Originally "Yellow Prairie" 0.5 mile) Settled by Alexander Thomson, Jr., early Texas patriot and partner of the colonizer Sterling C. Robertson. When railroad came through in 1880, the settlers moved to tracks. Renamed, 1884, after Capt. H.C. Chriesman, surveyor for Stephen F. Au
stin. Now serves surrounding ranches. (1968) #7564
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