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Black plaque № 24931

Daingerfield, TX, United States

Rocky Branch. Rocky Branch The abundance of creeks attracted travelers to this area, settled as early as the 1820s, and local tradition holds the community was named for the rocky beds of the creeks. The Rocky Branch Community grew throughout the 19th century; the earliest church, Spring Hill Primit

ive Baptist, was built in the 1850s. Over the years, the settlement boasted businesses, including lumber, grist and syrup mills, cotton gin, broom factory and general store. It also had a rodeo arena

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