Scotland, TX, United States
Lake Creek Cemetery. In the late 1800s, this part of Texas was open range. After the U.S. government removed Native American tribes to Indian Territory (Oklahoma), new settlers began arriving as early as 1874. Disputes between ranchers, who favored the open range, and homesteading farmers divided th
e settlers, but Archer County organized in 1880, despite opposition. Early farmers in what became the Lake Creek community included the Gant, Edgin and Presley families, as well as Edward A. and Fanni
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