Black plaque № 25426

Paducah, TX, United States

Cottle County Courthouse. The Texas Legislature created Cottle County in 1876 and named it for George Washington Cottle, who died defending the Alamo forty years earlier. Stage routes connected early ranches, including the OX, SMS, and Matador, to established towns in other counties. In late 1891, s

ettlers petitioned for the county to be organized, and an election in January 1892 formalized Cottle County's boundaries. A geographically central site was selected as county seat and named for Paduca

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