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Bear Creek Settlement
Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, May 2013 |
Historical
Marker:
Bear Creek Settlement
(Begun about a half-mile west of this site)
Started in 1850s by rancher Raleigh Gentry [See Cleo,
Texas], who built a 2-room log house and cleared a small farm,
but in 1862 sold out to cattlemen Rance Moore. 1860s settlers included
Wm. and Lane Gibson, Charlie Jones, John New, A. J. Nixon, Billie
Waites. Others came in 1870s after raids by Indians and outlaws were
ended.
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The 1870 Bear
Creek Settlement Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, May 2013 |
1870 Bear Creek
Settlement Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, May 2013 |
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Graves in Bear
Creek Settlement Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, May 2013
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