Details for Gentry Dugat
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5025007124
Data
| Marker Number | 7124 |
| Atlas Number | 5025007124 |
| Marker Title | Gentry Dugat |
| Index Entry | Dugat, Gentry |
| Address | |
| City | Mineral |
| County | Bee |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 606023 |
| UTM Northing | 3154894 |
| Subject Codes | journalists |
| Marker Year | 1972 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Mineral, take FM 673 south about 2.5 mi., then go west on county road (Mineral Cemetery Road) about 2 mi., then go southwest on CR 110 about 0.5 miles to cemetery drive on north side of road. Grave is in NW quadrant of cemetery inside Cemetery Circle Drive |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (April 25, 1989 - February 5, 1966) Colorful historian, orator, and journalist. Born on nearby ranch, son of Alex and Martha (Page) Dugat. Earned law degree. Worked on seven Texas newspapers; edited "Cotton Ginners Journal". Wrote biography of post-Civil War editor-orator Henry W. Grady. World War I veteran, Methodist, Mason; member, Sons of American Revolution, Lions. Collected rare books, newspapers, artifacts. In 1958 organized and chaired Bee County Historical Commission. Recorded - 1972 |