Details for Clay County

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5077000910

Data

Marker Number 910
Atlas Number 5077000910
Marker Title Clay County
Index Entry Clay County
Address
City Henrietta
County Clay
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 575378
UTM Northing 3741977
Subject Codes counties
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location at junction of US 82 and Spur 510 at east city limits of Henrietta
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Marker Text Disorganized in 1862 because of Indian raids; reorganized August 4, 1873. Henrietta, headquarters for buffalo hunters until 1878; the first Hereford cattle in Texas were brought to Clay County 1875 from Beecher, Illinois by William S. Ikard. Original county seat Cambridge moved to Henrietta 1874.

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