| Marker Number |
4867 |
| Atlas Number |
5195004867 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Old Zulu Stockade |
| Index Entry |
Zulu Stockade, Site of Old |
| Address |
|
| City |
Morse |
| County |
Hansford |
| UTM Zone |
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| UTM Easting |
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| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
forts; roads; markets, merchantiles; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
4 mi. N of Morse on SH 136, then 1 mi. W on FM 520 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In 1875, a large, two-room pole building furnished with staple groceries and ammunition became the first trading post in Texas above the Canadian River. The stockade, located in Indian-infested country, was fittingly named for the fierce Zulu tribe of Africa. It began as a buffalo camp which crack hunters Jim and Bob Cator (from England) had made the first permanent Panhandle residence at Christmas, 1873. In 1876 Zulu became a major depot on the Ft. Dodge-Ft. Bascom military road, and it eventually received a post office contract. It was finally abandoned, 1912. (1968) |
