Details for Haskell County

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5207002404

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Marker Number 2404
Atlas Number 5207002404
Marker Title Haskell County
Index Entry Haskell County
Address 1 Ave. D
City Haskell
County Haskell
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 431582
UTM Northing 3668919
Subject Codes counties
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Haskell County Courthouse grounds, SW corner facing Ave. E (Bus. 277)
Private Property
Marker Condition
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial - highway marker (pink granite)
Marker Text Created February 1, 1858. Recreated August 21, 1876. Organized January 13, 1885. Named in honor of Charles Ready Haskell, 1817-1836. A Tennesseean who was shot with Fannin in the massacre at Goliad. Haskell, the county seat. Crossed by Capt. R.B. Marcy in surveying a route to California in 1849. First settlement at Haskell, 1882.

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