Details for Old Carr Ranch

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5217003701

Data

Marker Number 3701
Atlas Number 5217003701
Marker Title Old Carr Ranch
Index Entry Carr Ranch, Old
Address
City Abbott
County Hill
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 681691
UTM Northing 3526642
Subject Codes ranches/ranching
Marker Year 1984
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 1 mile south of Abbott on Willie Nelson Road (near old chimney ruin)
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text In 1854 area pioneer D. C. Carr settled this ranch, which covered land in both Hill and McLennan counties. D. C. Carr and his brother J. C. had come to Texas in 1840 and were instrumental in the early growth of the nearby towns of Abbott and West. A log cabin built on the ranch served as a store, postal station, and the office of the stagecoach line that serviced the area until 1881. The historic property, which has remained in the Carr family, contains evidence of an early Indian camp and burial mound and is the site of a cave formed by the Balcones Fault.

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