Details for Yarbrough Bend
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5311005923
Data
| Marker Number | 5923 |
| Atlas Number | 5311005923 |
| Marker Title | Yarbrough Bend |
| Index Entry | Yarbrough Bend |
| Address | |
| City | |
| County | McMullen |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 554493 |
| UTM Northing | 3148165 |
| Subject Codes | settlements |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | (With Townsite of Wentz Marker), from Tilden, take Highway 72 six miles east to road side marker. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 24" x 18" |
| Marker Text | Founded 1858. Named for John Swanson Yarbrough, an original settler. Town contained about 30 log "picket houses". Settlers were often harassed by Indians, cattle thieves and wild animals. Other original settlers were: Dr. George Dilworth, John Moore, James Tope, N.H. Walker, Joe Walker and Benjamin Franklin Winters. 1968 |