Details for Ochiltree County

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5357003662

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Marker Number 3662
Atlas Number 5357003662
Marker Title Ochiltree County
Index Entry Ochiltree County
Address US 83, about 2 mi. N of Perryton
City Perryton
County Ochiltree
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 338407
UTM Northing 4033245
Subject Codes counties
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location from Perryton take US 83 about 2 miles, north
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Marker Text Formed from Young & Bexar territories: Created, August 21, 1876 Organized, February 21, 1889 Named in honor of William Beck Ochiltree, 1811-1867, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, 1842, Secretary of the Treasury, 1844, the last Attorney General of the Republic of Texas, member of the Texas Legislature, 1855; delegate to the Secession Convention of 1861, colonel in the Confederate army. County Seat Ochiltree, 1889 Perryton, since 1920. (1936)

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