Details for Ochiltree County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5357003662
Data
| 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) |