| Marker Number |
2159 |
| Atlas Number |
5363002159 |
| Marker Title |
George Rice Bevers Homesite |
| Index Entry |
Bevers, George Rice, Homesite |
| Address |
|
| City |
Graford |
| County |
Palo Pinto |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
573432 |
| UTM Northing |
3644949 |
| Subject Codes |
pioneers; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Graford, take SH 254 2 miles east |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
On the Fort Worth-Fort Belknap Road, near Flat Rock Crossing of Keechi Creek. Occupied 1854 when such travelers as Indian agent Robert S. Neighbors were fed or housed overnight by Bevers. First Palo Pinto county school opened in vicinity in 1856, on a path smoothed by oxen pulling a log. In Bevers Cemetery lies a victim of 1860s Indian raids that sent settlers to refuges as remote as the courthouse in Fort Worth. Bevers (1825-1904), his wife Lucinda Jane Tacker (1825-73), and children lived near Curetons, Goodnights, Slaughters, other noted pioneers. |
