| Marker Number |
10395 |
| Atlas Number |
5373010395 |
| Marker Title |
Near Boyhood Home of John Wesley Hardin |
| Index Entry |
Hardin, John Wesley |
| Address |
|
| City |
Moscow |
| County |
Polk |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
319063 |
| UTM Northing |
3421366 |
| Subject Codes |
outlaws |
| Marker Year |
1970 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
in front of Holhousen-Darby Cemetery, 4 mi. west of Moscow on FM 350 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
14" x 24" |
| Marker Text |
(1853-1895) Notorious outlaw who killed over 30 men. son of a Methodist minister. "Wes" was an ardent southerner. His resistance to Union occupation troops made him a hero and set him on his lawless career. He always claimed he shot only in self defense. He was killed in El Paso, 1895. |
