Details for Frye-Puryear Home

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5483002076

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Marker Number 2076
Atlas Number 5483002076
Marker Title Frye-Puryear Home
Index Entry Frye-Puryear Home
Address CR 22
City Wheeler
County Wheeler
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 396631
UTM Northing 3926800
Subject Codes houses, residential buildings
Marker Year 1964
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location Off CR 22 on private property
Private Property Yes
Marker Condition
Marker Size Medallion and Plate
Marker Text Built 1884. Native stone, windows and lumber hauled 200 miles south from Dodge City, by Henry Frye, 1877 settler who had bought land of buffalo hunter and dugout dweller Dick Bussell. Had first wood floors in county. Mail came out from Mobeetie to Frye Post Office here, 1897-1909. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964

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