| Marker Number |
1234 |
| Atlas Number |
5487001234 |
| Marker Title |
Doan's Crossing |
| Index Entry |
Doan's Crossing |
| Address |
FM 2916, NE of Vernon |
| City |
Doan's Community |
| County |
Wilbarger |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
476525 |
| UTM Northing |
3800247 |
| Subject Codes |
trading posts, customs stations; roads; cattle, cattle industry topics; water topics |
| Marker Year |
1993 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
From Vernon, take US 283 north about 13 mi. take FM 2916 east about 3 mi to Doan's Community |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
A major route for cattle drives known primarily as the Western Trail developed from far South Texas to Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s. About 1876, trail drivers along the route began crossing the Red River near this site. In 1878, Ohio native Jonathan Doan established a trading post near the crossing and became the first person to permanently settle in Wilbarger County (organized in 1881). In the early 1880s he and his partner/nephew Corwin F. Doan recorded the passage of hundreds of thousands of cattle along this river crossing which became known as Doan's Crossing. |
