Colorado City (Texas and Pacific Railway Cattle Town)
349 Oak St, Colorado City, TX 79512, USA
Texas, USA
MARKER
TICKETED:
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PARKING:
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RESTROOMS:
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TOWN
EST. 1881
EST. 1881
1881
HISTORIC PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Colorado City (Texas and Pacific Railway Cattle Town).
The town's historic downtown railroad-era buildings are preserved, with markers commemorating its cattle-boom history.
About Colorado City (Texas and Pacific Railway Cattle Town)
Colorado City boomed almost overnight after the Texas and Pacific Railway reached it in 1881, becoming a major cattle-shipping point and, briefly, one of the roughest towns in West Texas, with a reputation for gambling and gunfights that rivaled the more famous Kansas cow towns.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Colorado City (Texas and Pacific Railway Cattle Town)
Colorado City boomed almost overnight after the Texas and Pacific Railway reached it in 1881, becoming a major cattle-shipping point and, briefly, one of the roughest towns in West Texas, with a reputation for gambling and gunfights that rivaled the more famous Kansas cow towns.
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