Sterling County, Texas

Historical Markers in Sterling City, Texas

Sterling City has 13 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Sterling County. The marker list includes records dating to 1936. Common marker themes include courthouse and civic history, churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history. Use this page to preview the markers, then open RoadHistorical on your drive to see nearby stops on the map, listen to narration, and save the places you want to visit.

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  • Courthouse and civic history
  • Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
  • Railroad, trail, and transportation history
  • Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
  • Military, battle, and Texas Revolution sites

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Camp Elizabeth · 1936

Thought to have been established 1853. Used as an outpost hospital of Fort Concho 1874 - 1886.

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Dr. P. D. Coulson · 1970

Born near Morganton, Tenn. He enlisted, May 22, 1861, as private in 3rd Tenn. Inf., Confederate Army. Promoted to surgeon with rank of major, 1862, he saw much action -- First Manassas, Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg,…

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Sterling County · 1976

This prairie region split by the north Concho River is old Comanche, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Lipan, and Wichita hunting ground. Possibly it was crossed by six or so Spanish explorations between 1540 and 1654. In the 1860s and…

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Concho, San Saba & Llano Valley Railroad Station · 1981

Attracted by the area's livestock production, nearby shipping points, and the financial support of the town, the Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley Railroad began building a line to Sterling City in 1909. A boxcar served…

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Site of Town of Cummins · 1981

The pioneer settlement of Cummins developed at this site about 1890 around the saddle and harness shop of the earliest permanent settler, Mississippi native Robert Benjamin Cummins (b. 1848). A post office the following…

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Sterling County Jail · 1981

This two-story jail building was constructed in 1912, twenty-one years after the organization of Sterling County. Built by the Southern Structural Steel Co., it is located on property deeded to the county by Mr. and…

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Montvale · 1982

The community of Montvale was established in 1884 when the pioneer settlement of St. Elmo was relocated here. Then a part of Tom Green County, Montvale was located on the Shafter Military Trail, an early road from Fort…

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Robert West Foster · 1982

A pioneer settler of the Sterling County area, Kentucky-born Robert West Foster came here in 1881 with his brother W. L. Foster. A rancher, R. W. Foster drove his cattle to market in Fort Worth before rail lines reached…

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State Hotel - First State Bank · 1982

Directors of the First State Bank of Sterling City, the town's earliest financial institution, had this two-story brick commercial building constructed in 1910. It originally housed the State Hotel and the banking…

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William Lenard Foster · 1982

Navarro County native William Lenard Foster migrated to this area in 1881 with his brother Robert West Foster. One of the region's pioneer settlers, W. L. Foster was a prominent rancher and landowner and was elected one…

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Foster Cemetery · 1984

The Foster Cemetery originally was part of the ranch land owned by Robert West and Fannie B. Foster, early settlers and prominent civic leaders in the area. Their infant daughter, Fay, was the first to be buried at the…

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