EARLY SETTLERS ERATH COUNTY-STEPHENVILLE TEXAS

EARLY SETTLERS CAME TO ERATH COUNTY FROM MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. SOME CAME IN VEHICLES PULLED BY ANIMALS. A FEW WALKED. IN MORE RECENT TIMES SETTLERS CAME BY GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLES. IN MORE RECENT TIMES NEW ARRIVALS CAME TO THE AREA BY TRAINS AND THEN AIR PLANES.

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Location: Stephenville, Texas, United States

About the Author Luther Butler was born of southern parents in Alamosa, Colorado in 1929. He holds degrees from Eastern New Mexico University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Tarleton State, University, and he graduated from Durango High School in 1948. He served in the US Navy and has ranched, worked in a mental hospital, in inner city slums, and was with the Texas Department of Agriculture for 23 years. He is married to Jo Butler and has one son. Other novels by the author can be found at Barnes & Noble.com - http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=luther+butler&z=y&cds2Pid=9481 To view a discussion of my novels, search "Luther Butler" in Google.

Saturday, July 02, 2005

TEXAS GHOST

Google Search: early settlers stephenville texas: "Texas Ghost
19 miles E of Stephenville and 13 miles W of Glen Rose. The cemetery remains 1
1/2 miles ... Settled in 1810. The town was used by Texas Rangers as a camp. ..."

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

this is an old blog, so I am not sure if you are still monitoring it, but it caught my attention. I am a writer and I will be doing a story on Stephenville in early September (2006). I haven't been able to read the rest of it. Please e-mail me at travelswithgrandma@yahoo.com

I look forward to hearing fromyou.

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