Chambers' Creek
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Marker Text: Named in honor of Thomas Jefferson Chambers (1802-1865) to whom the first land grant within present Ellis County was made in 1834 by the Mexican government also known as Howe's Settlement in honor of William R. Howe, first settler in the region in 1843. An early post office in Robertson County first county seat of Navarro county, 1846-1848. (1936)
Marker No: 7088
Gray Granite 1936 Centennial
Geographic: 32.240540, -96.869759
Location: From Forreston take US 77 south about 1 mile to picnic area on west side of road, marker in in picnic area.
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