Eastland Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY-57
Have - 53 Need - 4
Named for William Mosby Eastland the only officer killed in the Black Bean executions. The county seat is Eastland.
Our last visit to Eastland County was part of a bigger trip but we did stay a night in Eastland. Thinking back I have stronger impressions of the old oil town of Ranger than of Eastland but I do remember the legend of "Old Rip" the horn toad said to be bricked into the corner stone of the courthouse and 31 years later when the cornerstone was opened he appeared alive and well, he then went on tour and even met a president.
This excursion was largely successful with only a few outliers and with the help of Ann Zoelick from Eastland County historical commission, I think the next time we visit we can complete the county set. I say this knowing there is one exception, the pink granite centennial county marker is missing, which always surprises me because they are a really big piece of granite and would not be easy to move. Sometimes they have been moved for roadwork and many counties have moved these markers to the county courthouse where the brass plaque and star and wreath are safer from thieves and/or vandals but for no one to know what happened to it continues to surprise me.
Our last visit to Eastland County was part of a bigger trip but we did stay a night in Eastland. Thinking back I have stronger impressions of the old oil town of Ranger than of Eastland but I do remember the legend of "Old Rip" the horn toad said to be bricked into the corner stone of the courthouse and 31 years later when the cornerstone was opened he appeared alive and well, he then went on tour and even met a president.
This excursion was largely successful with only a few outliers and with the help of Ann Zoelick from Eastland County historical commission, I think the next time we visit we can complete the county set. I say this knowing there is one exception, the pink granite centennial county marker is missing, which always surprises me because they are a really big piece of granite and would not be easy to move. Sometimes they have been moved for roadwork and many counties have moved these markers to the county courthouse where the brass plaque and star and wreath are safer from thieves and/or vandals but for no one to know what happened to it continues to surprise me.
3rd November, 2019 - No new markers or updates.
Alameda Cemetery
Bankhead Highway through Eastland County
Bullock Cemetery
Burkett House
Camp Salmon, C.S.A.
Carbon City Jail
Carbon Methodist Church Building
Christ Lutheran Cemetery
Cisco College
Connellee-Majestic Theatre
Desdemona Cemetery
Desdemona First Baptist Church
Dothan Cemetery
Early Banking in Eastland
Early Settlers of Eastland County
Eastland
Eastland County
Eastland County Courthouse
Ellison Family Graveyard
Ellison Springs
First Baptist Church in Carbon
First Baptist Church in Cisco
First Christian Church
First National Bank
First Oil Well Drilled in Eastland County
First Presbyterian Church of Cisco
First United Methodist Church of Cisco
First United Methodist Church of Rising Star
First United Methodist Church of Eastland
Fort Blair, C.S.A.
Hargus Farm
Liberty Cemetery
Long Branch Baptist Church
Mangum Baptist Church
Merriman Baptist Church
Merriman Cemetery
Near Sites of Kokomo School
Oakwood Cemetery
Old Mobley Hotel
Old Shinoak Springs
Penn House
Pioneer Cemetery
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Prairie Oil and Gas Company Housing
Ranger Municipal Airport
Ranger Post Office
Redeemer Lutheran Cemetery
Rising Star
Roaring Ranger
Romney Lutheran Cemetery
Scranton Cemetery
Site of Blackwell Hospital
Site of J. H. McCleskey No. 1, Discovery Well of the Ranger Oil Boom
Site of Scranton Academy
Stubblefield Building
The Connellee House
The Kean Home
Bankhead Highway through Eastland County
Bullock Cemetery
Burkett House
Camp Salmon, C.S.A.
Carbon City Jail
Carbon Methodist Church Building
Christ Lutheran Cemetery
Cisco College
Connellee-Majestic Theatre
Desdemona Cemetery
Desdemona First Baptist Church
Dothan Cemetery
Early Banking in Eastland
Early Settlers of Eastland County
Eastland
Eastland County
Eastland County Courthouse
Ellison Family Graveyard
Ellison Springs
First Baptist Church in Carbon
First Baptist Church in Cisco
First Christian Church
First National Bank
First Oil Well Drilled in Eastland County
First Presbyterian Church of Cisco
First United Methodist Church of Cisco
First United Methodist Church of Rising Star
First United Methodist Church of Eastland
Fort Blair, C.S.A.
Hargus Farm
Liberty Cemetery
Long Branch Baptist Church
Mangum Baptist Church
Merriman Baptist Church
Merriman Cemetery
Near Sites of Kokomo School
Oakwood Cemetery
Old Mobley Hotel
Old Shinoak Springs
Penn House
Pioneer Cemetery
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Prairie Oil and Gas Company Housing
Ranger Municipal Airport
Ranger Post Office
Redeemer Lutheran Cemetery
Rising Star
Roaring Ranger
Romney Lutheran Cemetery
Scranton Cemetery
Site of Blackwell Hospital
Site of J. H. McCleskey No. 1, Discovery Well of the Ranger Oil Boom
Site of Scranton Academy
Stubblefield Building
The Connellee House
The Kean Home