Shackelford County
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Marker Text: Formed from Bosque County; created February 1, 1858; organized September 12, 1874. Named in honor of Dr. Jack Shackelford 1790-1857; captain of the "Red Rovers," a company from Alabama which became a unit of Fannin's command - one of the few spared by the Mexicans in the Massacre at Goliad. Albany, the county seat. (1936)
Marker No: 4647
1936 Pink Granite Centennial Marker
Geographic: 32.716763, -99.301262
Location: Center of city park at intersection 180 & 283, Albany
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