​Site of
Old Zulu Stockade
​(9/10 Mi. N) 

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Marker Text: In 1875, a large, two-room pole building furnished with staple groceries and ammunition became the first trading post in Texas above the Canadian River.
         The stockade, located in Indian-infested country, was fittingly named for the fierce Zulu tribe of Africa. It began as a buffalo camp which crack hunters Jim and Bob Cator (from England) had made the first permanent Panhandle residence at Christmas, 1873.
​        In 1876 Zulu became a major depot on the Ft. Dodge-Ft. Bascom military road, and it eventually received a post office contract. It was finally abandoned, 1912. (1968)

Marker No: 4867

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 35.931278, -101.446655

Location: 4 miles north of Morse on SH 136, then 1 mile west on FM 520