Bear Creek Settlement, TX, Kimble County: historical marker, cemetery, photos, travel. (original) (raw)

TX - Bear Creek Settlement Historical Marker

Bear Creek Settlement Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, May 2013

Historical Marker:

Bear Creek Settlement
(Begun about a half-mile west of this site) Started in 1850s by rancher Raleigh Gentry [See Cleo, Texas], who built a 2-room log house and cleared a small farm, but in 1862 sold out to cattlemen Rance Moore. 1860s settlers included Wm. and Lane Gibson, Charlie Jones, John New, A. J. Nixon, Billie Waites. Others came in 1870s after raids by Indians and outlaws were ended.
1967

TX - Kimble County, Bear Creek Settlement Cemetery and Marker

The 1870 Bear Creek Settlement Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, May 2013

TX - Kimble County, Bear Creek Settlement Cemetery

1870 Bear Creek Settlement Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, May 2013

TX - Graves in Bear Creek Settlement Cemetery

Graves in Bear Creek Settlement Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, May 2013

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