Fort Chadbourne and Coke County history notes
The article recalls Fort Chadbourne’s Civil War era, notable figures who visited or served there, and its decline. It recounts cemetery sites, colonel movements, and Ro bert E. Lee’s or related visits. It then covers Coke County’s courthouse history, oil discovery, agriculture, and the Robert Lee Observer lineage and editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seawell
Lors
James Longstreet
Geo. E
Picke
Miles W
Keogh
Fort’ Chadbourne
Texas Cavalry
Davidson
U. S
Robert E. Lee
Earl van Dorn
Johnston
Lee
Camp Cooper
The
Colorado
Coke County
Odom
Conda Wylie
Wylie
Edna Odom
Fort Chadbourne
Wylie Ranch
Robert Lee Observer
Hayrick
Coke County Democrat
Warren
Edgar
Robert Lee
Coke County ‘Rustler. the Name Was Changed To the Robert Lee Observer
J. T. Rankin
J. S. Brady
Sam Wilkins
Gray Reed
Tom Durham
Irvin and Pritchard
Mer
Hurley Pharmacy Opens Two Years In Bronte
Elmer Hurley moved into Bronte in September 1962 to reopen a local pharmacy north of Harris Clinic. The Hurleys built a home in town with four children and are active in civic life serving as Methodist Church chairman, Bronte PTA president, city council member, and Heart Fund drive chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
Elmer Hurley
Hurley Pharmacy
Harris Clinic
Hurley
Coke County
Edith
E. C. Hurley
San Angelo
Nannie Thetford
B. D. Snead
W. W. Thetford
Wayne B. Patterson
Patterson
Hurleys
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Nas Eee Fae Ay Rene
Chadbourne
Coke
Court House
Cedar Posts
John R Harris
Bronte Hospital
W. F. Key
Dr. Key
Keys
Oak Creek Lake
Hateria