Burks Museum Opens Sunday with Landmark Courthouse Exhibit
Burks Museum in Comanche opens Sunday afternoon May 2 featuring a spring and summer public exhibit of personal and agricultural items. The site includes Comanche County’s first courthouse, now a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, moved from Cora to Lake Eanes and finally to Burks Museum.
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Burks Museum
Comanche
A. P. Burks
Austin St
Comanche County
Cora
Lake Eanes
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Texas
RAMPS Marker Honors Texas Courthouse Homes in 1866
The narrative describes RAMPS efforts to record and mark historic Texas homes including a former county courthouse in Cora, moved to Comanche as county seat in 1859, later restored by Mr and Mrs Burks. It notes markers promote tourism, preservation, and archival storage, with 5000 markers planned statewide. De Leon details follow.
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Cora
Comanche
Burks
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Texas
Mims Memorial Osteopathic Hospital
Comanche Hospital, Inc
de Leon
Gustine
de Leon Municipal Hospital
Iity
Mims Memorial Hospital
Comanche County Profiles and Public Welfare Overview
Comanche County shows a mix of city and county governance with Gustine and Comanche operating mayor counsel systems. The county reports 11,865 residents, multiple hospitals and nursing homes, several water systems, and extensive public welfare programs totaling $775,659 annually.
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Comanche County
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pTains
C. Wilkerson
WM. B. Wilkerson
James Wilkerson
Asoc
Grand Comanche, Texas
Yee
Dublin
Zephyr
Texas Historical Building
W. S. Dixon
W. J. Parks
City of
Higginbotham’s
W. Grand
B.wood Hiway
Near A&p
Scw. Ine
MTN ID
Clarence Schwartz
East Central
North Austin
Lation
de Lein
Comanche and
Western Hills
Shady Elm
Smith Memorial
Dillin’s Childrens Home
Health Department of
R. D. Mims
D.O
Kerr-Mills
Higginbotham’s Lumber Yard
Jones Blair Paint Company
ALL New “Decorator
Samsonite
Lovelies
Pajamas
Arthur
Home
Chevrolet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!