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History of Eastland County, Texas
In compiling this History of Eastland County the author has spared no pains in
gathering the necessary material, and has striven to give realistic pictures in
accordance with the facts. In some instances the data are so scant that it has
been necessary to supply the missing material as to environment by conjecture.
This liberty, when taken, has always been indicated in the text.
Table of Contents
PERIOD I — 1858-1873.
SETTLEMENT.
Chapter I.
The New County.
Chapter II.
The First
Settlers.
Chapter III.
Indian Tribes.
Chapter IV.
"Charge, Boys, Charge!"
Chapter V.
1. Forted Ranches
and Incidents of the Times.
2. The First Wedding.
Chapter VI.
1. An Indian Race.
2. A Turkey Hunt.
3.
The Lost Arrow Head.
Chapter VII.
In War Times.
Chapter VIII.
Some Indian Fights.
1. Ellison's
Spring.
2. Cisco Running Fight.
3. The Cottonwood Fight.
4. Finley,
the Little Dog Scout.
5. The Stolen Boy.
6. The Battle Creek
Fight.
Chapter IX.
1. In the Midst
of Life.
2. In Search of a Wife.
Chapter X.
The Texas Rangers.
PERIOD II — 1873-1881.
ORGANIZATION.
Chapter I.
The
Moving Frontier Line.
Chapter II.
Organization of the County.
Chapter III.
Some of the First Voters.
Chapter IV.
The County Town, Eastland City.
Chapter V.
The Advent of the
Railroad.
1. The Texas and Pacific.
2. The
Texas Central.
PERIOD III — 1881-1904.
GROWTH AND PROGRESS.
Chapter I.
Cisco.
Chapter II.
Rising Star.
Chapter III.
Gorman.
Chapter IV.
Carbon.
Chapter V.
Ranger.
Chapter VI.
Scranton — Romney.
Chapter VII.
Desdemona.
Chapter VIII.
The Methodist Church
Chapter IX.
The Baptist Church.
Chapter X.
Other Churches.
Chapter XI.
School Directory.
Chapter XII.
Left Over.
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In 1858, before a white man had ventured to expose himself and family to the
dangers of what was then an Indian infested frontier, Eastland County was created
by an act of the Seventh Legislature of Texas. By the same act Callahan,
Stephens, Concho, Wichita, Coleman, Dawson, Shackelford, McMullin, Frio, Zavalla, Edwards, Haskell, Knox, Hardeman, Dimmit, Baylor, Runnels, Jones,
Wilbarger, La Salle, Duval, Taylor, and Encinal Counties came into existence. The
bill was approved Feb. 1, 1858.*
Eastland County is ideally located, containing within its limits the divide
between the Leon River and Palo Pinto Creek, and the eastern extremity of the
backbone of the Colorado and Brazos Rivers. The depression be-tween these two
divides is cut into by Colony Creek, a tributary of the Leon River.
*The County was named for Captain William Eastland, who died a prisoner in
Mexico. He is thought to have been one of the Muir prisoners, though Bean, in his
memoirs in Yoakum's History of Texas, does not give his name.
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