Identifier: pictorialreviewo00bent (find matches)
Title: Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas ..
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Benton, F(rank) Weber, 1855- (from old catalog) Beach, Edgar R., (from old catalog) jt. author
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Publisher: St. Louis, Benton, Beach & Daniels
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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asne Roberts, (given name now unknown), who in 1819 located airm on the west side of Lower Pine creek, one mile south of.ed river. In 1821 he was killed by Indians and his brother,ve nephews and three cousins followed the savages to their vil-ige. In the early morning by an imitation of a wild turkey ^ob-r, the avengers lured into ambush and killed between 30 &andd Indians. A terrific battle ensued, the ammunition of thehite men gave out and their retreat was cut off. A furiousHid to hand struggle ensued during which many Indians and1 of the white men were slain. Among the earliest settlers of the county were, M. H. Rags- ile, Mathew Click, CJab Chisum, Geo. W. Wright, ounshell. Judge Rutherford, Steven Peterson, Z. B. Rice. Dr.m. Cole, John Williams, Eleven Moore, John Ownstandt^ Jas.>hnson, Wm. Yates, Wm. Crisp, D. C. Jamison, John H, Fowler,imuel Lemons, Wm. Boreign, S. Graham, Jas. P. Briggs, j!lomas, J. V. Cherry, J. H. Crowder, B. Simmons, Tom Chaf- rw-vVi •■■;>1
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PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY. 63 fin, Jason Wilson, Mitchell Keller. Dr. Geo. Bason, Tohn Green-wood, Hiram Sadler, H. Brumlet Bennett T. Logan, SquireMays, Dr. J. H. Marslett, S. M. Fulton, R. Cravens and John OLamb. The first store in the county was kept by Williamson &Bowerman, five miles east of the present site ot Paris. EDUCATIONAL. The first school was taught by Jack Fowler, a cousin of Geo.W. iVright, in 1840, within the present limits of Paris and wasSupported wholly by private subscription. Subsequently theschools received aid from the state fund derived from the sale ofpublic finds. The tree schools of the state were organized in1873, and the counties di\idtd into school communities, underlirect supervision of the County Judge and trustees in the severalimmunities. Previously, a perpetual school fund had beencreated, for which purpose one-half of the public domain of thestate had been set apart, the proceeds of the sale thereof to ron-ititute a permanent fund to be held in t

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