Bowie
M. Johnson Poultry Ranch
350-acre White Leghorn ranch in Bowie: founded 1905, once billed the world's largest poultry farm, closed 1974; THC marker at South Mills and Mayor.
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Nocona
Lake Nocona
1,362-acre reservoir north of Nocona: built in 1960 on Farmers Creek, managed by the North Montague County Water Supply District, and the primary water source and recreational hub for the Nocona area.
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Saint Jo
Stonewall Saloon Museum
The 1873 stone building that was Saint Jo's first permanent structure, built as a saloon for Chisholm Trail drovers and now operating as a community heritage museum at 100 South Main Street.
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Montague
Old Montague County Jail
1927 jail on Montague's courthouse square: 53 years as the county lockup, museum since 1996 with cells upstairs and the sheriff's family quarters downstairs.
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Red River
Red River Station
Historic Chisholm Trail crossing on the Red River in northwestern Montague County: the primary ford where millions of longhorns crossed from Texas into Indian Territory from 1867 through the early 1880s.
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Spanish Fort
Spanish Fort
Ghost town in northern Montague County: 1759 battle site where Taovaya defenders beat a Spanish army, and where H.J. Justin opened his first boot shop in 1879.
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HISTORY
Red River Station: Confederate Post, Chisholm Trail Crossing, and Ghost Town
From Confederate watch post in 1861 to the Chisholm Trail's principal Texas-side ford, and then to ghost town — nine miles northwest of Nocona.
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PEOPLE
H.J. Justin
The Indiana-born bootmaker who opened a shop in Spanish Fort in 1879 on $35 borrowed from a barber — and built what became the Justin Boot Company.
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NATURE
Dark Skies of Montague County
Rural Montague County retains some of the darkest skies in north-central Texas — Bortle Class 4 typical, Class 3 possible near the Red River on moonless nights.
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