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Site of the 1759 Battle of the Twin Villages, where a fortified Taovaya village repulsed a Spanish expedition under Diego Ortiz Parrilla. The Anglo town that grew up nearby in the 1870s was a Chisholm Trail supply stop for drovers crossing the Red River; a 1936 state historical marker and a cemetery remain.
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Submit a business →Unincorporated community at a bend of the Red River in the extreme northeastern corner of Montague County. Settled in 1862 by families from Illinois, the community was nearly depopulated by a December 1863 Kiowa and Comanche raid — approximately 250 warriors, at least 12 settlers killed — the defining frontier event in county history.
Read article →An unincorporated farming community on FM 1815, nine miles northeast of Montague. Founded in 1886 when the Gainesville, Henrietta and Western Railway pushed through northern Montague County; the tracks were pulled in 1971.
Read article →Small unincorporated crossroads community northeast of Bowie, at the junction of FM 1956 and FM 677. Named for local figure E. G. (Cap) Adams, who gave the corner filling station its identity. Established around 1925.
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