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First Court in Kimble County

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Junction, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 30' 57.11006000016", -99° 23' 43.74839000004"
 
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    (Site: .5 mi. NW, on main Llano River) Held in spring of 1876, under a live oak tree that had a hive of wild bees in its trunk. The site, Old Kimbleville, had been suggested as the county seat. District Judge W. A. Blackburn, of Burnet, arrived by horseback. District attorney was Frank Wilks. The jury was seated on two logs. Another log was the Judge's bench, and a piece of gnarled live oak limb the gavel. Prisoners awaiting trial were chained to nearby trees. Major trials were for horse thefts. Texas Rangers were on hand to testify and to guard court, as this was during lawless era.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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