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Home Texas Red-river County Clarksville Stagecoach Stand, C. S. A.
     

Stagecoach Stand, C. S. A.

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Town Square, Clarksville, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 36' 40.64996000016", -95° 3' 3.88635000012"
 
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     Across the street from this site, and facing the County Courthouse which was later (1885) torn down, the Donoho Hotel and stage stand operated during the Civil War, 1861-65. Travel in those years was heavy. Soldiers arriving in Texas from Arkansas, Indian Territory or elsewhere would catch the stage here for home. Many called by to give news to the Clarksville Standard, one of fewer than 20 Texas papers to be published throughout the war. The Standard's emphasis on personal news from camps was valued by soldiers' families. Stagecoach passengers for Marshall left at 4 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, going by Daingerfield and Jefferson, where steamer connections could be made. Railroad and stage connections were made at Marshall, 42 hours after the coach left here. The stage to Waco every second day went by Paris, Bonham, McKinney, Dallas, Waxahachie and Hillsboro, arriving in 4 days, 14 hours. Connections made in Waco included Henderson, Hempstead, Nacogdoches and San Antonio. 31 stage lines in Confederate Texas hauled mail, soldiers, civilians. 26 made connections with railroads or steamships, expediting travel.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Stagecoach Stand, C. S. A. Historical Marker Location Map, Clarksville, Texas

 
   
Related Themes: Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy
 
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