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Weatherford

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US 180 on Courthouse grounds, Weatherford, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 45' 30.91122", -97° 47' 54.34010999988"
 
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     Founded 1856. Named for Jefferson Weatherford, state senator and a confederate soldier. Frontier people found protection here from constant Indian threat during Civil War. Long the only town between Fort Worth and El Paso. Home of Chandor Gardens and Texas Railroad Museum. Nearby is Double Log Cabin Museum. (1964)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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