Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mills County, Texas.
Historical Timeline
Among the first inhabitants were the Apache and Comanche
1786–1789 - Pedro Vial explores a route from San Antonio to Santa Fe for Spain and passes through the county.
1828 - Capt. Henry Stevenson Brown passes through the county to recover stock stolen by Indians
1852 - Dick Jenkins becomes the county's first permanent settler
1857 - A Methodist circuit rider holds the county's first religious service in the cabin of Charles Mullin
1858 - Mr. and Mrs. Mose Jackson and two of their children are killed by Indians at Jackson Springs, while two other children were carried into captivity. After a force of settlers rout the Indians at Salt Gap, their pursuers and a company of Texas Rangers recover the captive Jackson children
1869–1897 - Lawlessness is rampant in post–Civil War Mills County. Vigilante committees create a reign of terror. Lynchings and assassinations become commonplace. The Texas Rangers are brought in to restore law and order
1885 - Goldthwaite is established as the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway builds tracks into the region
1887 - The Texas state legislature forms Mills County from Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, and Lampasas counties. Goldthwaite becomes the county seat
1890 - The county courthouse is erected
1905 - A Confederate Reunion is held in Goldthwaite
1912 - The courthouse burns down, arson suspected
1913 - A new brick, stone and concrete courthouse is erected in the Classical Revival style designed by the architect Henry Phelps
1915 - The Confederate Memorial Monument is placed on the courthouse grounds in Goldthwaite. The statue was funded by public donations, the civic organization Self Culture Club, Jeff Davis Camp 117 and United Confederate Veterans
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