Near Boyhood Home of John Wesley Hardin

Historical marker location:

Moscow, Texas

( in front of Holhousen-Darby Cemetery, 4 mi. west of Moscow on FM 350)

Marker installed: 1970

(1853-1895) Notorious outlaw who killed over 30 men. son of a Methodist minister. "Wes" was an ardent southerner. His resistance to Union occupation troops made him a hero and set him on his lawless career. He always claimed he shot only in self defense. He was killed in El Paso, 1895.

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