Historical Marker
Claude Monroe Ayers
Historical marker location:
Claude, Texas
( in Claude Cemetery, 0.5 miles northwest of Claude on US 287, then take first County Road about 1 mile north to cemetery)
Marker installed: 1971
Claude Monroe Ayers (1854-1915). Locomotive engineer piloting the first Fort Worth & Denver passenger train to reach here, 1887. Town was given his name.
Recorded - 1971.