McDade

Historical marker location:

McDade, Texas

( US 290 and Loop 223, McDade)

Marker installed: 1968

Laid out 1871; named for Jas. McDade, Brenham lawyer. Became a thriving town, important freight center and early-day stage stop. School-church was built 1872; vigilantes (organized 1883) lynched three men on Christmas Eve, causing a shoot-out next day at the Rock Saloon (now a museum). (1968)

Incise in base: McDade was settled in 1869.

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