Cuero

Historical marker location:

Cuero, Texas

( US 87 bus., east side near Limit)

Marker installed: 1968

Founded 1873 with arrival of Gulf, Western, Texas and Pacific Railroad. County seat moved here from Clinton, 1876. Population grew after coastal storms of 1875 and 1886 destroyed Indianola and refugees from there made a new start here.

Home of Turkey Trot, begun in 1912. Farming, ranching, oil and gas center.

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