Towash

Historical marker location:

Park Road 47, Whitney, Texas

( Lake Whitney State Park)

Marker installed: 1967

Named for Hainai Indian chief. One of first Hill County settlements. Grist mill and carding machine built, 1850, by S. C. Dyer established Towash as a trade center. By 1879 had 15 business enterprises.

Declined after railroad bypass. Ruins inundated by Lake Whitney.

settlements ghost towns

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