Poe Prairie

Historical marker location:

Poe Prairie Road off FM 113, Poe Prairie Road, Texas

( From Weatherford, take US 80/I-20, 13 miles west, take FM 113, 7 miles south to Poe Prairie Road, cemetery and marker are one block south of FM 113.)

Marker installed: 1988

The Poe Prairie community, made up largely of farm families, was named for early settler James William Poe (1853-1934), a Baptist minister who had moved here with his family in the mid-1870s. A cemetery was begun in 1879 with the death of one-year-old Johnie McCasland. Land for a cemetery, school, and church was later given to the community by the McCasland family. The school, begun in the mid-1880s, was merged with the Millsap School District in 1928. The cemetery stands as a physical reminder of the Poe Prairie Community.

(1988).

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Texas is known for its barbecue, and one of the most famous barbecue restaurants in the state is Kreuz Market in Lockhart. The restaurant has been in operation since 1900 and is still family-owned.