Historical Marker
Weatherford
Historical marker location:
US 180 on Courthouse grounds, Weatherford, Texas
( West side of Courthouse, US 180 -Weatherford.)
Marker installed: 1964
Founded 1856. Named for Jefferson Weatherford, state senator and a confederate soldier. Frontier people found protection here from constant Indian threat during Civil War. Long the only town between Fort Worth and El Paso. Home of Chandor Gardens and Texas Railroad Museum. Nearby is Double Log Cabin Museum.
(1964).