Historical Marker
Potter County
Marker installed: 1936
Formed from Young and Bexar Territories; Created August 21, 1876; Organized August 30, 1887;
Named in Honor of Robert Potter 1800-1842; signer of the Declaration of Independence; Secretary of the Navy; Senator in the Texas Congress, 1840;
Amarillo, County Seat.
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