Historical Marker
McDonald House
Marker installed: 1964
Built about 1853. Southern plantation style. Gathering place for community and social affairs. Sat on brow of hill, or McDonald Mountain, from which iron ore was mined during Civil War. One of former slave cabins stands west of house.
The cattle industry played a significant role in the development of Texas, with cowboys driving cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas during the late 1800s and early 1900s.