Emanuel Dubbs

Historical marker location:

SH 152, Old Mobeetie, Texas

( At flagpole in front of old jail in Old Mobeetie, south of S.H. 152)

Marker installed: 1968

First county judge in Texas Panhandle and in Wheeler County, Dubbs was born in Ohio. Came to know Texas as a buffalo hunter, and was in famous Indian Battle of Adobe Walls, 1874. Gained wide respect when, as judge, he had a lawless U.S. marshal arrested. He served 1879-1880; 1885-1890. (1968).

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