Historical Marker
Red River Valley Museum
Historical marker location:
US 70, south of US 270 intersection, Vernon, Texas
( US 70, one block south of US 287 intersection, Vernon.)
Features one of Texas' famed regional collections of Indian artifiacts, tracing history of early man along the Red River. Before Chisholm Trail days, when thousands of cattle crossed Red River at nearby Doan's Crossing, Vernon area was home to tribes of Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Ray of Vernon spent 30 years gathering artifacts, which they donated to Wilbarger County, Oct. 14, 1963.