First Telephone Office in Cochran County
Historical marker location:Erected 1925 at western terminus of South Plains & Santa Fe Railway in Bledsoe (25 miles southwest), for Texas Telephone Company; moved to Morton in 1926.
Outgrown for phone company use in 1949, building became county museum in 1968.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1969
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Texas was once a part of Mexico but gained independence in 1836 after a famous battle at the Alamo.