Haskell County
Historical marker location:Created February 1, 1858. Recreated August 21, 1876. Organized January 13, 1885. Named in honor of Charles Ready Haskell, 1817-1836. A Tennesseean who was shot with Fannin in the massacre at Goliad. Haskell, the county seat. Crossed by Capt. R.B. Marcy in surveying a route to California in 1849. First settlement at Haskell, 1882
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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.