Marker Inscription
On the Fort Worth-Fort Belknap Road, near Flat Rock Crossing of Keechi Creek. Occupied 1854 when such travelers as Indian agent Robert S. Neighbors were fed or housed overnight by Bevers. First Palo Pinto county school opened in vicinity in 1856, on a path smoothed by oxen pulling a log. In Bevers Cemetery lies a victim of 1860s Indian raids that sent settlers to refuges as remote as the courthouse in Fort Worth. Bevers (1825-1904), his wife Lucinda Jane Tacker (1825-73), and children lived near Curetons, Goodnights, Slaughters, other noted pioneers.
About this site
Bevers, George Rice, Homesite is a historical marker in Graford, Palo Pinto County, dedicated in 1971. It is one of 45 historical markers documented in Palo Pinto County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 53 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.9421, -98.2145 near Graford. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lane, Alfred (historical marker), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Crawford, Simpson, Scudder, and Vaughan, Reuben.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5363002159. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
