Marker Inscription
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Doan's Adobe House
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About this site
Doan's Adobe House is a historic place in Odell, Wilbarger County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 14 historic sites cataloged in Wilbarger County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 34.3435, -99.2558 near Odell. The nearest cataloged historic site is Doan's Crossing (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Doan's Crossing, Doans' Adobe Building, and Berry, W. D., Home.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2079003023. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Doan's Adobe House near Odell in Wilbarger County was built about 1880-1881 by Corwin F. Doan and is one of very few adobe buildings in North Texas. It is the sole surviving structure of Doan's Crossing, a frontier town on the Great Western (Western) Cattle Trail from central Texas to Dodge City, Kansas, that had several hundred residents in 1885; from his store there, Doan supplied cowboys with mail and goods, the last chance before Indian Territory. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, the site still hosts a May Day picnic that has continued since 1884.
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Historical Marker
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Historical Marker
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