Marker Inscription
A major route for cattle drives known primarily as the Western Trail developed from far South Texas to Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s. About 1876, trail drivers along the route began crossing the Red River near this site. In 1878, Ohio native Jonathan Doan established a trading post near the crossing and became the first person to permanently settle in Wilbarger County (organized in 1881). In the early 1880s he and his partner/nephew Corwin F. Doan recorded the passage of hundreds of thousands of cattle along this river crossing which became known as Doan's Crossing.
About this site
Doan's Crossing is a historical marker in Doan's Community, Wilbarger County, dedicated in 1993. It is one of 11 historical markers documented in Wilbarger County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 14 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 34.3450, -99.2552 near Doan's Community. The nearest cataloged historic site is Doan's Crossing (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Doans' Adobe Building, Doan's Adobe House, and Berry, W. D., Home.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5487001234. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
