| Address: 705 NE 28th | |
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| Marker #: 5113006748 | |
| Year Dedicated: 1972 | |
| Size, type: 18 x 28" | |
| Last reported condition: slightly faded; repair (local effort) | |
| Jordan - Bowles House - Built about 1860 of hand-hewn logs from bottomland of Trinity River. The builder, David Jordan (1808 -79), came to Texas about 1859, moving his household by wagon from Tennessee. A farmer, he also kept a store and a stage stand on the Dallas-Fort Worth Road. At that time Indian raids were frequent, and the outlaw gang of Sam Bass was suspected of committing an 1870 hold-up here. In 1886 Victor Bowles bought property, which remained in his family for 65 years. Miss Minnie Bowles remodeled house in 1948 and in 1951 donated it to city. Now museum and meeting place. | |
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Decimal degrees: N 32.756276 W -96.962822
Degrees, minutes: N 32 45.377 W 096 57.769 UTM: Zone 14, Easting 690843, Northing 3626104 |
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