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Historical Marker:
(On Stanton courthouse
lawn)
Marienfeld
Former name of
Stanton. Begun
as German colony by 5 German Catholics from Kansas, who pitched tents
here, near new Texas & Pacific Railroad in 1881. The site -- with
a water tank, section house, telegraph office bore name Grelton, but
settlers had it changed to Marienfeld, German for "Field of Mary."
County was created 1876 and named for Wylie Martin, senator in Republic
of Texas. When the county organized, town became county seat. First
commissioners court met here December 13, 1884. Through Protestant
influence, town was renamed Stanton,
1870.
(1970) |
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