| Marker Number |
5467 |
| Atlas Number |
5065005467 |
| Marker Title |
Thomas Cree Homesite |
| Index Entry |
Cree, Thomas, Homesite |
| Address |
US 60 |
| City |
Panhandle |
| County |
Carson |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
276211 |
| UTM Northing |
3910267 |
| Subject Codes |
land surveys, land companies, promotional towns; Botany |
| Marker Year |
1980 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
From Panhandle, 5.7 mi. SW on US 60, S side of eastbound lanes, 0.5 mi. W of CR J |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
After serving as a teamster in the Civil War (1861-65), Thadium (Thomas) B. Cree worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1888 he and his wife came to the High Plains. They acquired this land and, with no trees for lumber, they built a dugout home. Cree traveled 35 miles at his wife's request to find a sapling and planted it here. He watered it from a nearby lake that he dug from a buffalo wallow. The tree never grew but lived many years despite blizzard, heat, and drought. Gov. John Connally dedicated an historical marker in 1963 to the first tree in the Panhandle. (1980) |
