Bosque County/Texas Counties Power Trail #018 Traditional Cache
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Bosque County/Texas Counties Power Trail #018
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Bosque County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau
in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population is 17,204.
Its county seat is Meridian. Clifton, however, is the largest city
and the cultural/financial center of the county. Bosque is named
for the Bosque River, which runs through the center of the county
north to south. The Brazos River makes up the eastern border along
with the Lake Whitney reservoir it feeds.
Much of the beauty and heritage of Bosque County is closely
entwined with its abundant water-ways -- the Bosque and Brazos
Rivers and two lakes, Meridian and Whitney. The county's
distinctive pathways reflect its history -- the Cleng Peerson
Memorial Highway, the Old Chisholm Trail, the Sante Fe Railroad,
and the Texas Lakes Trail.
Early Spanish explorers bestowed the name Bosque (pronounced
boss-kee) meaning "wooded." The first survey for land grants in the
Bosque Valley came about in 1839. In 1849, a few years after Texas
attained statehood, the first permanent settlers arrived to a
territory still roamed by Native Americans. By 1854, the number of
settlers living in Bosque Territory had increased, and Bosque
County was created. Merdian was named the County seat.
Lured by fertile, inexpensive land, more settlers came -- mostly
Anglo-Americans moving west with the frontier, and Norwegian and
German immigrants. The pioneer farmers and ranchers were
industrious and creative. They built homes, churches and schools,
mills for their wheat, gins for their cotton, and produced a
thriving livestock business. Bustling communities sprang up, and
small towns flourished through the turn of the centrury. As America
changed, so did Bosque County. |
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