Yarbrough Bend
McMullen County, McMullen County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Founded 1858. Named for John Swanson Yarbrough, an original settler. Town contained about 30 log "picket houses". Settlers were often harassed by Indians, cattle thieves and wild animals. Other original settlers were: Dr. George Dilworth, John Moore, James Tope, N.H. Walker, Joe Walker and Benjamin Franklin Winters. 1968
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Founded in 1858 and named for early settler John Swanson Yarbrough, this South Texas community of some thirty log "picket houses" clung to the frontier amid frequent hardship — harassment by Indians, cattle thieves, and wild animals. Its founding families, among them the Dilworths, Walkers, and Winters, typified the hardy settlers who staked out life on the edge of settled Texas.
Why it matters
Yarbrough Bend embodies the precarious, isolated existence of frontier settlers who pushed into contested country before the Civil War.
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Related people
- · John Swanson Yarbrough
- · George Dilworth
- · Benjamin Franklin Winters
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