Historical Marker

Hanging Oak

Comanche · Comanche County · Dedicated 1967 · THC Atlas #5093002359

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Marker Inscription

Oak used 1874 by mob to hang Joe Hardin, Tom and Bud Dixon, kinsmen of John Wesley Hardin in reprisal for murder of Deputy Chas. Webb. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967

About this site

Hanging Oak is a historical marker in Comanche, Comanche County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 47 historical markers documented in Comanche County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 62 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.9120, -98.6020 near Comanche. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hardin, John Wesley (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Greene, M. R., Oakwood Cemetery, and Gentry, George Washington.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5093002359. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This marker identifies the 'Hanging Oak,' a tree said to have been used in 1874 by a mob to hang Joe Hardin and Tom and Bud Dixon, kinsmen of outlaw John Wesley Hardin, in reprisal for the killing of Deputy Charles Webb in Comanche. The event is part of the county's frontier and Hardin-family history. The site was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in the 1960s.

Sources: atlas.thc.texas.gov texashistoricalmarkers.weebly.com

📍 31.9120, -98.6020 · Comanche, Comanche County

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