The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
Were meeting places for early rural folks coming to town to buy, sell, trade, catch up on latest news. Here on this lot farmers, travelers for "two bits" got feed, water for teams; crude overnight accommodations. Wagon yards, outdated by better roads, cars, trucks, were forerunner of motels.
City Wagon Yards is a historical marker in Cleburne, Johnson County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 71 historical markers documented in Johnson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 139 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.3467, -97.3888 near Cleburne. The nearest cataloged historic site is City Spring (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cleburne Town Square, Johnson, Middleton T., Colonel; General Patrick R. Cleburne, and Cleburne Railroad Museum.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5251000878. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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