Marker Inscription
Celebrated annually in Canyon 1900-1910, these reunions were a focal point of social life. Each summer several thousand people arrived by horseback, train, buckboard, and covered wagon. Here they pitched tents and built fires to cook meals. Members of the "Stonewall Jackson" Confederate Veterans Camp exchanged tales with many other veterans of both North and South. Politicians delivered patriotic speeches; families saw balloon ascensions, attended farm and garden shows and ball games as well as contests in bulldogging and bronco busting.
About this site
Civil War Veterans Reunion is a historical marker in Canyon, Randall County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 38 historical markers documented in Randall County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 49 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 34.9500, -101.8785 near Canyon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dreamland Cemetery (historical marker), about 2.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Company F, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, Texas National Guard, Barbed Wire Fence in the Panhandle, and Georgia O'Keeffe in Canyon.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5381000895. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
