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(1812-1862) Tennessee lawyer, U.S. Marshall, frontier Texas Ranger, Annexation Convention member 1845, colonel Mexican War. During Civil War, raised and commanded 11th Texas Cavalry. Secured safety of northern Texas through capture of Forts Cobb, Washita and Arbuckle and negotiations with Comanches, Kiowas and Chickasaws. Fought Battle Chustenalah. Murdered in Red River cane "brakes" by renegades for testimony in Gainesville hanging. (Erected by the State of Texas 1963.)
Colonel William C. Young is a historical marker in Newcastle, Young County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 43 historical markers documented in Young County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 49 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.1506, -98.7409 near Newcastle. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Belknap (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Major Robert S. Neighbors, Butterfield Overland Stages, and Camp Belknap, CSA.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5503001085. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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