Region: Panhandle Plains
This frontier Shackelford County community, which grew around military post
of same name, served as area trade center in 1870s and '80s. It was a rough,
wild settlement frequented by cavalry troopers, trail-herd cowboys, buffalo
hunters and outlaws. More than 200,000 buffalo hides were shipped from the town.
During a 12-year period, gunfights accounted for 34 public killings. The town
declined after fort was abandoned, and, today, there are only scattered rural
homes on Brazos River farmlands at site on U.S. 283 north of
Albany.