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Red River County Courthouse

This 1885 courthouse features massive walls and turrets of yellow sandstone, plus a remarkable clock tower. Affectionately called "Old Red," the clock ran smoothly until 1961, when it was converted to electricity. Soon after, Old Red began striking 120 gongs—a day now known in Clarksville as "the night it got later than ever before"—until someone unplugged it. The clock still tolls each hour. Original records dating from 1835 and the beginning of the Republic of Texas are still on file, as well as deed and marriage records from 1845. The old jail, built from the same yellow sandstone, is nearby.

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400 North Walnut Street
Clarksville, Texas

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Lake near Stamford

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City: Stamford
Region: Panhandle Plains

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Region: Gulf Coast

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City: San Antonio
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Devil’s Backbone
City: Wimberley
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