History Real County, Texas








1762-1771 looking protection comanches, lipan apache chief el gran cabezón persuades franciscans , spanish military establish san lorenzo de la santa cruz mission on nueces river. mission abandoned in 1771
1856 john , nancy leakey settle in frio canyon.
1857 original camp wood established on nueces river near site of former san lorenzo mission.
1864 lipan apaches attack family of george schwander in abandoned ruins of san lorenzo mission.
1868 theophilus watkins, f. smith , newman patterson construct gravity flow irrigation canal frio river operates century.
1879 indians attack , kill jennie coalson, wife of nic coalson, , 2 children @ half moon prairie.
1881 lipan apaches strike mclauren home @ buzzard s roost in frio canyon. last indian raid in southwest texas.
1910 crop farming declines in county, livestock ranching gains prominence, in particular angora goats.
1913 on april 3, texas state legislature establishes real county parts of edwards, bandera, , kerr counties. leakey county seat.
1920 camp wood township founded , becomes railroad terminus transport heart cedar.
1924 charles a. lindbergh lands in real county.
1948 farm road 337 completed.




^ chipman, donald e. san lorenzo de la santa cruz mission . handbook of texas online. texas state historical association. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ john leakey . texas state historical markers. william nienke, sam morrow. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ minton, john. original camp wood . handbook of texas online. texas state historical association. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ michno, gregory , susan (2007). fate worse death: indian captivities in west 1830-1885. caxton press. p. 253. isbn 978-0-87004-451-9. 
^ lewis, sallie. theophilus watkins . handbook of texas online. texas state historical association. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ minton, john. rio frio, texas . handbook of texas online. texas state historical association. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ minton, john. real county, texas . handbook of texas online. texas state historical association. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ site of mclauren massacre - leakey, real county, texas . texas state historical markers. william nienke, sam morrow. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ formation of real county
^ minton, john. camp wood township . handbook of texas online. texas state historical association. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ cox, mike. lindbergh . texas escapes. texas escapes - blueprints travel, llc. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ charles a. lindbergh in texas - camp wood, real county, texas . texas state historical markers. william nienke, sam morrow. retrieved 16 december 2010. 
^ fm337 . texas escapes. texas escapes - blueprints travel, llc. retrieved 16 december 2010. 






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