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A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF UPLAND SOUTHERN BURIAL
TRADITIONS OBSERVED IN SELECTED CEMETERIES IN SOUTHERN
MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS
INTRODUCTION
Montague County was created in 1857 and organized the
following year from Cooke County. The county was named after
Daniel Montague, "an early Indian fighter and pioneer surveyor."
(616:3) Centrally located is the town of Montague, the county
seat, with a population of 280. Bowie, however, is the largest
town with 5,400 residents.
The majority of early settlers in Montague County came
from Missouri. Other immigrants came also, Alabamans settled
in Sunset, Italians settled in Montague, and Germans settled
in Beloherville and Salona. The oldest town in Montague County
is Spanish Fort, established in 1719 as a French post to protect
French traders in the Red River Valley.
The Butterfield Stage Line, the Santa Fe Trail, the
California Trail, and the Chisholm Trail all crossed Montague
County. Way stations, rest stops, and communities sprang up
along the way. Then came the rail road, crossing the county
from south to north. Queen's Peak, whose high contours served
the Red Man as an outlook and was later settled by the white man,
moved to be nearer the rail road and was renamed Bowie. Other
towns in the county were diminished in size as businesses there
also moved to the new Bowie,
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Schroeder, Lynette. Upland southern burial traditions in Montague county, Texas, paper, July 1974; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc851816/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.