Historical Marker

Henry Street Hudspeth

Ozona, Crockett County · Texas

Erected 1970

After the war, the Handbook of Texas says, Hudspeth was sheriff of Bandera County and a deputy U.S. marshal. His son Claude, born at Medina in 1877, later said his whole schooling was three months in the family's log cabin on the Medina River. Claude moved on to El Paso and served in the state House from 1902 and the Senate from 1906 to 1918. In Congress he called Mexican president Venustiano Carranza 'that spineless cactus of Mexico.' In 1926 he drove 1,400 cattle from his Crockett County ranch to Brewster County rather than ship them by rail.

What the plaque says

(18? - 1900) A Confederate veteran. Captain, Co. B, 2nd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, Civil War. Born in Mississippi. Came to Texas, 1877. Served as county clerk after moving here, 1888. Married Elizabeth A. Royal. One of his 5 children was U.S. Congressman C. B. Hudspeth. Recorded - 1970

Where it stands

30.69193, -101.20282 · Directions

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