In Memory of George W. Littlefield

Littlefield's own war was fought with Terry's Texas Rangers. Born in Panola County, Mississippi, in 1842 and raised near Belmont in Gonzales County, he became the youngest company commander in the regiment before an exploding shell at Mossy Creek, Tennessee, ended his service in December 1863 and left him on crutches. In 1871 he drove a herd to Abilene, Kansas, and cleared his debts with $3,600 to spare. He sold his LIT Ranch near Tascosa in 1881 for $248,000 and in 1890 organized Austin's American National Bank.

What the plaque says

In Memory of George W. Littlefield, a pioneer plainsman, solider and state benefactor. Founder and developer of Yellow House Ranch and the city of Littlefield. Born June 20, 1842. Died November 10, 1920.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge — 26 mi
  The oldest national wildlife refuge in Texas, a ring of salt lakes in the sandhills south of Muleshoe where tens of thousands of sandhill cranes winter in a wet year.
• Lubbock Lake Landmark — 33 mi
  A bend of Yellow House Draw on Lubbock's north edge where digging has found nearly 12,000 years of people on the Southern High Plains, layer on layer, from Clovis to the 1880s.
• National Ranching Heritage Center — 34 mi
  A Texas Tech outdoor museum where ranch houses, barns, windmills and a depot from across the ranching country were moved one by one onto a single park beside the campus.

More markers nearby

• Replica of XIT's Giant Windmill — 0.4 mi
• Town of Amherst — 7.7 mi
• Comanchero Trail — 8.5 mi
• One of the Trails of Col. Ranald S. MacKenzie — 9.6 mi