Site of Buck Creek Stage Stand

The railroad that ended the stand also made the county seat. The Fort Worth and Denver City began building from Fort Worth in 1881 and reached Childress County in 1887, and the county was organized as the rails arrived. Two townsites, Childress City and Henry, were platted about four miles apart and fought over the courthouse. The railroad's townsite agent favored Henry, where he owned half the lots, and when Henry won a second election the company offered to rename it Childress. By September 1887 the businesses had moved. The stand stood on private land.

What the plaque says

Site of Buck Creek Stage Stand Established in 1882 by Frank Chriss. A stop on the mail route from Wichita Falls to Tascosa. Abandoned in 1886 after the Ft. Worth and Denver Railroad reached this region. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Childress County Heritage Museum — 15 mi
  A railroad division town's museum in its 1935 Spanish Colonial post office, in the town that won its county seat by renaming a rival and once employed Walter P. Chrysler.

More markers nearby

• Capt. Randolph Marcy's Exploration Route through Collingsworth County — 12 mi
• Collingsworth County Hospital — 14 mi
• Goodnight Trail — 15 mi
• O'Neil Building — 15 mi