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In 1858 the Texas legislature established Taylor
County, named for Alamo defenders Edward, James, and George Taylor,
from lands formerly assigned to Bexar and Travis counties. Taylor
County was attached to Travis and Bexar counties for judicial and
administrative purposes until 1873, when these responsibilities were
assigned to Eastland County. Its county seat is Abilene, Texas |
Though the climate and land
of Taylor County were hostile to agriculture, hopeful farmers
experimented with different crops in the 1870s and 1880s,
cultivating peaches, corn, wheat, and cotton. The spread of
crop cultivation led to disputes between the cattlemen who
favored the open range and the new farmers who sought to fence
in their crops. This fence-cuttingqv war was on the brink of
an armed exchange until the late 1880s, when the legislature
passed new laws to regulate the sale, ownership, and fencing
of land.
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Cities and towns
¤ Abilene ¤ Buffalo Gap ¤ Impact ¤ Lawn ¤
¤ Merkel ¤ Potosi ¤ Trent ¤ Tuscola ¤ Tye ¤
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