TEE PEE CITY
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TEE PEE CITY |
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NAME: Tee Pee City COUNTY: Motley County ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: OK BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time |
COMMENTS:
There is a small cemetery just west, across a fence behind the historical marker. REMAINS: 1936 Texas Historical Marker |
| Tee Pee City is located in Motley County north of U.S.70 on County Road 206 {see Roads of Texas 3rd Ed. page 34 Fe}. Tee Pee City was founded in 1875 to serve the buffalo hunters and survey parties. The community had a post office from 1879 to 1900, a school {one of the first in the county}, a hotel, a saloon, and general store. In 1904, Tee Pee city was closed by the Matador Ranch for the bad influnce on their cowboys. For more information on the Tee Pee City see the New Handbook of Texas Vol. 6 page 234 Submitted by: Texas Wandergoing, Inc. |
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