Clarendon, located about 44 miles west of Wellington, owes its beginning to the Rev. Lewis Henry Carhart, a Methodist minister who promoted the colonization of the town. The Reverend shared a partnership with his brother-in-law, Alfred Sully, of New York. The promoters bought inexpensive railroad land script from the State of Texas, entitling them to 343 sections of land, most of which was in D...
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