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Real County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,309.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48385.html )〕 The county seat is Leakey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county is named for Julius Real (1860–1944), a former member of the Texas State Senate. The Alto Frio Baptist Encampment is located in an isolated area of Real County southeast of Leakey. ==History== *1762-1771 Looking for protection from Comanches, Lipan Apache chief El Gran Cabezón persuades Franciscans and the Spanish military to establish San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz Mission on the Nueces River. The mission was abandoned in 1771 *1856 John and Nancy Leakey settle in Frio Canyon. *1857 The original Camp Wood is established on the Nueces River near the site of the former San Lorenzo mission. *1864 Lipan Apaches attack the family of George Schwander in the abandoned ruins of the San Lorenzo mission. *1868 Theophilus Watkins, F. Smith and Newman Patterson construct a gravity flow irrigation canal from the Frio River that operates for a century. *1879 Indians attack and kill Jennie Coalson, wife of Nic Coalson, and two children at Half Moon Prairie. *1881 Lipan Apaches strike the McLauren home at Buzzard's Roost in the Frio Canyon. Last Indian raid in southwest Texas. *1910 Crop farming declines in the county, livestock ranching gains prominence, in particular angora goats.〔 *1913 On April 3,〔("The Formation of Real County" )〕 the Texas state legislature establishes Real County from parts of Edwards, Bandera, and Kerr counties. Leakey is the county seat.〔 *1920 Camp Wood township is founded and becomes a railroad terminus to transport heart cedar. *1924 Charles A. Lindbergh lands in Real County. *1948 Farm Road 337 is completed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Real County, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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