GHOLSON, TX (LAMPASAS COUNTY)

GHOLSON, TEXAS (Lampasas County). Gholson, three miles south of Evant in northern Lampasas County, was formed in 1855, when Benjamin Franklin Gholson, a member of the Texas Rangersqv, established ranch headquarters there on Owl Creek. Community residents were engaged in stock raising and farming. Gholson was not shown on the 1939 county highway map.

Claudia Hazlewood

Citation

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.

Claudia Hazlewood, "GHOLSON, TX (LAMPASAS COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvg18), accessed May 23, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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