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==History== {{Prose|section|date=December 2013}} * The early inhabitants were [[Lipan Apache people|Lipan Apache]] and [[Comanche]].<ref name="Edwards County">{{cite web|last=McCrain|first=James B|title=Edwards County|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hce03|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> * 1762 Looking for protection from Comanches, Lipan Apache chief El Gran Cabezón persuades [[Franciscan]]s and the Spanish military to establish San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz Mission on the Nueces River. The Mission was abandoned in 1771.<ref>{{cite book|last=La Vere|first=David|title=The Texas Indians|year=2003|publisher=TAMU Press|isbn=978-1-58544-301-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/texasindians00lave/page/122 122]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/texasindians00lave/page/122}}</ref> * 1825 [[Virginia]] born [[Haden Harrison Edwards]] joins forces with [[Stephen F. Austin]] and contracts with [[Coahuila y Tejas]] to move 800 families into east Texas. In 1826 Edwards announces the creation of the Republic of Fredonia near [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Nacogdoches]], an early attempt to secede from Mexico. Stephen F. Austin joins forces with Mexico against Edwards. Haden Edwards flees in 1827 to [[Louisiana]] for his safety, returns to Texas, and spends the rest of his life in Nacogdoches.<ref>{{cite web|last=McKeehan|first=Wallace L|title=Haden Edwards and The Fredonian Rebellion 1826-1827|url=http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/fredonian.htm|publisher=Sons of De Witt County|access-date=November 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205083938/http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/fredonian.htm|archive-date=December 5, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1858 Edwards County is formed from [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]].<ref name="Edwards County"/> * 1871 Clint Smith, age 11, and brother Jeff Smith, age 9, are kidnapped by Indians near Rocksprings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clinton LaFayette Smith |url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5137012414 |work=Texas Historical Markers |publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow |access-date=November 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718162326/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5137012414 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> * 1882 W.J. Greer settles a sheep camp at Rocksprings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rocksprings, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHillCountryTowns/RockspringsTexas/RockspringsTx.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> * 1883 Edwards County is officially organized and named for Haden Harrison Edwards.<ref>{{cite web|last=McDonald|first=Archie P|title=Haden Edwards|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fed04|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> * 1884 Francis Winan cattle and sheep ranch at Rocksprings.<ref name="Edwards County"/> * 1885 A.O. Burr sets up farming at Rocksprings.<ref name="Edwards County"/> * 1891 County seat becomes [[Rocksprings, Texas|Rocksprings]]. The County Courthouse is built by architects Ben Davey and Bruno Schort in the Romanesque Revival Style.<ref>{{cite web|title=Edwards County Courthouse|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHillCountryTowns/RockspringsTexas/Rocksprings-Texas-Edwards-County-Courthouse.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> * 1898 Rocksprings Telephone Company is formed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rocksprings Telephone Company |url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5137011855 |work=Texas State Historical Markers |publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow |access-date=November 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718162346/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5137011855 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> * 1913 Edwards loses land in its eastern section to [[Real County, Texas|Real County]].<ref name="Edwards County"/> * 1927 A tornado hits Rocksprings.<ref>{{cite web|last=Verby|first=Sue|title=Rock Springs, TX Tornado, Apr 1927|url=https://www.gendisasters.com/texas/9040/rock-springs-tx-tornado-apr-1927|publisher=GenDisasters|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> * 1940 Rocksprings calls itself the "Top-o-the-World" in mohair production, which peaks that year.<ref name="Edwards County"/> * 1946 Oil is discovered in the county.<ref name="Edwards County"/> * 1991 Kickapoo Cavern State Park, {{convert|6400|acre|km2}} in both Edwards and [[Kinney County, Texas|Kinney County]] opens to the public.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kickapoo Cavern State Park|url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/kickapoo_cavern/|publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> * 1992 [[Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area]] near Rockspring opens to the public. It is the home to the largest single-chambered cavern and third-deepest in the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area|url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/devils_sinkhole/|publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref>
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