Editing Real County, Texas (section)

==History==
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* 1762–1771: 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 web|last=Chipman|first=Donald E|title=San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz Mission|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uqs26|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>
* 1856: John and Nancy Leakey settle in Frio Canyon.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Leakey|url=http://www.andrewbutlerphotos.com/History/Historical-Markers-Real-County/15142458_JmDtBT#!i=1132241121&k=Vm5c6mL|work=Texas State Historical Markers|publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>
* 1857: The original [[Camp Wood, Texas|Camp Wood]] is established on the [[Nueces River]] near the site of the former San Lorenzo mission.<ref>{{cite web|last=Minton|first=John|title=Original Camp Wood|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qbc33|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>
* 1864: Lipan Apaches attack the family of George Schwander in the abandoned ruins of the San Lorenzo mission.<ref>{{cite book|last=Michno|first=Gregory and Susan|title=A Fate Worse Than Death: Indian Captivities in the West 1830-1885|year=2007|publisher=Caxton Press|isbn=978-0-87004-451-9|page=253}}</ref>
* 1868: Theophilus Watkins, F. Smith and Newman Patterson construct a gravity flow irrigation canal from the [[Frio River]] that operates for a century.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Sallie|title=Theophilus Watkins|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwa70|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Minton|first=John|title=Rio Frio, Texas|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnr28|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>
* 1879: Indians attack and kill Jennie Coalson, wife of Nic Coalson, and two children at Half Moon Prairie.<ref name="Real County, Texas">{{cite web|last=Minton|first=John|title=Real County, Texas|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcr04|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>
* 1881: Lipan Apaches strike the McLauren home at Buzzard's Roost in the Frio Canyon. Last Indian raid in southwest Texas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Site of McLauren Massacre - Leakey, Real County, Texas|url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5385004831|work=Texas State Historical Markers|publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow|access-date=December 16, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314205054/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5385004831|archive-date=March 14, 2012}}</ref>
* 1910: Crop farming declines in the county, livestock ranching gains prominence, in particular angora goats.<ref name="Real County, Texas"/>
* 1913: On April 3,<ref>[http://www.realcounty1913.com/history.html "The Formation of Real County"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207152117/http://realcounty1913.com/history.html |date=December 7, 2013 }}</ref> the Texas state legislature establishes Real County from parts of [[Edwards County, Texas|Edwards]], [[Bandera County, Texas|Bandera]], and [[Kerr County, Texas|Kerr]] counties. [[Leakey, Texas|Leakey]] is the county seat.<ref name="Real County, Texas"/>
* 1920: Camp Wood township is founded and becomes a railroad terminus to transport heart cedar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Minton|first=John|title=Camp Wood Township|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlc03|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>
* 1924: [[Charles A. Lindbergh]] lands in Real County.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cox|first=Mike|title=Lindbergh|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/MikeCoxTexasTales/Lindbergh.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Charles A. Lindbergh in Texas - Camp Wood, Real County, Texas|url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5385000808|work=Texas State Historical Markers|publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow|access-date=December 16, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314205058/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5385000808|archive-date=March 14, 2012}}</ref>
* 1948: [[Farm to Market Road 337]] is completed.<ref name="Real County, Texas"/><ref>{{cite web|title=FM337|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TRIPS/Scenic_drives/FM337_Texas_mountain_laurel/FM337.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>