Editing Sutton County, Texas (section)

==History==
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* 9500 BC – c. 1860s AD [[Paleo-Indians]] in the county leave behind archaeological remains of a burned-rock [[midden]] with [[mortar and pestle]], as well as other tools. Later native inhabitants include [[Tonkawa]], [[Comanche]] and [[Lipan Apache people|Lipan Apache]].<ref name="Sutton County, Texas">{{cite web|last=Hosmer|first=Brian C|title=Sutton County, Texas|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcs17|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 30, 2010}}</ref>
* 1736 Lt. Miguel de la Garza Falcón leads 100 soldiers along the [[Devils River (Texas)|Devils River]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Julia Cauble|title=Devils River|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/htd12|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Skiles|first=Jack|title=Judge Roy Bean Country|year=1996|publisher=Texas Tech University Press|isbn=978-0-89672-369-6|author2=Kelton, Elmer |page=45}}</ref>
* 1852, February 2 - Camp Terrett, later known as [[Fort Terrett, Texas|Fort Terrett]], established to protect settlers from Comanches. Founded by Lt. Col. Henry Bainbridge and named for Lt. John Terrett, who was killed in the [[Battle of Monterrey]] in 1846.<ref>{{cite book|last=Uglow|first=Loyd and Loyd M|title=Standing in the Gap: Army Outposts, Picket Stations, and the Pacification of the Texas Frontier, 1866-1886|year=2001|publisher=Texas Christian University |isbn=978-0-87565-246-7|page=62}}</ref>
* 1881 Wall's Well discovered by Tim Birtrong and Ed Wall. Town of Wentworth discovered. Birtrong Ranch is the area's only ranch.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wentworth - Sonora, Sutton County, Texas|url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5435005752|work=Texas Historical Markers|publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow|access-date=November 30, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718162310/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5435005752|archive-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref>
* 1885 Charles G. Adams, a merchant and sometime rancher from Fort McKavett, founds [[Sonora, Texas]], named after a family servant from [[Sonora|Sonora, Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sonora, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Sonora/Sonora.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 30, 2010}}</ref>
* 1887 The Texas legislature establishes Sutton County, carved out of eastern [[Crockett County, Texas|Crockett County]] named for Confederate officer John Schuyler Sutton.<ref name="Sutton County, Texas"/>
* 1890 Sonora becomes the county seat.<ref name="Sutton County, Texas"/>
* 1915 Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers’ Association organized.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lackey|first=Jerry|title=HOMESTEAD: 'Stockman's Paradise' true to the past|newspaper=San Angelo Standard Times|date=December 21, 2009}}</ref>
* 1928 The [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] acquires [[Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway]] to connect Sonora with San Angelo, Del Rio, and the outside world by rail.<ref name="Sutton County, Texas"/>
* 1930 Sonora Wool and Mohair Company established.<ref name="Sutton County, Texas"/>
* 1936 WPA projects help local economy.<ref name="Sutton County, Texas"/>
* 1958, August 1 – Sonora Municipal Airport activated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sonora Municipal Airport|url=http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSOA|publisher=AirNav|access-date=November 30, 2010}}</ref>
* 1960, July 16 – [[Caverns of Sonora]] open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|title=History Caverns of Sonora|url=http://www.cavernsofsonora.com/index.php?link=history|publisher=Caverns of Sonora|access-date=November 30, 2010}}</ref>
* 1965 Caverns of Sonora designated National Natural Landmark.<ref>{{cite web|title=NPS Caverns of Sonora|url=http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/Registry/USA_Map/States/Texas/NNL/CS/index.cfm|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=November 30, 2010}}</ref>
* 1975 Fort Terrett Ranch is purchased by the Texas oil industrialist [[Bill Noël]] and used in part for the growing of pecans.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fno26|title=William Douglas Noël|encyclopedia=[[The Handbook of Texas]]|access-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref>