Historical Markers in Texas

Claude Monroe Ayers

History·Armstrong County·Texas

Claude Monroe Ayers (1854-1915). Locomotive engineer piloting the first Fort Worth & Denver passenger train to reach here, 1887. Town was given his name. Recorded - 1971.

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