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Old Greer County

Beckham County
Location: on US H66, in the roadside park, one mile south of Sayre
Topics: Empire Period, 1541–1803; Government; Settlement Patterns

Greer County was named and governed as part of Texas from 1860 until 1896 when a US Supreme Court decision made it part of Oklahoma Territory. This county area was claimed by fourteen different governments from 1669 to Oklahoma statehood in 1907; since then it has been divided into three counties and the south part of Beckham County.

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Old Greer County

Greer County
Location: on courthouse grounds in Mangum
Material: Granite
Topics: Government; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

The North Fork of the Red River was originally the northern boundary of Spanish territory after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The area between the North Fork and the main stream of the Red River became Greer County, Texas. However, in 1896, the US Supreme Court ruled that the main branch of the river was the northern boundary of Texas and Old Greer County became part of Oklahoma Territory.

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