MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MARKER DEDICATION Thursday, Aug. 28, at 10 a.m. at the roadside park south of Matador. | COURTESY PHOTO. Right: Caprock Courier photo from June 2023 showing the destroyed marker.
Dedication for the replacement of the Texas Historical Commission’s 1986 Matador Ranch marker destroyed in the June 21, 2023, tornado will begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 28, at the Virginia Wilie Roadside Park, South State Highway 70, Matador.
The short ceremony, with a reception following, will feature a Scottish bagpiper, denoting the ranch's ownership of 69 years by a syndicate of jute mil…
