Matador dedicates replacement for tornado-destroyed historic marker

  • Matador dedicates replacement for tornado-destroyed historic marker
    Matador dedicates replacement for tornado-destroyed historic marker
  • BEHIND THE SIGNPOST at the roadside park south of Matador, Texas, spread fenced acres of the Matador Ranch, founded in 1878. A new marker was dedicated last week to replace the one that took a direct hit during the June 21, 2023 EF3 tornado that also claimed four lives, killed and injured livestock, and devastated homes and businesses. | COURTESY PHOTO
    BEHIND THE SIGNPOST at the roadside park south of Matador, Texas, spread fenced acres of the Matador Ranch, founded in 1878. A new marker was dedicated last week to replace the one that took a direct hit during the June 21, 2023 EF3 tornado that also claimed four lives, killed and injured livestock, and devastated homes and businesses. | COURTESY PHOTO
    In a community of just over 500 people, where it’s taken a whopping amount of energy and money to rebuild homes, businesses and lives after a devastating June 2023 tornado, you might think the last thing on citizens’ minds would be restoration of a 27-by-42inch black metal plaque on a signpost.But in Matador, Texas, where folks care as deeply about their ranching her...

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