Collingsworth Chronicles

The Childress connection
  • FLOYD KILLOUGH
    FLOYD KILLOUGH
  • George Campbell Childress Floyd Killough Collection
    George Campbell Childress Floyd Killough Collection
  • A statue of George Campbell Childress graces Washingtonon- the-Brazos State Park.
    A statue of George Campbell Childress graces Washingtonon- the-Brazos State Park.
  • George Campbell Childress addresses the Convention of 1836.
    George Campbell Childress addresses the Convention of 1836.
    Collingsworth County and Childress County are united not only geographically but also historically. Both counties were named for Tennessee lawyers who illegally crossed the Red River into the nation of Mexico to advocate for Texas Independence. The life and death of the namesake of the town of Childress and Childress County, George Childress, eerily parallels that of the namesake of Collingswor...

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