Joomla! site syndication http://gatesvillecitysearch.com 2008-05-11T21:18:21+01:00 http://gatesvillecitysearch.com http://gatesvillecitysearch.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2004-06-12T11:54:06+01:00 http://gatesvillecitysearch.com http://gatesvillecitysearch.com/news/latest/gatesville-texas-city-search-and-information-website.html Gatesville CitySearch.com For best display hit F11 on your keyboard now Gatesville Texas Information Website Find information about Gatesville Prisons, Real Estate, Shopping, Government, Lodging, News Papers, Manufacturing, Services, Ranching, Farming, and the people of Coryell County. to the new home of GatesvilleCitySearch.com This Website is dedicated to bringing Gatesville, Texas to the World. Whether you are from Coryell County or from some distant place, here you will find information regarding the people, places, business, and history of this Central Texas landmark. This website is intended to grow to serve as the connection between the world and the fine people of Central Texas. Brief History of Coryell County and Gatesville Texas Coryell County was originally part of Mexico. The county is located in central Texas just west of Waco. It's shape is basically square and has an area of about 1057 square miles, which equates to a little over 676,000 acres. After the Texas Revolution, Fort Gates was established in 1854 just east of where Gatesville, the country seat, is situated. The Army outpost was constructed to help protect the local settlers from Indian attacks or raids. However the Indian raids continued until nearly the 1870's. The county was named after a famous Texas Revolution war hero named James Coryell. The earliest known inhabitants were dinosaurs which are believed to have roamed the area about 80-110 million years ago. There are several sites around the area that have been studied and dinosaur tracks and remains have been found. Until the early 1800's, vast herds of Buffalo (Bison) moved through the area between summer and winter. Later, the area became part of Mexico and was administered by the Viceroy of Mexico. In the late 1660's Lt. Governor Alonzo de Leon was dispatched to the area to repel any further settlements by the French along the coast. The county's largest river was named after him and is called Leon River. Gatesville, Coryell County Texas Gatesville City Search .com Home Page GatesvilleCitySearch.com contains information about Gatesville Texas and the people and business of Coryell County Texas. Gatesville Hunting Gatesville Farm Ranch Gatesville Prisons Gatesville Automobiles Gatesville Lodging Gatesville Banking Copyright © 2008 Visual Lyrics Media Group All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited Website Optimization Redesign in Progress by Visual Lyrics Media Group (http://www.visuallyricsmediagroup.com/texas-internet-marketing.html) Los Angeles, Hollywood, Denver, Austin, Atlanta, Miami even Pidcoke text/html 2004-08-09T08:30:34+01:00 http://gatesvillecitysearch.com http://gatesvillecitysearch.com/newsflashes/newsflash/welcome-to-gatesville-city-search.html Gatesville City Search-Gatesville Texas Information Website