Copperas Cove History

By williamsledger
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    history

  • Cival War

    Cival War
    The men of Copperas Cove went to the Civil War.

  • First Copperas Cove Post Office

    First Copperas Cove Post Office
    Records indecate that on March 25, 1879 Coperas Cove post office was made.

  • Whwn the train started coming Copperas Cove

    Whwn the train started coming Copperas Cove
    Mr. Clements and his wife deeded 676 acres to the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad for a right-of-way.

  • first telephone office

    first telephone office
    The first phone company was built in 1912. And it was first operated in a drug store.

  • first people

    first people
    nomadic hunters lived in a area that is now called copperas cove.

  • Gunnery Post

    Gunnery Post
    In 1942 Camp Hood established as a gunnery post.

  • when camp hood became fort hood

    when camp hood became fort hood
    in the year 1950 camp hood became fort hood

  • HISTORICAL

    HISTORICAL
    Historical marker erected by Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce at Santa Fe Square in 1979. The marker was designed by S.J Stout.

  • copperas cove motto

    copperas cove motto
    the copperas cove motto is the city built for family living.