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Concho County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,087.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48095.html )〕 Its county seat is Paint Rock.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1879. It is named for the Concho River. ==History== *8000 BC – 1800’s Paleo-Indians in the county leave behind archaeological remains of a burned-rock midden. Athabascan-speaking Indians associated with the prehorse Plains culture live in this part of Texas. Later native inhabitants include Jumano, Tonkawa, Comanche and Lipan Apache. *1847 John O. Meusebach sends surveyors into the area.〔 *1849 Robert Simpson Neighbors leads a small expedition through the area.〔 *1858 The legislature forms Concho County from Bexar County.〔 *1874 Ranald S. Mackenzie campaign to drive out remaining Indians establishes the Mackenzie Trail.〔 *1879 The county is organized. The county seat is named Paint Rock after the nearby pictographs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/images/he4.html )〕 *1882 Eden community is established. *1909 Lowake community is established. *1910 The Concho, San Saba and Llano Valley railroad is completed to Paint Rock.〔 *1911 The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway is completed across the southeastern corner of the county.〔 *1912 The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad finishes a line to Eden.〔 *1930 - 449 farms are operated by owners and 682 by tenants, of whom 619 are sharecropping.〔 *1940 Concho County becomes part of a soil-conservation district.〔 *1970 Over 100 Czechs reside in the vicinity of Eola. *1985 Texas Water Commission grants permission to impound of water on the Colorado River at Stacy, to create the O. H. Ivie Reservoir. *1988 Concho County is the leading sheep-producing county in Texas.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Concho County, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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