SETTLED 1857.  ACQUIRED A POST
OFFICE 1858. AN OIL VEIN RUINED
1860'S WATER WELL OF TOWNSITE
DONOR GREENLEAF FISK.  WAGON-YARD
KEEPER MARTIN MEINSINGER SOLD
MEDICINAL OIL FROM 1878 WELL.
COMMERCIAL DRILLING BEGAN 1889.
   FARMING, COTTON SALES, BUSINESS
TOWN SINCE 1880'S; WAS REACHED BY
SANTA FE RAILROAD, 1885; FRISCO,
1890. TWO COLLEGES--DANIEL BAKER
AND HOWARD PAYNE--WERE SITUATED
HERE IN 1889. CAMP BOWIE, WORLD
WAR II MILITARY POST, OPERATED
IN BROWNwOOD FROM 1940 TO 1946.
   CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE-RETAiL
SALES-INDUSTRY. HAS A COLISEUM,
PARKS; 110 MILES OF LAKE SHORE.
(1968)