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The bell is said to have come from the riverboat "S. A. Ruthven," which plied the Trinity River until it was sunk in 1873 at Parker's Bluff. Butler Church acquired the bell and used it for many years. In 1963, after the church was razed, Mrs. Clay Burkhart purchased the bell and donated it to the county museum in 1964.
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Fairfield, Texas · United States
