Stephenville, Texas

Stephenville is a city located in Erath County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 14,921. It is the county seat of Erath County{{GR|6}}, and home to Tarleton State University.

Claims to fame

In August of 1974, Stephenville garnered nationwide headlines when two inmates who had escaped from a state prison in Colorado killed five people and raped two women in the town; the escapees were subsequently shot to death by a combined force of local sheriff's deputies and Texas Rangers.

Related Topics:
August - 1974 - Colorado - Texas Rangers

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Stephenville is also the hometown of three of the five members of the Alternative Metal group Submersed.

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It was the birthplace of the 1930s bandleader Milton Brown.

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