On the road between Granbury and Stephenville in
southwestern Hood
 |
| Site of Antioch |
County is Tolar. This is another of those tiny Texas towns
that was settled because of stage couch routes and the railroad. The stage route from Tolar to Fort Worth
provided transportation for the residents of Antioch to these two cities. Now
within the city limits of Tolar, Antioch was the site of the last Indian fight
in the county, the battle of the Point of the Timbers or the Battle of Lookout
Point, in September 1869. Organized settlement of Antioch began in the 1870s,
when ranches were established at the head of Stroud's Creek, making this town
about twenty years older than Tolar.
