Texas Rangers camped at the foot of the mountain long before the area was settled and cattle drives from south Texas to the northern markets passed through the gap in the mountains along the military road.

In early Texas there were Apache, Comanche, Kiowa camps and mountain lookouts. White settlement began at camp Colorado , U.S. 2 nd cavalry post on Jim Ned creek, 1857.

Coleman County was created February 1 st , 1858 and named for Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837) a signer of Texas Declaration of Independence and a hero of the battle of San Jacinto .

To the south part of the county in 1862 came John Chisum to raise cattle to be furnished to confederate troops fighting the Civil War. Colman County was organized October 6 th , 1864.

Courts first met at Camp Colorado , and Coleman was approved as county seat April 28 th , 1876.