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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11YM_friona_Friona-TX.html
When established by the XIT Ranch in 1898, this community was originally called Frio, after Frio (Cold) Draw, and it served as a shipping point on the recently built Pecos & Northern Texas Railroad. In 1906, the George G. Wright Land Co. took opti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11YL_friona-womens-clubs_Friona-TX.html
By 1898, Friona and several other area townsites had been laid out as switches on the Pecos Valley & Northern Texas Railroad. Settlers soon began arriving in Friona, which incorporated in 1906. Twenty Friona women organized a club in September 190…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11YJ_black-community_Friona-TX.html
In 1898, the Santa Fe Railroad came through here and associated buildings were constructed in what would become the Black Community. Named for land speculator E.B. Black, the community was further settled beginning in 1908, when the Wright Land Co…