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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM208D_world-war-ii-glider-pilots_Lubbock-TX.html
In memory of all World War II Glider
Pilots who received advance training
and silver "G" wings at South Plains
Army Air Field, Lubbock Texas during
the period of 13 July 1942
through 15 January 1945.
These volunteers flew fragi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM208C_w-g-mcmillan-construction-company_Lubbock-TX.html
W.G. McMillan came to Lubbock in 1924 to assist in the construction of the Hotel Lubbock. McMillan stayed, and over the next thirty years oversaw over 850 construction projects. Some of McMillan's first projects included the 1926 Conoco service st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM208B_original-lubbock-municipal-airport_Lubbock-TX.html
Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 dramatically increased worldwide interest in aviation. To participate in this new and potentially significant technology, the City of Lubbock established a municipal airport about f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2081_site-of-old-lubbock_Lubbock-TX.html
A predecessor of present Lubbock, this area was, in 1890, a subject of heated dispute by three factions (led by W.D. Crump, W.E. Rayner, and Frank Wheelock) that vied in the founding of the county seat.
Unlike most county seat debaters in Texa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XDE_a-tribute-to-cotton-historical_Lubbock-TX.html
In the early 1900s, area pioneer farmers marketed bales of cotton on this site. Today, this cotton bale serves as a monument to those who made Lubbock County and the surrounding south plains the greatest producer of upland cotton in the world. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XDD_j-i-allison-house-circa-1950s-historical_Lubbock-TX.html
Originally located at 2215 6th Street, this house was preserved to commemorate the song writing of Buddy Holly and the Crickets. While at this home in 1956, Buddy Holly and J.I. Allison (original founding members of The Crickets) penned the hit so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBU_reese-afb-texas_Lubbock-TX.html
On 30 September 1997, Reese Air Force Base and the 64th Flying Training Wing were inactivated, culminating a tradition of "55 years of excellence" in serving our nation. Since 1942, 25,349 of the world's greatest pilots graduated from here, and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBS_reese-air-force-base_Lubbock-TX.html
Ten years of concentrated efforts by city officials led to the establishment of a U.S. Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Lubbock in the summer of 1941. Built ten miles west of the city, where barracks, runways and other military facilities …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBR_carlisle-cemetery_Lubbock-TX.html
The pioneer Carlisle community was named for W. Augustus "Uncle Gus" Carlisle (1849-1920), who settled here with his wife Lizzie (Spikes) (d. 1914) in 1890. A cattleman and a prominent landowner, Carlisle made significant contributions to the deve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBQ_bledsoe-santa-fe-depot_Lubbock-TX.html
A relic from one of America's last frontiers. Built in 1925 on range land of newly organized Cochran County, at Bledsoe, this structure not only served its purpose as a railroad station, but was a meeting hall for churches and social groups. Sheep…