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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z8N_floyd-county_Floydada-TX.html
Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created · Organized
August 21, 1876 · May 28, 1890
Named in honor of
Dolphin Ward Floyd
A captain who died at the Alamo
County seat, Floyd City, 1890
Floydada, since 1892
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z8M_roots-of-the-catholic-faith-in-west-texas_Floydada-TX.html
Spaniards first introduced the Catholic faith into this region when conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado passed through in a 1540s expedition to conquer the fabled cities of gold. He and his men rested at a campsite in Blanco Canyon, southea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z8K_the-battle-of-blanco-canyon_Floydada-TX.html
Of all the confrontations between the United States Army and Indians in Texas, the Battle of Blanco Canyon is identified as one of the most decisive clashes in the U.S. cavalry's campaigns against the Comanches. Indians inhabited the canyons and p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z4Z_first-methodist-church-of-floydada_Floydada-TX.html
The roots of Methodism in Floyd County can be traced to the 1880s, prior to the founding of Floydada and the formal organization of the county. Circuit riding preachers ministered to pioneer settlers at Della Plain (5 mi. N), and occasional worshi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z4X_first-baptist-church-of-floydada_Floydada-TX.html
On July 19, 1891, The Rev. I. B. Kimbrough and a small group of worshipers met in the dugout home of Joe Arnold to organize the Floyd City Baptist Church. The congregation conducted early worship services in the North Side School building and at t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z4U_zimmerman-house_Floydada-TX.html
Oregon native Fred Zimmerman, Sr. (1885-1954) came to the Texas Panhandle in 1916. He acquired a number of farm properties in the area and began a thirty-eight-year career of farming and ranching in Floyd and Deaf Smith counties. In 1930 Zimmerman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z4R_floydada-texas_Floydada-TX.html
In 1890 Floyd City was founded by J.K. Gwynn and M.C. Williams on land donated by James B. and Caroline V. Price of Missouri.
The county seat was awarded to Floyd City during the election held May 28, 1890.
However, a post office named Floyd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z4A_dolphin-ward-floyd_Floydada-TX.html
When this county was created by the Texas legislature in 1876, it was named in honor of Dolphin Ward Floyd (1804-1836). A native of North Carolina, Floyd left his home in 1825 and arrived in Gonzales, Texas, about 1832. He married Esther Berry Hou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z48_organization-of-floyd-county_Floydada-TX.html
Floyd County was created by the Texas Legislature in 1876. In the 1880s, the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company began building westward from Wichita Falls, resulting in increased settlement of the area.
Ranchers T. J. Braidfoot and J. R.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z47_first-national-bank-of-floydada_Floydada-TX.html
The James B. Posey Bank, established in Floydada in the 1890s, became the Floyd County Bank in 1900 when L. T. Lester joined Posey as a partner. In 1903, with the granting of a federal charter, the name changed once again to First National Bank. L…