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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RKG_spring-creek-school_Skellytown-TX.html
Established in 1900, a year before Hutchinson County was formally organized, the Spring Creek School is an early and significant part of the county's educational heritage. In that year, W. B. Haile and other area ranchers collected funds to buy ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R9G_grand-hotel-and-grand-hardware-building_Borger-TX.html
After the discovery of oil in this area, Borger developed as a townsite in 1926. Gus (1895-1971) and John Yiantsou (1881-1948), Greek immigrants, came here from St. Louis and opened a restaurant. Gus bought this property and in 1927 erected this b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R9F_first-methodist-church-of-borger_Borger-TX.html
A. P. "Ace" Borger purchased 240 acres of land here in January 1926 and began to establish a new town. Within ninety days, the oil field town named for Borger had a population of more than 50,000 people. The Rev. W. M. Lane, the presiding elder …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R9E_girl-scout-little-house_Borger-TX.html
This community landmark has its origins in Borger's prewar oil boom. In early 1941, Hudson Davis opened a car dealership here, moving his family from Amarillo. Hudson and his wife Ruby immediately became involved in civic activities, with Hudson j…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R9D_site-of-john-and-maggie-weatherly-half-dugout-site_Borger-TX.html
This structure is a copy of a half-dugout erected in 1898 near this location by John (1865-1944) and Maggie Weatherly (1875-1968). The High Plains offered no native stone or timber for building materials. Instead, settlers lived in dugouts, built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R9C_fort-smith-santa-fe-trail_Borger-TX.html
Josiah Gregg (1806-50) blazed the Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail in 1840 as a shorter route between the U.S. and New Mexico. He crossed this site on March 17, 1840, while returning to Arkansas from a trading expedition to Santa Fe and Chihuahua. In a b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R9B_beale-road_Borger-TX.html
Edward Fitzgerald "Ned" Beale was a significant figure in 19th century America. In his long career, he was a naval officer, military general, explorer, diplomat, rancher and frontiersman. He fought in the U.S. - Mexico War, emerging as a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R8T_booker-t-washington-school_Borger-TX.html
wo years after Borger's founding, a 1928 scholastic census counted five African American students in two families. Bethel Baptist Church, on the city's west side, hosted the first school for black children, with Mrs. Tallie Anderson Smith, who sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R8R_east-ward-elementary-school_Borger-TX.html
In 1926, even though the city of Borger had not yet been formally organized, some of the citizens petitioned the Hutchinson County Commissioners Court to incorporate an independent school system. Borger I.S.D. was officially organized on Jul. 28, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R8P_ace-borger-home_Borger-TX.html
The founder of Borger, Missouri-born Asa P. ("Ace") Borger (1888-1934), established other cities in Texas and Oklahoma before he platted this townsite in 1926 and helped transform a rowdy oil town into a stable community. In 1928-29 he and his wif…
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