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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27UU_potter-county_Amarillo-TX.html
Formed from
Young and Bexar Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized August 30, 1887
Named in honor of
Robert Potter
1800 - 1842
Signer of The Declaration of
Independence
Secretary of the Navy
Senator in the Texas
Congress, 1840…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q3W_henry-b-sanborn_Amarillo-TX.html
In 1875 Henry B. Sanborn (1845-1912) began a long association with the State of Texas when he became the Texas sales agent for Joseph F. Glidden's newly patented invention, barbed wire. A native of New York, Sanborn had become acquainted with Glid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q3U_a-t-s-f-no-5000_Amarillo-TX.html
A star of the age of steam transportation. Pride of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, which came into Texas in 1886, has its Panhandle and Santa Fe General Offices in Amarillo, and served much of this area.
Manufactured at the cost of $133,90…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q2T_potter-county-library_Amarillo-TX.html
The Potter County free library was organized in 1902 by twelve local women. Many citizens donated books, and held bazaars, candy sales, and other activities to raise money to purchase more books. Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Willis donated a lot and house fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q2S_potter-county_Amarillo-TX.html
Named for Robert Potter, Secretary of the Navy (1836) and Senator (1840-42) of the Republic of Texas.
In territory ranged by Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians, and since 1600 familiar to Spanish military parties and French t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q2R_potter-county-courthouse_Amarillo-TX.html
Organized in August 1887, Potter County erected its first courthouse in 1888 in old town Amarillo. The building was constructed by Mays, Hightower, and Jackson for a cost of $191.
Over the years, three more courthouses were built as Amarillo and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q2Q_rick-husband_Amarillo-TX.html
Colonel, USAF, NASA Astronaut, and Mission Commander of the STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia. Columbia disintegrated upon final re-entry February 1, 2003. All seven astronauts lost their lives.
Rick Husband was Amarillo's native son. He loved his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q2I_fisk-medical-arts-professional-building_Amarillo-TX.html
In 1926, Charles A. Fisk, president of the Amarillo Bank and Trust, and other investors commissioned this skyscraper designed by Amarillo architect Guy A. Carlander and built by the Gilsonite Contracting Co. of Dallas. The building formally opened…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q2H_american-legion-hanson-post-no-54_Amarillo-TX.html
Amarillo's American Legion Post, organized in July 1919, is one of the oldest in Texas, formed two months after the group's organizational caucus in St. Louis. The post, which officially received its charter in Sep. 1919, is named for David T. Han…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q1O_the-amarillo-story_Amarillo-TX.html
Construction of a railroad across the Panhandle led to the founding of Amarillo as County Seat of Potter County, Aug. 30, 1887.
For the ensuing ten years, Amarillo had a monopoly on trade from the South plains, and was the nation's largest rural…