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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z46_floydada-lodge-no-712-a-f-a-m_Floydada-TX.html
Organized by eighteen charter members in April 1891, this Masonic Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Texas on December 11th that year. Formed just one year after the town of Floyd City (later renamed Floydada) became Floyd County seat, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z44_floydada-chapter-no-31-order-of-the-eastern-star_Floydada-TX.html
The Floyd City Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star (O.E.S.), was organized in early 1898 when members of the Floyd City Lodge No. 712, A. F. & A. M. and their families petitioned the Grand Chapter of Texas O.E.S. for a charter. Mrs. Ella B. Starks …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z30_della-plain_Floydada-TX.html
A severe drought in the mid-1880s brought Baylor County rancher T. J. Braidfoot to this area in search of better conditions for his cattle. In 1887, with the support of J. R. McLain of Seymour, he founded the settlement of Della Plain at this site…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z2Z_commercial-hotel_Floydada-TX.html
Alabama native William P. Daily (1865-1941) and his family arrived in Floyd County in 1911, settling briefly in the Muncy community (5 mi. N). After moving to Floydada to open a feed, coal, and wagon yard, Daily recognized the need for a hotel her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGSP_tomas-mapua_Manila-NCR.html
Educator and first registered architect. Born in Manila, December 21,1888. Studied at Ateneo de Manila and Liceo de Manila, completed secondary education at Boones Preparatory School in Berkeley, California, 1907. Obtained the degree of bachelor i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGSO_coronado-in-blanco-canyon_Floydada-TX.html
From 1540 to 1542, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado led the first organized European exploration of the southwest in search of the fabled "cities of gold." With a company of more than a thousand men and women and thousands of horses and mules, cattle…
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