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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20A9_forks-of-the-brazos_Lubbock-TX.html
In the summer of 1878, O.W. Williams and E.M. Powell began a survey of Lubbock County. It began at this point where the two forks of the Brazos River meet. They erected a rock mound at the S.W. corner of survey 1, block A. using this as a starting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20A1_yellowhouse-canyon_Lubbock-TX.html
Known to Spanish explorers of the 17th and 18th centuries - Described by Albert Pike who visited the region in 1832 - The last battle in Lubbock County between White buffalo hunters and the red men who had called the plains their own occurred on t…
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/HMZ73_south-plains-army-air-field_Lubbock-TX.html
During World War II, nine preliminary and advanced military glider pilot training fields operated in Texas; one of the most prominent sites was located here. The U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) leased Lubbock Municipal Airport, and with help from the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ72_prairie-dog-town_Lubbock-TX.html
The vision of Prairie Dog Town was conceived and implemented by K. N. Clapp in 1935. In the 1930's the government's poisoning program was becoming effective, and he was alarmed that the extinction of the black-tailed prairie dog would result. Mr. …