The Ozark Trail at Tampico Historical

The Ozark Trail at Tampico Historical (HM1W13)

Location: Turkey, TX 79261 Hall County
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N 34° 28.381', W 100° 46.719'

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In 1913, William Hope "Coin" Harvey, who operated a resort in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, founded the Ozark Trail Association as a private highway organization. Several Texas and New Mexico counties joined the effort, and the line went diagonally from St. Louis, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. As part of Harvey's plan, stops along the way featured white obelisks denoting, in the official Ozark Trail green lettering, town names, as well as directions and distances to other towns.
The central Ozark route passed across Wellington, Texas, and a second southern route was built through the communities of Childress, Estelline, Tampico, Turkey, Quitaque, Silverton, Tulia, Nazareth and Dimmitt. J.E. Swepston of Tulia, elected Ozark Trail Association president in 1920, was instrumental in having the striking road markers placed in this area. At the time, Hall County had more than 1,000 farms and ranches, and ranchland continued to be divided into farms as more settlers arrived in the area. In 1924, however, with a government initiative to enact a national road-numbering system, the Ozark Trails and other private highways were abandoned or absorbed into the national road system.
Adjacent to the Tampico marker was a service station and general store. In 1929, the Tampico oilfield started a short-lived boom in the community,
which supported a school. After the oil supply proved minimal, the school consolidated into the Turkey school district. The obelisk, designated a State Archeological Landmark in 1999, remains as a tie to both the early efforts to increase automotive travel and to the community of Tampico.
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HM NumberHM1W13
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Year Placed2006
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 at 9:02pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 336652 N 3816040
Decimal Degrees34.47301667, -100.77865000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 28.381', W 100° 46.719'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 28' 22.86" N, 100° 46' 43.14" W
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Area Code(s)806
Closest Postal AddressAt or near TX-86, Turkey TX 79261, US
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