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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11W2_first-methodist-church_Canyon-TX.html
Earliest religious service in Canyon was in 1889. Leaders were the Revs. Jerome Harelson and Isaac Mills, of Panhandle District, Methodist Church. The Rev. B.F. Jackson organized this (city's first) church in Oct. 1889. Members: Mrs. Crain, Mrs. M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11W1_first-national-bank_Canyon-TX.html
Organized Jan. 5, 1900, by L.T. Lester, S.F. Sullenberger, and 19 others. First bank in region immediately south of Amarillo. Was vital factor in developing city and county. Was involved continuously with civic programs. Lester served as chairman …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11W0_co-f-2nd-bn-142nd-inf-36th-div-texas-national-guard_Canyon-TX.html
The 36th Division of the U.S. Army served with distinction in World War II. When mobilized, Company F of the Division's 142nd Infantry consisted primarily of Randall County soldiers, including ten sets of brothers, as well as a father and son. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11VZ_site-of-an-early-barbed-wire-fence-in-the-panhandle_Canyon-TX.html
In the latter 1880's, when fencing was needed in the treeless Texas Panhandle, the solution proved to be barbed wire. Joseph F. Glidden of Illinois devised and by 1876 was manufacturing (with I.L. Ellwood) the first really practical barbed wire on…