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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z33_first-methodist-church-of-lockney_Lockney-TX.html
This church traces its history to 1890, when The Rev. R. M. Morris led about twenty-five Methodists in organizing a new congregation. The church members met for worship in the local schoolhouse and under arbors until a frame sanctuary was complete…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z32_the-j-a-baker-store_Lockney-TX.html
Opened 1894; one of the Texas South Plains' oldest mercantile houses still owned by founding family. James Artemas Baker (1859-1917), founder of this store and town of Lockney, was born near Dallas and lived in Hamilton from 1879 to July 1890, whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z31_john-ellison-burns_Lockney-TX.html
Trained as a blacksmith by his father in Alabama, John Ellison Burns (1853-1940) brought his hand-forged tools to Texas in 1874. He settled in the new town of Lockney in 1900 and opened a blacksmith shop. As his business expanded he hired his thre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z20_first-baptist-church-of-lockney_Lockney-TX.html
Led by The Rev. I. B. Kimbrough, nineteen charter members organized the First Missionary Baptist Church of Floyd County in December 1890. Early worship services were held in R. M. Irick's dugout home and the Irick schoolhouse southwest of Lockney.…