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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23UH_carlock-building_Lubbock-TX.html
Art deco style office building constructed in 1930 as the new Cotton Exchange Building. Designed by J.B. Davies & Co., Fort Worth, for J.D. Doughty and J.B. Kerby of Weatherford. Now the Carlock Building, it symbolizes the rapid growth of cotton p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BN_bacon-home_Lubbock-TX.html
(Two markers identify this early two-story brick home.) Neo-classical style house built 1916 for Warren A. and Myrta Hunt Bacon. Designed by W.M. Rice of Amarillo. Bacon, a successful businessman and civic leader, lived in Lubbock County fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BM_st-elizabeths-catholic-church_Lubbock-TX.html
Early Catholic settlers in Lubbock and on the Texas South Plains celebrated mass with traveling priests in private homes. Beginning in 1905, Father Joseph Keller traveled from Slaton to offer mass for Catholics at the Merrell Hotel. In December 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BD_mackenzie-scout-trail_Lubbock-TX.html
This marks one route of the Mackenzie Scout Trail extending from Camp Supply, Crosby County to Fort Sumner, New Mexico and used by the Army, 1872-1875, by buffalo hunters, 1876-1878, and by cattlemen 1878 until the fencing of the range. Erected by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM209X_migrant-labor-camps-of-lubbock-county_Lubbock-TX.html
Early Hispanic residents of frontier Lubbock County included ranch hands in the 1880s. Railroad lines brought many workers to the south plains, the majority recruited from El Paso. Rail companies built row houses near construction sites, and Lubbo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XDE_a-tribute-to-cotton-historical_Lubbock-TX.html
In the early 1900s, area pioneer farmers marketed bales of cotton on this site. Today, this cotton bale serves as a monument to those who made Lubbock County and the surrounding south plains the greatest producer of upland cotton in the world. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XDD_j-i-allison-house-circa-1950s-historical_Lubbock-TX.html
Originally located at 2215 6th Street, this house was preserved to commemorate the song writing of Buddy Holly and the Crickets. While at this home in 1956, Buddy Holly and J.I. Allison (original founding members of The Crickets) penned the hit so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EAJ_f-w-d-south-plains-railway-depot_Lubbock-TX.html
Spanish Renaissance Revival Passenger and Freight Depot built 1928 for $45,889. Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick of Fort Worth also designed the administration building on Texas Tech campus. Built by F. A. Mote of Dallas. Completion of the Fort Worth a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EAF_colonel-t-s-lubbock-texas-in-the-civil-war_Lubbock-TX.html
Front Side:County named for Texas ConfederateColonel T. S. Lubbock1817 - 1862South Carolinian. Came to Texas 1835. Indian fighter, soldier, businessman. Member Secession Convention. Went to Virginia hoping to fight for South in first battle of war…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EAE_buddy-holly_Lubbock-TX.html
Buddy Holly contributed to the music heritage of not only west Texas but the entire world as a musician and composer. It is significant that this first plaque on the "Walk of Fame" bear his name. The citizens of Lubbock pay tribute to and honor th…
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