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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IEE_site-of-thorntons-store_Abilene-TX.html
Known throughout West Texas as "a city within itself," Thornton's Store was one of Abilene's leading businesses for nearly seven decades. E.L. Thornton (1896-1964) moved to Abilene from Arkansas in 1919, after service in World War I. He …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IB9_the-texas-36th-division-memorial-highway_Abilene-TX.html
Organized July 18, 1917 at Camp Bowie, Texas, the 36th Division was composed of National Guard units from the states of Texas and Oklahoma, and traced a part of its lineage to the Washington Guards of the Texas Revolution. During World War I, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HTZ_judge-walter-r-ely_Abilene-TX.html
Judge W.R. Ely had the rare privilege of living to see the fruits of his leadership take form in the superb Texas highway system. He helped lay the basis for it in his service on the Highway Commission from 1927 to 1935, half of that time as its c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H38_first-exploratory-oil-well-in-taylor-county_Abilene-TX.html
Founded in 1881, the city of Abilene became a regional economic center, yet civic boosters believed that the discovery of oil and gas in the area had the potential to advance the area economy and population even further. Significant oil discoverie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H37_fletcher-ranch_Abilene-TX.html
In 1878 James Robert Fletcher, his wife, and son Lorenzo Thomas (1868-1939) came here from Granbury. Their caravan included a small herd of cattle and work animals. A carpenter came to construct a two-story ranch house. Fletcher filed for a patent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2N_edmund-burke_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Edmund Burke distinguished scholar, missionary pastor, and prelate, having served for sixteen years, he was elected as Bishop of Sion and first Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia on July 4, 1817. He opened the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2M_lytle-gap-potosi-methodist-church_Abilene-TX.html
Organized about 1879 as Lytle Gap Methodist Episcopal Church, South, this fellowship first me in private homes and a schoolhouse. The church name was changed after the community became known as Potosi in the 1890s. This sanctuary, the second for t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16GX_lindbergh-in-west-texas_Abilene-TX.html
Four months after his record-setting trans-Atlantic solo flight, Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) landed here for one hour and thirty-six minutes during a nationwide publicity tour. Touching down at Kingsolving Field (now the site of Abilene…
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