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Marker No: 736

Marker Text: ​Created 1876. Organized 1888. Named for Samuel Price Carson, Secretary of State, Republic of Texas.
     A pioneer county in oil and gas development.
     Panhandle, county seat, promised main lines of 3 railroads, was by-passed for Amarillo, yet became one of the 4 historic towns in Texas Panhandle. (1965)

Aluminum 14 x 24 Subject Marker

Geographic: 35.345516, -101.381012

Location: ​Main and Fifth Street, on courthouse grounds, Panhandle