City of Groom 

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Marker Text: Founded 1902 by W. S. Wilkerson, local landowner, when Rock Island Railroad built west; named for Col. B. B. Groom, 1880s agent of Franklyn Land & Cattle Co. Col. Groom was first to try power farming on Plains. Town is today hub of rich farming and ranching area. (1968)

Marker No: 886

Aluminum 20 x 20 Subject Marker

Geographic: 35.202805, -101.107445

Location: ​203 Broadway Street , on City Hall grounds, Groom