​Henry Bradley Sanborn
​(1845 - 1912) 

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Marker Text: Principal early day developer of Amarillo. Born in New York state; employed 1875 by barbed wire inventor J. F. Glidden he's Texas sales agent. With Glidden he established the famous 250,000 acre - Frying Pan Ranch in 1881 to prove economic advantages of barbed wire fencing.
        Building of the Fort Worth & Denver city railway through the region led voters  to organize Potter County. In the election on Aug. 30, 1887, Sanborn offered a  site for the county seat. A rival section was chosen. Undaunted, Sanborn began developing the Glidden & Sanborn addition one mile east of the new town site.  In 1889 and the heavy rains and other inducements led residents  to move to Glidden &  Sanborn addition. He 1892 Sanborn traded he's interested in the Frying Pan for Glidden's interest in the city. In 1898 he secured a rail connection to the south plains which assured the future of Amarillo. 
     on this site Sanborn and his wife (Glidden's niece, Ellen Wheeler) had their home, an office building, a carriage house, stables for their six matched coach horses, and a deer park. 
​     Henry Bradley Sanborn, "Father of Amarillo" died on May 19, 1912. (1971) 

Marker No: 22769

Aluminum 27 x 42 Subject Marker

Geographic: 35.207371, -101.831429

Location: 600 South Buchanan Street, Amarillo