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TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKERS

Lubbock County Historical Marker 

NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY - 65
Have - 33 Need -32
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        County named for Thomas Saltus Lubbock a Texas Ranger and Confederate colonel. County seat is Lubbock. 
        When I saw that Lubbock County in line for review I'm not gonna lie my heart sank a little. Lubbock county has a lot of missing buildings not just the marker but the whole buildings. Let me start at the beginning. My history with Lubbock County started in 2011. It was almost the end of a long trip to Colorado for our niece's wedding. We were not ready to take on a county like Lubbock at this stage of the journey. As far as historical markers go it was confusing and frustrating and we were already a little road weary. I'm also going to put it all out there, I don't really remember what I was expecting it was associated with Buddy Holly somehow but I do remember feeling a little shocked at the  bad roads and the mismatched architecture of Lubbock. Of course  my expectations are not Lubbock's responsibility, but this is the place I was coming from. Steve I think was just tired and not in the mood to look for markers that were simply not there. When we got home I started researching, I wrote to several people including the curator of the Silver Wings Museum Dr. Donald Abbe that responded that Lubbock has not had much respect for its history and has indeed razed many of its buildings. I appreciate him being patient with my many questions. I am one of those who, has a bit of completion thing, I'll read a book to end even when I know I don't like it, just to get it done, so the fact that it would be easier and quicker talking about the markers that I can confirm than the ones that I can't does not sit well with me. 😒
           I'm going to start by saying that there seems to have been a shift for the better,  Lubbock County has dedicated several new historical markers in the past few years and the historical commission has an active facebook page and I'm hoping they can help clarify I few things for me. As to new markers I can't confirm the markers for Dagley Field, George Mahon, V Ranch, Lubbock's First Cotton Gin & Lubbock Cotton Club are up yet. We looked for the marker for the First Baptist Church of Lubbock with no success, I have written to church to see if they can help. I also had trouble confirming the presence of the markers for Lubbock, Coronado High School , Lubbock Lake Site and General Ranald Slidell Mackenzie which in this day and age when there a quite a lot us who also have this crazy little hobby of ours, is unusual in itself. The buildings/marks that atlas notes as razed or missing include Estacado High School (Missing), Uncle Gus Carlisle Home (Razed), Canyon School (Razed), Igo Ranch Headquarters (Not found), Wheelock House (Razed), Old Murfee House (Razed), Old Lubbock Courthouse (Razed) and Site of G. W. Singers' Store (maybe in a museum). What I hope to do, is at least find a picture of these old buildings to represent them on this site. 

10/07/2019 - This trip was more about vacation than markers, so while we spent a day in Lubbock and captured I few more of the markers in this county, we did not even try and complete the county. I do have some new impressions since our last visit. A lot of work has been done on  the roads especially around Texas Tech.  The main questions I still have is what happened to  the marker for the First Baptist Church of Lubbock? As I said above I wrote to the church and they responded that they had never had a marker.  One unique thing is the markers are on very tall poles, we were unsure why this is the case but it is the only county where we have seen this. We did visit Cornado High School and although I spoke to people who had worked at the school for many either of them ever recalled seeing the marker. 

Arnett House 
Bacon Home 
Becton Cemetery 
Bledsoe Santa Fe Depot 
Bradford Knapp 
Breedlove Airport 
Buddy Holly 

Canyon School Building 
Carlisle Cemetery 
Citizens National Bank of Lubbock 
City of Lubbock Cemetery 
Colonel T. S. Lubbock and Texas in the Civil War 
Coronado High School 
Dagley Field

Englewood Cemetery 
Estacado Cemetery 
Estacado High School

First Baptist Church of Lubbock 
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
First Methodist Church of Lubbock 
Free Range Era of Ranching, Northwest Texas, 1878-1885 

General Ranald Slidell Mackenzie 
​George Mahon

Idalou Cemetery 
Igo Ranch Headquarters 
Immanuel Lutheran Church 
Isham and Texana Tubbs House 

Lubbock 
Lubbock Cotton Club 
Lubbock County ​
Lubbock High School 
Lubbock Lake Site 
Lubbock's Women's Club 

Mackenzie Scout Trail 
Mary & Mac Private School 
Mercy Hospital 
Migrant Labor Camps in Lubbock County 
Miss Mae Murfee 
Monterey High School 
Mount Gilead Baptist Church 
​New Deal

New Hope Baptist Church
Nicolett Hotel
Old Lubbock Courthouse
Old Murfee Home 
Original Lubbock Municipal Airport

Ransom Canyon 
Reese Air Force Base 
Rockwell Lumber Company Office Building

Site of Old Lubbock 
Site of Singers' Store, G. W.
Slaton 
Slaton Bakery
Slaton Harvey House 
Slaton Volunteer Fire Department 
South Plains Army Air Field
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church 
Texas Tech Dairy Barn 
Texas Tech Judging Pavilion 

The Mast House 
Uncle Gus Carlisle Home 
V8 Ranch
W. G. McMillan Construction Company 
Wheelock House 
Yellowhouse Canyon 
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  • Texas Historical Markers
  • Greenbrier Cemetery
  • Wilson Chapel Methodist Church
  • Marian Anderson High School
  • Alfred M. Hallmark
  • Frank Mulder Gossett
  • No 57: Old San Antonio Road
  • Zephyr Cemetery
  • Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle
  • First Baptist Church of Zephyr
  • Military Road
  • Zephyr Presbyterian Church
  • Burkett Pecan Tree
  • Hittson Ranch
  • Callahan City Cemetery
  • Admiral Baptist Church
  • Belle Plaine Cemetery
  • Ross Cemetery
  • Callahan County
  • The Prew House
  • Brooke Smith
  • Minnie Fisher Cunningham
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church
  • Dodge
  • Site of Andrew Female College
  • Glendale Cemetery
  • Community of Fodice
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Parish
  • Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba
  • B. T. Brown House
  • German Methodist Church/First Fire Station
  • Providence Church and Cemetery
  • Packsaddle Mountain
  • Homesite of W. F. Heller, Pioneer Farmer
  • The Bosque-Larios Expedition
  • No. 60 Old San Antonio Road
  • No. 56 Old San Antonio Road
  • No. 59 Old San Antonio Road
  • Texas Central Railroad
  • Center City Community
  • Orla
  • Fairview Cemetery
  • Leon County Courthouse
  • Anderson County in the Civil War
  • Judge H.T. Brown
  • Washington County, C.S.A.
  • Leander
  • Oveta Culp Hobby and the Women's Army Corps
  • Jacob Haller House
  • James M. Holt
  • Washington-on-the Brazos
  • Donigan House
  • Fort Worth Stock Yards Entrance
  • Smithfield Baptist Church
  • Elite Cafe
  • Joseph Brooks Home
  • Phair Cemetery
  • Robert Justus Kleberg
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