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GARDEN
CITY, TEXASGlasscock
County Seat, West Texas
Junction of Texas
Hwy 158 and FM 33
35 miles E of Midland
75 miles NW of San
Angelo
Population:
300
County population: 1,500 |
| Both
sides of downtown Garden City c.1910
Photo courtesy Doyle Phillips / FotoGrafica |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Glasscock
County has had 13 Sheriffs from 1894 to the present and three of them were in
the Teele family. Mrs. Amy M. Teele became the third woman sheriff
in Texas when she served her husband Walter's term during his service in WWII.
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George Glasscock was also the namesake of Georgetown,
Texas. He was a former flatboat partner of Abraham Lincoln. He came to
Texas, lived briefly in Bastrop (Mina) and
Austin. He served in the Texas Revolution
during the first battle of the Alamo and donated the land that Georgetown was
built on. The County was named 22 years after his death. |
| The
County Jail also sits on the courthouse square (1894). This building was
the courthouse before the present one was built. With its small population, the
jail has been vacant for years at a time. |
The
1894 former Glasscock County Jail
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2002
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Nearby
DestinationsHwy
158 West about 35 miles to Midland,
another 20 miles west on I-20 to Odessa.Hwy
158 East about 35 miles to Sterling City, another 43 miles south on Hwy 87 to
San Angelo.FM
33 North about 25 miles to Big Spring.
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City Texas Forum Subject:
The Cross on the hill
Ever since I was a little kid[over 50 years ago ]
I remember seeing a large cross on a hill just outside of Garden City. It is on
the north side of 158 just about a mile outside of town and can be seen from the
highway. Recently, I was through there and of course the first thing I did was
see if the old cross was still there; it is still there. I have always been curious
about the origin of it or the story behind it. Can you shed any light on this.
- Sincerely, Tom Millhollon, June 28, 2005
Anyone
wishing to share history, stories or photos of Garden City, Texas, please contact
us.
*From Sammy Tise's County Sheriffs of Texas
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