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Lubbock
County Jail
Vintage photo courtesy Ken Sharpe
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Present day Lubbock is a merging of two towns - Old Lubbock
and Monterey. Rival town promoters saw the writing on the wall
and realized it was mutually beneficial to do so. The compromise was
reached when Lubbock County was organized in 1891.
The town was named after Colonel Thomas S. Lubbock, Texas Ranger and
brother of Texas Governor Lubbock. |
Highlights
in Lubbock's History
1884: Post Office
opened in Yellow House Canyon (now part of a city park)
1891: Lubbock County Organized / The newspaper Lubbock Leader was
founded
1900: The Lubbock Avalanche newspaper is founded
1909: Santa Fe Railroad enters Lubbock from Plainview
1916: First Electrical Plant started
1923: Texas Technical College is founded (later Texas Tech)
1936: Lubbock Lake Archeology Site is discovered
1969: Texas Tech College becomes Texas Tech University
1972: Liquor is sold - Lubbock loses it's claim on being the largest
"dry" city in the United States |
Lubbock
Chronicles
Lubbock Lights
and UFOs
by Clay Coppedge
I've seen some weird things. But I never saw the Lubbock Lights. They
came along a couple of years before I was born, in 1951. As far as
I know, which isn't very far, they haven't returned but their mystery
and the legend surrounding the lights has never quite gone away...
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A half-revealed painted sign from downtown Lubbock
Photo by Wes Reeves
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Ghost Signs |
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Lubbock
Historical, Architectural & Outdoor Attractions
The
Lubbock County Courthouse:
The modern-style building built in 1950 replaced their 1915 courthouse.
Ranching
Heritage Center: Indiana and 4th Street (East of Texas Tech)
15 acres with 33 structures actually used by 19th and 20th Century
pioneers - dugouts, windmills, barns and bunkhouses.
Wind Power
Center: Canyon Lake Drive between 19th and Broadway.
Museum
of Texas Tech University: 4th Street and Indiana Avenue
Buddy Holly
Walk of Fame:
8th Street and Avenue Q.
Buddyt Holly Festival in early September.
Mackenzie
Park: Avenue A and East Broadway - Includes a Prairie Dog Town
Lubbock Lake Landmark State Historical Park
Buffalo
Springs Reservoir:
5 miles east of Lubbock on the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos
River
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/bufsprg/lake_id.htm
Lubbock
Hotels
Book Your Hotel Here & Save
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Lubbock
County Library, Slaton Branch
Vintage photo courtesy Texas State Archive |
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First
United Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February, 2003
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Texas Churches
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Lubbock
Tourist Information
Chamber
of Commerce / Convention and Visitor's Bureau:
1301 Broadway, Ste. 200, Lubbock, Texas 79401
Phone (806) 747-5232, 1-800-692-4035
http://www.lubbocklegends.org/ |
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The ol' (elevated) swimmin' hole
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windmill] was on our farm in Lubbock, Texas in the late 1930s and
early 1940s. The tank was a converted oilfield boiler manufactured
by my father. As six and seven year-old children, we would climb the
windmill, scoot across the small pipe, and swim in the tank. - Bob
Walker, A Texan in Florida, December 20, 2005
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