Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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cJLubboch L ountu MAKING HISTORY SETTLERS ESTABLISH LUBBOCK COMMUNITY f- rioi ' to 1876, during the time of tne Kepuolic and eariu statehood, the rJLuoooch Countu area had been administered ai part of the ijexar ZJerritoru. J n 1856 the area wai traniferred to ijouna Uerritoru and adtniniitered from (Joung C-ountu. J n 1881 the area wai attached to iJSai lor County, and in 1887 with the organization of C roibu Countu the area wai attached to Croibu Countu along with eight other lAJeit ZJexai Countiei. i iettieri and promoteri moved into the oLubboch Countu area, the eitabiiihment of communitiei began. Vjg 1890 the towni of rJLubbock and fr ontereu had been eitabiiihed In 1890 the Nicolett Hotel was a prominent structure in Lubbock and the largest hotel in West Texas. (Photo from Southwest Collection) :::u:uu.u:gg g i j jSi3jgi5: Something Legendary Zrou

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Seated in the middle, Tom Lubbock f i J f U ,t ' 1 ,- c i • , HI ' I hh k f 1 ft ■ 1882 unpopulated area of VUeit exad into d4 county uniti acroii (Photo from Southwest Collection) ,1 D I Q il Hl ■ • I ii i I the f- anhanale ana outn [- laini in advance of iettCement bu people into the area. J ucn geoqrapnical uniti created out of unoccupied territories would be without local governnienti until the area had enouah population to organize, and for adminiitrative and iudiciai purpoieS were attached to the moit convenient existing countu. fter the 1876 Constitution wai adopted, the rJLegiiiature created a group of unorganized counties, natning them after signers of the ZJexaS Ujeclaration ol independence and miiitaru and ZJexaS heroes. rJ-ubboch Countu was named after SJhotnaS .J altuS rJLubboch, a Civil lAJar hero who died Aan. 9, 1862, and gained recognition in the first lAJattie of iJSuil Kun. rsLubboch was born in 1817 in Charleston, -J.C and came to ZJexaS in 1835 with the I lew Orleans Cjraus, the first volunteer unit from the United Z tates to fight in the ZJexas devolution. ZJhomaS brother, ZJrancis oLubboch, Served as ZJexaS governor from 1861-1863. ZJhe West ZJexas countu names were penciled onto a map at random b a clerh in Austin. ZJhe geographical location of oLubboch County was randomig Selected during the time period. The Lubbock Mercantile Co. taken in the early 1900s. (Photo from Southwest Collection) Dr iQoods a- Bl Notions I GROCERIES First National Bank taken in the early 1900s. (Photo from Southwest Collection) - r p ji wn „, ; r v? » ia w. ZIL

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ieii fnan three milei apart. ZJown tounderi recognized tnat the community with the moit reiiaenti at the time of the organization of JLubooch ( ountg could win the countg ieat. Lfo avoid a prolongea fight over the courthouie, the competing town promoteri agreed to aitandon their exiiting towniitei and eitabliih a new one. iJn UJec. 19, 1890, the two groupi agreed to termi and ioon eitabliihed the new towniite of rJLubboch. f- romoteri ioid one hundred town loti in the new community almoit immediately. ZJheie jLuoooch reiidenti, together with iettleri on outiging ranched and itoch farmi, moved to organize the countu. t petition for organization wai circulated and the required 150 iignaturei obtained, illloit lihelu the petition contained fraudulent iignaturei becauie women were not allowed to vote at the time and moit are iheptical that there were 150 men in exiitence in the area to iign the petition, ome ipeculate that the name of horded, mulei and dogi are poiiibiu liited on the document, vjut the petition wai iubmitted to udge Covington in C roibu L-ountu on Zreb. 9, 1891. ZJne election to organize the countu toon place on llllarch 10, 1891, and the town of oLubboch wai ietected ai the countu ieat. — ZJhii information wai tahen from a brochure publiihed bu the rJLubboch l ountg Centennial .Steering Committee and iupplemented bg facti from a ieriei of articlei printed bu the rJLubboch Mvaianche-Aournai. ' . C KaC fl j Hgte:N 1|ir ' Hw -- C J ■[ ■BJ n . n j nHK ' ' ' taP$ ' k | |ffi| P £ L -.f M x 5 : ' il-: -vm r - ' MjMf ' T ' KI B W ff Aj tKB Jg: ' fel On Aug. 28, 1923 people gather outside the Courthouse. (Photo from Southwest Collection) Gov. Neff speaks at the celebration in 1923. (Photo from Southwest Collection)