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

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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)

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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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-; Gov. Neff signs the bill creating Texas Technological College on Feb. 10, 1923. Also present are: Silliman Evans of the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Homer D. Wade of West Texas Chamber of Commerce, Senator W.H. Bledsoe of Lubbock County and Representative R.N. Chitwood of Nolan County. . • • nnain 9 9 Jech nto EXISTENCE LUBBOCK SELECTED AS SITE FOR COLLEGE 7 ubboch reiidenti and gueiti feaited at wnat muii come cloie to beina the biqqeit barbecue in ZJexai hiitoru wnen 30,000 people aatltered on ug. 28, 1923 at the celebration of oLubbock ai the choien iite for ZJexai Lfechnological L ollege. Jn ug. 8, 1923, the rJLocating l Joard ielected JLuoooch ai the iite for the college ovei 36 other Weit ZJexai communitiei. ,,,,,,„ ,- gJ ra -gt Cf v .. % Something Legendary dT