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12579 Big Spring School District 708 11th Pl. Education has been an important endeavor in Howard County since its formal organization in 1882, when the first commissioners court ordered the construction ... 12670 Big Spring State Park on Route of Old Comanche War Trail Park Road 8 must inside the entrance to the Big Spring State Park For Comanche war parties, about 1750 to 1875, the Big Spring was an oasis. Here paths from northeast, north and northwest twined into the War Trail ...

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14107 Earl of Aylesford Big Spring

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15187 Finch Building Big Spring 1707 First Christian Church of Big Spring 911 Goliad, Big Spring In 1882, the same year Howard County was formally organized, this congregation was established with seven charter members. Worship services were ... 1787 First National Bank in Big Spring 400 Main Street, Big Spring Chartered on April 19, 1890, the First National Bank of Big Spring opened for business on the first floor of a two-story building at the northwest ... 1808 First Permanent Building in Big Spring 121 Main Street, Big Spring Application only -

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15443 Howard County Howard County Courthouse grounds, E side facing Main Street Formed from Young and Bexar Territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized June 15, 1882. Named in honor of Volney Erskine Howard 1809-1889. ...

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3241 Masonic Cemetery SH 350, W side between Hilltop Rd. and IH-20. 1990 subject marker for Masonic Cemetery and 2010 HTC medallion added at entrance. Staked Plains Lodge No. 598, A.F. & A.M., was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Texas on December 12, 1884. The members soon recognized a need for ... 3459 Moore School From Big Spring take US 87 north about 5 miles. Turn west onto Moore School Road, drive about one mile to marker, behind fence. Marker reported damaged Feb. 2021. In 1906 a group of pioneers arrived on the frontier north of Big Spring to take advantage of rancher Sid Moore's offer to sell land to farmers. Four ... 14279 Moss Springs Big Spring

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4100 Potton House 200 Gregg Street, Big Spring Joseph Potton (1847-1920), a native of England and master mechanic for Texas & Pacific Railroad, built this Victorian residence in 1901. Designed ...

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14468 Roberts, W. T. (Uncle Bud) Big Spring 15634 Route of Marcy's Trail Comanche Trail Park, Big Spring Mapped by Captain Randolph B. Marcy, in charge of the U.S. Army detail guarding citizens bound for California gold rush. Captain Marcy exploded theory ...

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13722 Settles Hotel 200 E Third. Marker reported not on building Dec. 2006. Will R. and Lillian Settles built this hotel after the discovery of oil on their ranch in 1927. The grand opening was October 1, 1930. Designed by ... 5084 St. Thomas Catholic Church 605 North Main Street, Big Spring Organized in 1883 under the leadership of The Rev. H. A. Boniface, the first Catholic parish in Big Spring was named St. Mary's. A small frame sanctuary ...

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5359 The J. & W. Fisher Company 110 Main Street, Big Spring In 1881, as Big Spring was being established, Joseph Fisher (1845-1906), born in Austria, opened a general store in a tent. William (1855-1932), ...

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5677 W. P. Soash, Colonizer from Vealmoor take FM 1785 about 4 miles west to marker at intersection with Soash Road Land promoter W. P. Soash (1877-1961) of Iowa came (1905) to Texas to sell parcels of XIT Ranch land. He founded the towns of Ware in Dallam County ...