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77 Ace Borger Home 829 N. Hedgecoke The founder of Borger, Missouri-born Asa P. ("Ace") Borger (1888-1934), established other cities in Texas and Oklahoma before he platted this townsite ... 12095 Antelope Creek Ruins SH 136, N side between Antelope Rd. and Coyote Rd. Plains Village Native Americans occupied a series of interconnected rock dwellings near here from about 1200-1500. Called "Texas' first apartment ...

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2 "Birthplace of Hutchinson County" Isaac McCormack Cottage East 5th St., N side between SH 136 and Morse Ave., N side of courthouse square Built 1899 with materials hauled at great peril across the Canadian - then without a bridge. Mr. McCormick, his wife Capitola, and 8 children lived ... 320 Battle of Adobe Walls Near CR 23 on private property Was fought here November 25, 1864, when Colonel Christopher (Kit) Carson (1809-1868) with a few companies of United States troops under the protection ... 17949 Beale Road Frank Phillips Junior College, gazebo near library and administration building Edward Fitzgerald "Ned" Beale was a significant figure in 19th century America. In his long career, he was a naval officer, military general, explorer, ... 375 Bents Creek 4.2 mi. N of Borger on SH 207/136/162, E side of the road. (About 1.5 miles east) Named for Charles (1799-1847) and William Bent (1809-1869), famed for frontier trading with mountain men and "wild" Indians. ... 17603 Booker T. Washington School 1205 N. Brain St. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SCHOOL TWO YEARS AFTER BORGER’S FOUNDING, A 1928 SCHOLASTIC CENSUS COUNTED FIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN TWO FAMILIES. BETHEL ...

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1286 Drift Fence SH 207, about 9.5 mi. N of Stinnett, E side of the road opposite CR H. Marker reported damaged May 2010. See also "Drift Fence" marker with same inscription at Holt School, CR 22 north of FM 281. Famed cattleman Charles Goodnight established one of the first ranches in the Texas Panhandle, the J A Ranch, in 1876. Later that year, Thomas S. ... 14964 Drift Fence At Holt School. From Stinnett, 16 mi. NE on SH 207, 6 mi. E on FM 281 and 0.1 mi. N on CR 22. See also "Drift Fence" marker with same inscription on SH 207 at CR H. Famed cattleman Charles Goodnight established one of the first ranches in the Texas Panhandle, the J A Ranch, in 1876. Later that year, Thomas S. ...

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16744 East Ward Elementary School Northeast corner of Ninth and Harvey Streets IN 1926, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY OF BORGER HAD NOT YET BEEN FORMALLY ORGANIZED, SOME OF THE CITIZENS PETITIONED THE HUTCHINSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ...

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319 Fifteen miles to the Site of the Battle of Adobe Walls 4.2 mi. N of Borger on SH 207/136/162, E side of the road. Fifteen miles to the site of the Battle of Adobe Walls. Fought on November 25, 1864 between Kiowa and Comanche Indians and United States troops commanded ... 1690 First Battle of Adobe Walls SH 207, 1 mi. S of SH 136, E side of the road. [NOTE: Battle was November 25, 1864] (November 25, 1865) Largest Indian battle in Civil War. 15 miles east, at ruins of Bent's Old Fort, on the Canadian. 3,000 Comanches and Kiowas, ... 1748 First Methodist Church of Borger 200 North McGee Street, Borger A. P. "ACE" Borger purchased 240 acres of land here in January 1926 and began to establish a new town. Within ninety days, the oil field town named ... 2017 Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail Frank Phillips Junior College, gazebo near library and administration building Josiah Gregg (1806-50) blazed the Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail in 1840 as a shorter route between the U.S. and New Mexico. He crossed this site on March ...

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15271 Girl Scout Little House 119 N. McGee This community landmark has its origins in Borger's prewar oil boom. In early 1941, Hudson Davis opened a car dealership here, moving his family ... 2247 Grand Hotel and Grand Hardware Building 618 N. Main, Borger After the discovery of oil in this area, Borger developed as a townsite in 1926. Gus (1895-1971) and John Yiantsou (1881-1948), Greek immigrants, ... 19984 Gulf Dial #1 Oil Well SH 152, E side 0.1 mi. SE of FM 2277 The southeastern Texas oil field, Spindletop, erupted on January 10, 1901, launching an oil boom in the state. This prompted many corporations ...

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2514 Holt Cemetery from Stinnett, 16 mi. NE on SH 207, 6 mi. E on FM 281 and 0.1 mi. N on CR 22 In the late 1890s Texas enacted colonization and homestead laws that significantly quickened the settlement of the then sparsely populated Panhandle ... 2515 Holt School From Stinnett, 16 mi. NE on SH 207, 6 mi. E on FM 281 and 0.1 mi. N on CR 22. Marker reported missing Apr. 2021. Replacement marker pending. A county-wide public school district was established soon after Hutchinson County was created in 1901. As more people began to settle in the area, ... 2602 Hutchinson County Courthouse Hutchinson County Courthouse grounds, near west entrance facing SH 136 Hutchinson County, named for prominent judge and writer Anderson Hutchinson, was one of 54 counties created out of the District of Bexar in 1876 ...

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22594 Isom Intersection of Main, Franklin and McGee streets. marker pending

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15709 Plemons Bridge Immediately W of Plemons Rd across the Canadian River, 0.1 mi. NW of CR V. Marker reported missing May 2010. Map dot approximate. In May 1926, two months after the discovery of oil in Hutchinson County led to establishment of the city of Borger, county commissioners awarded ... 12096 Plemons Cemetery 4.2 mi. N of Borger on SH 207/136/162, E side of the road. NOTE: Plemons Cemetery is 7 mi. NE of marker site. The town of Plemons was settled about 1898 when James A. Whittenburg, an area rancher, built a dugout house in a hill overlooking a bend in the Canadian ... 24280 Pringle Community marker pending marker pending

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4818 Site of John and Maggie Weatherly Half-Dugout Site next to stone building behind chain-link fence, west of campus, Frank Phillips Junior College, 1303 W. Roosevelt, Borger This structure is a copy of a half-dugout erected in 1898 near this location by John (1865-1944) and Maggie Weatherly (1875-1968). The High Plains ... 12442 Spring Creek School From Borger, 2 mi. E on SH 152, then 3 mi. E on FM 2171 Established in 1900, a year before Hutchinson County was formally organized, the Spring Creek School is an early and significant part of the county's ...

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23941 The Aluminum Dome 1113 Bulldog Blvd. In 1942, American industrialist Henry J. Kaiser met with noted architect Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (1895-1983), and the two discussed utilizing ... 5578 Twentieth Century Club 625 N. Weatherly, Borger Borger, the oil-boom town that sprang to life here in 1926, had among its otherwise transient and rowdy early citizenry, a social and professional ...