Historical Markers of Texas

12152 Brown-Dorsey House 213 N. Weatherford Z. Taylor and Sara Brown moved their family to Midland in 1884. A rancher and merchant, Brown had this house built in 1899. Featuring carved wood ...

1256 Dorsey Home 213 N. Weatherford St., Midland Z. Taylor Brown, builder. Ornate trim, art glass window. Two fireplaces, oak mantels. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

15318 Fairgrounds Road Midland 1551 Fairview Cemetery Fairview Cemetery, Nobles & W. Pecos St., Midland. In use by May 31, 1885, 10-acre southeast corner of this tract was accepted as gift of Midland Town Co., by commissioners of newly organized Midland ... 15613 Fairview Cemetery Midland 13657 First Baptist Church of Midland 2104 W Louisiana The First Baptist Church of Midland began serving the city shortly after Midland's founding in 1885. That year, Baptists from Pecos, Big Spring and ... 12153 First Christian Church of Midland 1301 W. Louisiana Chartered in 1890, the First Christian Church of Midland was organized by sixteen members who met in private homes until 1892. Tradition of service ... 1812 First Post Office in Midland George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Court House and George Mahon Federal Building, SE corner E. Wall and S. Main streets. Marker reported missing Dec. 1999. Map dot approximate. When first post office opened here Jan. 4, 1884, with Charles H. Welch as postmaster, settlers proposed to name the town Midway, because it was halfway ... 1952 Former Site of Midland National Bank 105 N. Main St., Midland Organized in Odessa on August 22, 1902, as Odessa National Bank, this institution began with an initial capital of $25,000. In June 1903 the shareholders ...

13058 George Bush Family Home 1412 W Ohio Ave George H. W. Bush, future President of the United States, moved to Texas in 1948 with his wife, Barbara, future First Lady, and their young son, ... 15411 George W. Bush Childhood Home 1412 W. Ohio Ave. George Herbert Walker Bush and wife Barbara (Pierce) came to Texas in 1948, moving to Midland with son George Walker Bush in 1950. They bought this ... 2275 Greenwood Baptist Church Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, W side FM 1379 S of FM 307. Map dot approximate. Organized 1907 in unused saloon in Slaughter. Named for two missionaries, the Revs. Green and Wood. Services were later held in various schools. ...

2815 John Valentine Pliska SW corner of Texas Ave. & Baird St., Midland Mechanical genius who made and flew first locally-owned aircraft. Born in Austria, Pliska came with parents to Texas, and after 1903 followed blacksmith ...

14438 Lawrence Home Midland

23834 Mabel Holt 911 West Texas Ave. Born in Midland to Oscar Braxton “Brack” (1861-1927) and Viola Josephine Bell (1879-1933) Holt, Mabel Holt was an early Midland businesswoman. She ... 3206 Marcy Trail Picnic area, westbound I-20, 1 mi. west of Loop 250 (Exit 143) Plotted in 1849 by a U. S. Army surveying expedition under Capt. Randolph B. Marcy. Guided by Manuel, a Comanche Indian, Marcy crossed the dreaded ... 3360 Midland & Northwestern Railroad From Midland, take SH 158 W about 6 mile (1 mile E of Junction of SH 158 & FM 1788) Standard gauge 66-mile line built by David Fasken, Sr., to carry cattle, ranch supplies, passengers. Operated 1916 to 1920 -- critical era of World ... 3362 Midland Christian College Ulmer Park, College at Clark streets 2 blocks west to site of Midland Christian College A 2-year, coeducational college that functioned 1910-1921. H. R. Garrett was first president. ... 3363 Midland County I-20 eastbound roadside park, 3.3 miles east of SH 158, between S. CR 1150 and S. CR 1140 Created organized March 4, 1885. March 25, 1885 Named for its location which is halfway between Ft. Worth and El Paso County seat, Midland First ... 3364 Midland County FM 1788, north of US 80 (Business I-20) Midland County (Created and organized, March 1885) First known as the junction of many trails and site of the last Comanche raid into Texas. In 1881 ... 18309 Midland County Midland County Courthouse grounds (Created and organized, March 1885) First known as the junction of many trails and site of the last Comanche raid into Texas. In 1881 the Texas and ... 13403 Midland County's First Producing Oil Well 10 mi. SE of Midland on SH 158, S side between E CR 130 and S CR 1110. Originally placed in 1966, replaced and rewritten in 2005, marker reported missing 5/19/21 The discovery of oil in the Permian Basin during the 1920s helped sustain the area economy during the Great Depression, and many oil and gas companies ... 3367 Midland Man Courthouse Square, corner of Wall St. & N. Colorado, Midland Oldest human remains in new world. Found 1953 on ranch near here by pipeline welder Keith Glasscock. Fossilized skull, rib and hand bones had been ... 3368 Midland National Bank 500 W. Texas, Midland Organized on August 22, 1902, in Odessa as Odessa National Bank, this institution began with an initial capital of $25, 000. Less than one year later ... 3369 Midland's First House 1017 North Loraine St., Midland Of concrete blocks, 1908. Western Ranch style. Home of Raymond and Edith Lawrence. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.

4777 Site of Early Water Well Near intersection of Missouri Ave. and Baird St. Marker reported missing Dec. 1999. County's first well; dug by hand, 1884, it supplied the entire town. Formerly water had been shipped by rail from Monahans (50 mi. W). Well--6 feet ... 4832 Site of Midland County's First Bank SE corner of S. Main and W. Wall streets First National Bank of Midland. Organized June 16, 1890. First officers were A. W. Hilliard, president; W.H. Cowden, vice president; and W. E. Connell, ... 4854 Site of Old Midland Army Flying School Midland International Air and Space Port, at W entrance to main terminal on E. side of La Force Blvd. Old Sloan Field, built 1931, in 1942 became Midland Army Flying School, for bombardier cadets. At one time it was called largest bombardier training ... 14 Staked Plains 219 W. Main St., Midland First newspaper published in Midland County. Printed in 1885 in frame building once on this site. Copies were hand-set and hand printed at rate of ...

15180 Texas Petroleum in World War II Midland 4002 The Petroleum Building Marker is in the lobby facing the Texas Ave. entrance T. S. Hogan, a Montana attorney, rancher and oilman, came to the Permian Basin in 1925, where he became active in the oil business. He was convinced ... 5935 The Yucca Theatre 208 N. Colorado St. Attracted by Midland's growing economy and the rapid development of the area's petroleum industry, T.S. Hogan announced plans for the construction ...

5664 W. B. Anglin Fairview Cemetery, about 40 feet SE of entrance at N. A St. and Lawson Ave. A member, Company B, Frontier Battalion of Texas Rangers. Killed near here while trailing Comanche Indian raiding party on July 1, 1879. He was buried ... 5665 W. F. Scarborough Home, 802 S. Main St., Midland 1908. Ranch style architecture characteristic of west Texas cattle men. Later enlarged. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.