Amarillo’s 1887 settlement and early town plans
Historical sketches recount Amarillo’s settlement in spring 1887 near Amarillo Creek with three projected sites by Jenkins, Plemons, and Berry. The Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad shaped the eventual town site southeast of the creek, and Berry’s location near Wild Horse Lake became the county seat after an August 1887 vote.
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Amarillo
Ross Rogers
Fort Worth
Denver City Railroad
Panhandle
Texas
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Canadian River
Denver
Denver City
Amarillo Creek
Plains
Washburn
Jesse Jenkins
Tascosa
W. B. Plemons
J. C. Berry & Company
Abilene
Jenkins
Whitcomb
Plemons
Berry
Jack Hall Ranch
Wild Horse Lake
Bowie
West Fourth
State of
LX Ranch
Oldham
Globe News Carrier Profiles Amarillo Youths Illustrate Future Leaders
Two teens becoming Globe and News carrier-salesmen are featured in brief sketches. Clarence Holt of route 28 near Tyler and Harrison is a junior at Amarillo High and aspires to be a radio technician. John Goodman of route 19 near North Polk aims for radio work or ministry and serves as Hi Y president.
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Amarillo
The
Globe and News
Globe
Clarence Holt
Tyler
Sixth
Thirteenth
Harrison
Fifth
Ninth Avenue
A. G. Sills
West
Clarence
Globe News
John Goodman
North Polk
Harrison, Moore, van Buren
Jackson
Eighth Avenue
John
High School Business Association
Hi-Y
Mose Goodman
North
Grant Street
Loraine
1000 Prizes in Kelvinator Contest Nationwide Offering
More than 1,000 prizes are offered in the Kelvinator Home Contest open to the nation. The top prize is a six room house with modern conveniences, plus two Nash cars, 20 Kelvinator appliances, and 950 cash awards. Entry blanks available at Amarillo Hardware, 807 809 Polk St.
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Kelvinator
Nash
Amarillo
Veteran Cameron Colliery worker dies at home
Henninger began at age nine and spent 71 years at Cameron Colliery. In San Francisco, poker wins legal approval as Attorney General Webb declares it lawful “clean fun” even when played for money, not illegal gambling.
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Henninger
Cameron
San Francisco
U.P
Attorney General
A. &. Webb
Lights Fade as Stage Romance Reaches the End
Daphne and Larry reunite backstage after a performance as she contemplates fame while he urges caution. She pleads for a future together, but he jealously demands a quick marriage, ending with Daphne wiping grease paint away and the curtain falling.
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Bartow Smith T
Opelika, Ala
Dr. Scholl
Simoniz
Bob Crudgington
Fillmore &T
Giao
Williams Hardware Co Co
Peter Rn
Taylor
Globe-News Carrier
Murry Watts
Shamokin
James Henninger
Great Ham Developments
Wilson
News-Globe
Clifton Sayre
Gordon Herzberg
Daphne
Paul
Jennifer
Larry
Larry Smith
Mr and Mrs Smith
LUCKY
Williams
Conoco
Continental
Case Conoco
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