Our Newer Citizens And the Legend of Panhandle Markers
The piece notes cross markers at Mesa Mecca Palo Duro State Park misread as grave markers for famous outlaws. It cites John McCarty Park concessionaire about Billy the Kid and his gang wintering in 1878 79, the Easter marker effort by San Jacinto Baptist Church, and Panhandle connections to Jim East Pat Garrett. It also lists social notices and community items such as visits, moves, birthdays, and military notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa Mecca
Palo Duro State Park
John McCarty
Billy the Kid
Panhandle
San Jacinto
McCarty
Jim East
Pat Garrett
East
Tascosa
Garrett
Mobeetie
Palo Duro Canyon
W. W. O'Neil
Buchanan
John Gamble
Lubbock
Esther Dellis
T. J. Dellis
Taylor
J. J. Johnston
Nolan Dellis
Fritch
Noland
Littlefield
Clarida
James E. Mashburn
Jackson
Leiva Lyons
Miami
Sherman Packer
Broadmoor
W. L. Riddle
T. M. Brady
North Roberts
Tex Ketzel
Gay
E. R. Fowler
West
Stella Manley
McKenzie
Grady Davis
Alma Jo Davis
Fillmroe
Chunchon
Korea
Japan
Davis
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Gwyn
Typographical Union No
Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Wichita Falls
University of the South
Sewanee, Tenn
Kappa Sigma
John Westlake
Graham
Maine
Venezuela
New York
Georgia
California
W. L. Crane
Springfield
Edith Fowler
West Nineteenth
Shreveport
H. J. Bruckner
al Crouch
van Buren
Louisana
Trailways
Summit School
Homer Duvall
Gerald Brown
Memphis
Los Angeles
Cal
Trailway
Lillie Belle McClure
Janet Dodson
Gayle Hardin
L. W. Slyoneker
Edith Thomas
Annelda Hamm
J. Verne Nelson
Austin
Dallas
Elaine
Texas University At Austin
W. R. Irwin
Harrison
Thornton Blanchard
W. Thirteenth
Oklahoma University
Wendell Swearingen
Ida Mae
Travis
C. L. King
Kings
R. L. Miles
Atlanta
Tex
Miles
King
Fort Worth
Ralph T. Price
Y. E. Nelson
Cheryl
Arizona
Jack W. Steele
Monroe
Phoenix
Ariz
M. J. Traffas
Paula
San Antonio
Neom
Nell Southern
Lester Shaver
Pierce
Colorado
H. B. Davis
Fillmore
Leslie Smith
Lera Stewart
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Jack C. Melton
West North
Mississippi
Melton
Stewart
Ernestine Robertson
Tyler
Northwest Texas Hospital
Lloyd Robertson
Cleveland
Garland Lee Schmer
Fritz Schmer
W-st
Ninth
Etc
Linda Jean Grimes
Jack Grimes
North Hayes
H. Kidd
F. S. Harklewood
O. H. Carnahan
Newton
Iowa
Mark Sleepman
Leslie
West Ninth
Carnahan
Walter Ladd
Sleeman
Phil Zimmerman, Sr
Topeka
Kan
Phil Zimmerman
Buddy Cobb
Midland
C. G. Stinson
Polk
H. P. Cobb
T. E. Lewis
Phillips
Lewis
L. J. Allen
North Palo Duro
Jed S. Clarida
Floyd Nicholson
179Th Infantry Regiment
Oklahoma National Guard
Hokkaido
T. H. Rodgers
North Hill
el Paso
United Daughters of the Confederacy
F. M. Moore
Nelson
Moore
Raymond Johnson
G. W. Johnson
Wheeler
H. L. Adkins
Hughes
Down Harris
Fort Smith
Ark
St. Luke Hospital
Kansas City
Carl Etling
Sherrie
Boise City
Okla
Roger Etling
Bob Foster
Boxwell Brothers
iChat Amarillo—Dumas Perry Ton
Spearman
Pampa
University of Texas
Jaynet Catterson
Bonham
Irving H. Nelson
Crockett
Mary Winsett
Betty Jackson
Louis Kardos
Arlington
Alabama
Kardos
Southwestern Public Service Company
Harold D. Garrett
Duncan Drive
White & Kirk
C. C. Lomas
Jacqueline
Sunray
A. H. Kress
Ploydada
Rice
Leon Burris
McLean
Grady Thompson
Guymon
John L. Witt
Groom
Oceanside
EF. L. Braxtons
William F. Dillons
Bangor
Iowa Park
Ernest Escamella
C. C. Jones
Escamellas
Highway 287
Jones
Booneville
Ind
Leo Krener
Pittsburgh
James B. Lipscomb
Line
James E. Robinson
Jack K. Veazey
Cline
Childress
Marjory Curtis
North Johnson
Katherine Metcalf
Margaret Felsinger
Berger
Business and Professional Women
Frank A. White
White
The
Water and Light Company
Leavenworth
Texas Power & Light Co
Palestine
Sweetwater
W. L
Bill) Walker
Higginbotham-Bailey Co
Letha Northup
A. Tibbets
Snyder
Joe ‘Thomas
North
Boston
Jack Scarborough
Oklahoma City
W. F. Myers
Homer Scarborough
Parker
Evelyn Gathright
Joe Benham
Texas
Scholastic
C. N. Dalrymple
Shamrock
Ralph Dalrymple
West Texas
Alta Mae McDonald
Oley Dalrymple
Ili
Ivy E. McNabb
West Third
Eldora Potter
J. F. Gober
Tanya Lynn
US Army Air Force
U.S
Obes McNaught Syndicate
Ina
Vance Dame
Lesso
Pine
Louise
Eeac
Rio
Dac
Mrs. Vance
Willie
Rez
Siee News Co
Little Beaver
Phil
Quack
Dam Ory
Beery
Prescription Shop
Santa Fe
Lom Lee
Longines, Hamilton and
Bulova Repair
Heath
T FurnIture CO
Heath's
Plainview
Clarendon
Gollum
Parte
Johnson-Price
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