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Amarillo Colonel Thompson Gains National Spotlight
A profile of Col Ernest O Thompson of Amarillo, owner of a local hotel and head of a building firm, highlighting his wartime command as the youngest U S colonel at 26, his publicity footprint, and his ascent from a small Texas town to regional prominence. The piece recounts his upbringing in Amarillo, his father’s business guidance, and early lessons in work and decision making.
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Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo Hotel
Amarillo
Texas
Te Titawmak
American Magazine
Colonel Thompson
Thompson
Globe
Keene Summers
Tretr
Ernest Thompson
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer