Taloga gold rush memory recalled by early settlers
In Taloga Oklahoma residents remember a possible gold rush after Pete and Lizzie Hamm filed a claim in 1899. Dr Yoa kum drilled a 50 foot shaft near the Hamm property and found traces of gold including an assay of eight dollars per ton. The Hamm and later Mrs Quintal believed gold lay on the land and George Berry now owns the site preserving the ghost of a near boom.
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Taloga
Okla
Pete
Lizzie Hamm
Pete Hamm
Alta Vista adds new section to Artesia NM
Artesia gains Alta Vista a new neighborhood after Carper Drilling Co. bought land and built sidewalks gutters and streets. Plans approved by FHA and county, with $133000 estimated for sewer water and public works. About 84 of 130 lots sold and minimum home cost $4000. A 150 by 300 foot tract sold to the school district for a new building. Carper Drilling Co. completed a $200000 office building and works on two more.
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Artesia
N. M
Wns
Alta Vista
Carper Drilling Co
FHA
Atesia
Southwest
Farmers Plan 67 Miles New Roads in Terry County
Brownfield Tex Farmers Plan seventy miles of paved farm to market roads in Terry County to reach Lubbock Odessa Roswell Fort Worth Lamesa and Levelland. The project costs 564000 financed by county bonds and state and Federal funds with 375000 from county for 40 miles and 189000 from state and Federal aid for 27 miles. Work will start once engineers arrive and housing for them is arranged.
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Brownfield
Tex
Terry County
H. R. Winston
Lubbock
Odessa
Roswell
Fort Worth
Lamesa
Levelland
Winston
Woodward Sirloin Fame Tied to Local Cattle Claims
Woodward Oklahoma praise centers on a famed sirloin due to local cattle sources. Industry figures like Phillip Armour note Woodward steers supply the meat, with arguments about range quality and tuberculosis absence shaping the meat's reputation.
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Woodward
Okla
Wns
Phillip Armour
Haute
Sweetwater Veterans Home Builders Plan Low Cost Homes
Sweetwater businessmen form the Sweetwater Home Builders, Inc. to supply veterans and local businessmen with low cost homes priced 3000 to 6000 dollars. The group, sponsored by the Board of City Development, has 37 permits, 3 completed, 6 under construction, funds a revolving 40000 dollar corporation use for construction and financing for GI buyers.
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Sweetwater Home Builders, Inc
Board of City Development
L. A. Wilke
Leland Glass
Lee Ballew
John Cox
L. L. Armor
Harley Sadler
FFA
Gl’s
Potatoes and Cereals Help Save Scarce Wheat
Conservation urged by using potatoes and cereals to replace wheat. A small serving of potatoes can substitute a slice of bread and oat meals can replace two slices. Corn meal is advised for bread griddle cakes and meat stuffing to stretch wheat for overseas aid.
Coleman County Expands Industry in Texas
Coleman County boosts resources with oil gas clays coal and salt while expanding poultry dairy and beef production. A $1.6 million filtration plant lake water supply street paving and other public works are planned for a 7 500 population in a 20 571 county amid growing mills gardens and recreation facilities.
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Coleman, Tex
Wns
Coleman County
Santa Anna
Bead Mountains
Robinson Peak
Sudan
Chains and hard labor mark Nolan County early justice
Sweetwater Texas recalling 1881 county order for convict labor on city improvements. Condemned men faced 10 hours work daily for fines with bread and water, chained to mesquite trees away from people until fines and costs were paid. D. S. Arnold notes two Irishmen chained near the T and P depot in 1882 era.
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Sweetwater
Tex
WNS
Nolan County
West Texas Sun
D. S. Arnold
Commissioners Court
Advice for Good Milk Production
The article notes Texas milk output fluctuates yearly from June onward and recommends supplements such as hay pasture and silage to stabilize production. It suggests one acre of sudan grass per cow for hot weather, one acre of small grain per cow for cold weather, and three to six tons of silage plus one ton of hay per cow, plus cool shade in summer and warm shelter in winter.
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Texas
Peter Cooper and His Groundbreaking Locomotive Feat
Peter Cooper built the first American locomotive and once received 100000 votes in a presidential bid. The milestones highlight Cooper’s influence in early U.S. industry and politics.
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Peter Cooper
America
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Glen Simmons
Hayfever
Littlefield, Texas
Coleman City
Federal Military Post
Camp Colorado
Jim Ned Creek
Coleman
R. C. Crane
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