Breckenridge Texas Boom Era and Notable Figures
Breckenridge in West Texas rose from a remote trading post to a booming oil town during the early 20th century. The piece recalls bandits near the town, postwar growth, and the impact of the 1919 oil boom, highlighting Breck Walker and C. M. Caldwell who shaped its development with waterworks daily paper and multiple wells.
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Texas
Brecknridge
Breckenridge
Reckonridge
Albany
Ranger
Eastland
United States
America
Breck Walker
C. M. Caldwell
Fairview Social Notes Show Local Visits
Fairview residents report visits from relatives and friends. Fairview Mrs Ma Sprach ing of San Antonio visited her parents the Wilsons Thursday night. Louise Wilson accompanied her home. Gus Hall of Comanche and Earl Hodge of Cotton Grove visited the Wilsons and Sledges. Orb Flanagan and son 8 L visited a sister in San Saba. L W Story and sons spent the weekend with daughter Mrs Williams in Lometa.
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Ma’ Spraching
San Antonio
Homer Wilson
Louise Wilson
Gus Hall
Comanche
E. Boynton
Earl Hodge
Cotton Grove
Wes Sledge
Orb Flanagan
San Saba
L. W
Big Yellow Cat fish tops year’s catches at Trinidad
J W Carter Jr Sheriff Wid Spivey Troy Marshall and Rev E R Gordon spent two days fishing at Trinidad last week and brought back a 44 pound yellow cat. Several locals visited Comanche for weekends with parents and relatives while others headed to Denton Austin Corpus Christi and Cleveland for travel and work. Numerous residents were ill or recovering from surgery and many attended church services and local events.
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J. W. Carter, Jr
Wid Spivey
Troy Marshall
E. R. Gordon
Trinidad
Annie Louise Coleman
Goldthwaite
Thelma Coleman
Lometa
Comanche
M. Coleman
Lewis Evan
Santa Anna
Less Cheatham
Houston
A. B. Lightfoot
Roy Little
Denton
Paul Little
John Huett
Teachers College
D. C. Bailey
Ranger
Jimmie
Weldon Webb
Leo Hoffman
Austin
University of Texas
Harold Hoffman
Hoffman
Gail Scott
T.C.U
G. M. Scott
Jim Boswell
Tyler
Ed Boswell
Quinton Cauley
Daniel Baker College
Sherill Kendrick
Gatesville
W. A. Robertson
E. E. Anthony
Boyd Anthony
Corpus Christi
Rey Box
Miller Hammons
Donna
Jack Moore
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry Farmer
J. R. Card
San Antonio
Marble Falls
Llano
Jesse Barnam
Nancy
Texas
Granite Mountain
Buchanan Dam
J. M. Stewart
Katy
W. W. Harvey
Stewart
Waco
M. A
Will H. Jones
Lena Jones
Rising Star
Tre Hellums
Wilson
Amarillo
Golden Jones
Brownwood
Clyde Dingus
Coleman
D. C. Dingus
Pug McMillen
George S. Clarke
Clarke
Garry Palmer
Laura B. Scudder
Charles Marshall
Schuler Gilliam
Howard Payne College
Clay Frost
Dallas
J. E. Dunn
Fred McClure
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Joe Marshall
Maxine George
Frances Browne
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
J. M. Marshall
Stephensville
Marriages and property notices in Comanche area
Court House News lists marriages recorded for W C Hanon and Freddie O Neal Brewster Dublin Rt 2 Sept 5 1989 Reverend L D Hormburg and others including Wilburn W Martin Alma Alberty and William R Carroll Frances M Boynton and Thomas Edmund Gaines Josephine Guyxendall Estelle Mason Langford Lewis. Birth of Ginger Marie to Calvin M Lively Comanche Rt 3 Aug 19. Deeds show transfers involving Adam R Callison Union Central Life Huey J Rogers Gilbur Guthrie F E House E E McNatt Robert Eaton D A Cogburn and D F Cogburn. County Court cases include W C Stark vs Gulf Colorado Santa Fe Railway Co for damages.
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W. C. Hanon
Freddie O'Neal Brewster
Dublin
L. D. Hormburg
Wilburn W. Martin
Alma Alberty
S. A. George
William R. Carroll
Frances M. Boynton
Gorman
Gordon Barrett
Comanche
Thomas Edmund Gaines
Josephine Guyxendall
Calvin M. Lively
Ginger Marie
Adam R. Callison
Union Central Life Insurance Co
D. H. McFaddin
H. H. Butler
Huey J. Rogers
Swanson Yarberry
Gilbur Guthrie
F. E. House
E. E. McNatt
Robert Eaton
City of
A. E. Cogburn
D. F. Cogburn
N. J. Cogburn Survey
W. C. Stark
Gulf, Colorado Land
Santa Fe Railway Co
Senar
Comanche County School Notes Opens New Term Here
The Texas advisory legislative committee met in the Senate Chamber for the 1939-40 school year with about 300 delegates from across the state. Main issues include transportation aid disputes and bus eligibility within two and a half miles of schools. A second meeting is planned for October, with rulings awaiting guidance from future sessions.
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Legislative Advisory Committee
Senate Chamber
Tin
Texas
Amy
State Teachers’ Association
County Teachers Aim for 100 Percent Association Enrollment
Comanche County teachers discuss boosting Texas State Teachers Association membership from 69 of 165 to a 100 percent target under the Federated Plan of Organization. The article urges schools to join to keep professional standing and support the statewide association.
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Texas State Teachers’ Association
Comanche County
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Nestle
X’s Beauty Shop
Highway 10
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Comanche Gin Co
H. L. Kight
Alka-Seltz Drug Store
Alka-Seltzer
Court House News
Dalton Sharp
Dorothy Croft
Mark Smart
Earlene Hatley
R. B. Pipes
Velma B. Johnson
J. B. Lewis
Mabel James
Brownwood College
Center Ave
Piggly Wiggly
W. H. Thate
Everlite
Plymouth
Vienna
Kraft’s
Mellocure
Fryers
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