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Midland County, Texas
Historical Markers in Midland, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 11 Texas historical markers in Midland, in Midland County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Oil Boom, Native History, Strange But True, and Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1965 and 2004. 2 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
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- Midland Countyplaced 1967
(Created and organized, March 1885) First known as the junction of many trails and site of the last Comanche raid into Texas.
- Midland & Northwestern Railroadplaced 1967
Standard gauge 66-mile line built by David Fasken, Sr., to carry cattle, ranch supplies, passengers.
- Midland Countyplaced 1965
Midland County (Created and organized, March 1885) First known as the junction of many trails and site of the last Comanche raid into Texas.
- W. B. Anglinplaced 1967
A member, Company B, Frontier Battalion of Texas Rangers. Killed near here while trailing Comanche Indian raiding party on July 1, 1879.
- George Bush Family Homeplaced 1998
George H. W. Bush, future President of the United States, moved to Texas in 1948 with his wife, Barbara, future First Lady, and their young son…
- John Valentine Pliskaplaced 1970
Mechanical genius who made and flew first locally-owned aircraft. Born in Austria, Pliska came with parents to Texas, and after 1903 followed…
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