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Music in Erick

Songs About Erick

Highway Junkie
Chris Knight
8%
"but Roger Miller grabbed the phone"
Must Be My Baby
Guy Clark
6%
"Frankie D. said he got it straight from Roger Miller"

Artists From Erick

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Roger Miller
country
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Sheb Wooley
country

Rivers & Roads in Song near Erick

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Erick.

U.S. Route 66 19 songs Highway I 40 21 songs Red River 88 songs

History of Erick

How the Purple Heart Trail Grew Across Texas RoadyGoat

2005

This highway is part of the Purple Heart Trail, a symbolic trail that runs through all fifty states to honor those killed or wounded in combat while serving in the armed forces. In Texas it started with one road. In two thousand five, the Legislature made the Texas part of Interstate Thirty Five the Texas portion of the national trail, to memorialize servicemembers who received the Purple Heart. The signs were paid for with donations. In twenty eleven, lawmakers added Interstate Forty, Interstate Thirty Seven, part of U.S. Highway Seventy Seven, State Highway One Hundred, and Park Road One Hundred. That stretched the trail from San Antonio to South Padre Island and connected it from New Mexico to Oklahoma. In twenty thirteen, after supporters noted there were no other Purple Heart Trail designations in deep South Texas, Business U.S. Highway Eighty Three in Hidalgo and Cameron Counties joined. In twenty twenty one, State Highway One Ninety Five near Killeen was added to honor recipients in Bell and Williamson counties. State law says the markers go up only as far as donations from local Purple Heart organizations will pay for them. The Purple Heart itself is one of the nation's oldest military medals, awarded to service members wounded or killed in combat.

RoadyGoat → · 18.2 mi away

Greer County, Texas

1846

(To the east, in present Oklahoma) Created 1860; until 1896, one of largest counties in Texas. Organized at Old Mobeetie, northwest of here. In 1880s settlement was rapid; by 1892 nearly 2,500 pupils were in county's schools. A post office, jail and many houses were built, and over 60,000 cattle grazed the 3,480 square miles of the county's area. But for a half-century (1846-1896) the United States and Texas waged a heated dispute over Greer County. Controversy had origin in an 1819 treaty fixing the line between United States and Spanish territory. A map designating the Red River and 100th meridian as boundary lines was part of treaty; but map aroused dispute, for it incorrectly marked 100th meridian and showed only one fork of two-forked Red River. Texas claimed the North Fork and meridian shown on map defined territory, and legislation and occupancy by Texans decided sovereignty. United States contended South Fork (larger of the two) and true 100th meridian marked boundaries. Three joint survey commissions failed to settle the issue. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1896 ruled that the region was in 1819 part of the Union and thus, was actually part of Oklahoma. Named for John A. Greer, senator, secretary of state, Republic of Texas; lieutenant governor, 1847-1853. (1967)

Historical Marker → · 9.5 mi away

Center Cemetery

1906

In 1906, D. M. Pollard bought the south half of section 30, block A-7 of the H&GN survey and lived in a dugout. Near his homesite, the center school opened in 1909. The school also hosted church services, and the Center Cemetery was dedicated on the adjoining property to the west. The oldest marked grave, for B. F. Matthews, dates from March 1909. A survey recorded 34 marked graves with 13 marked unknown. There are indications of additional unmarked graves. Elisha Powell (Civil War) and Alvin David Fellingham (World War II) are two known military veterans interred here. Descendants of D. M. Pollard still own land around the cemetery, which reflects hardships faced by settlers of the Texas Panhandle. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2011

Historical Marker → · 18.6 mi away

Things to Do in Erick

quirky 21.2 mi away
The Blarney Stone with an Armed Escort

In 1959 Shamrock Texas somehow convinced Ireland to send them a genuine chunk of the Blarney Stone from Blarney Castle in County Cork. The story goes that it…
quirky 21.5 mi away
The Gas Station That Became a Movie Star

In 1936 a wild Art Deco gas station went up at the crossroads of Route 66 and Highway 83 in Shamrock Texas. The U-Drop Inn had two flared towers glazed ceramic…
historical 21.2 mi away
When Route 66 Was Shamrocks Lifeline

In the 1920s and 1930s Route 66 brought a river of travelers right through the heart of Shamrock Texas. The town boomed to nearly 4000 people by 1930 with…
quirky 21.2 mi away
An Irish Festival in the Texas Panhandle

Every March the tiny town of Shamrock Texas throws one of the biggest St Patricks Day celebrations in the Southwest. It started in 1938 when the town…
historical 21.2 mi away
The Dugout Post Office That Burned

The name Shamrock first appeared in 1890 when an Irish immigrant sheep rancher named George Nickel applied to open a post office at his dugout home six miles…
historical 21.2 mi away
The Irish Rancher Who Started It All

Shamrocks Irish identity goes deeper than a holiday celebration. The town was shaped by Irish immigrants like George Nickel who came to the Panhandle in the…
quirky 21.3 mi away
The Panhandles Hidden Gas

Most people know the Texas Panhandle for oil and cattle but beneath Wheeler County and its neighbors sits something rarer. In the 1920s scientists analyzing…
historical 21.3 mi away
The Hotel That Became a Museum

The Reynolds Hotel was completed in 1928 right at the peak of Shamrocks oil boom and Route 66 heyday. For nearly fifty years it housed weary travelers making…

Everything Near Erick

17 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Miller, Roger · 0.2 mi · Eohc

    You're driving through Erick, Oklahoma, the childhood home of country music legend Roger Miller! Born in Texas in 1936, Miller moved here as a boy. It was local musician Sheb Wooley, who also taught him guitar, who…

  • Wooley, Shelby · 0.2 mi · Eohc

    You're driving past Erick, Oklahoma, right on historic Route 66. This is the birthplace of Sheb Wooley, a true Oklahoma original who brought us the "Purple People Eater." Born in 1921, Wooley got his start right here,…

  • Great Spanish Road · 0.2 mi · Eohc

    You're driving through southwestern Oklahoma right now, near Erick, and you're crossing a piece of history! Back in the 1600s and early 1700s, Spanish explorers blazed the first known trail in Oklahoma. They called it…

  • Erick · 0.2 mi · Eohc

    You're driving through Erick, right on the edge of Beckham County. This town owes its name to Beeks Erick, the developer who helped it get started. It all began with a post office called Dennis in 1900, but it was…

  • Magnolia Service Station · 6.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Get your kicks on Route 66 at this vintage Magnolia Service Station, a relic of the Mother Road's heyday. Built around 1930, this Magnolia station in Texola, Oklahoma, was a welcome sight for drivers heading east. As…

  • Texola · 7.0 mi · Eohc

    You're driving past Texola, right on the Oklahoma-Texas border. This little town started life with a few names, like Texokla and Texoma, before settling on Texola when its post office opened in 1901. It grew with the…

  • Greer County, Texas · 9.5 mi · Historical Marker

    (To the east, in present Oklahoma) Created 1860; until 1896, one of largest counties in Texas. Organized at Old Mobeetie, northwest of here. In 1880s settlement was rapid; by 1892 nearly 2,500 pupils were in county's…

  • Natural Gas · 10.9 mi · Eohc

    Right now, you're driving through Beckham County, Oklahoma, an area that's seen some of the deepest drilling in the world. Back in the early 1980s, this was the site of the Lone Star Bertha Rogers well, the deepest…

  • Route 66 Bridge over the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railroad · 13.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Get ready to drive over a real piece of Americana! This bridge carried countless travelers along the legendary Route 66. Built in 1932, the Route 66 Bridge in Wheeler County was a vital link, carrying traffic over the…

  • Sayre Champlin Service Station · 14.0 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over here, you won't want to miss this. This beautifully restored Champlin Service Station is a time capsule from the golden age of Route 66. Built in 1934, this station replaced an older one, becoming a vital stop…

  • 'Early Triumph' Wheat · 14.7 mi · Eohc

    Right here in Oklahoma, you're driving past the birthplace of a grain that changed America's bread basket forever! In the 1920s, near Sayre, a self-educated farmer named Joseph Danne cross-bred wheat varieties from…

  • McColgin, Amelia Elizabeth Simpson · 14.7 mi · Eohc

    You're driving through Roger Mills County, and right here is where Amelia "Bessie" McColgin made history. She came to Oklahoma Territory in 1901, eventually settling here and becoming a teacher and postmaster. But in…

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  • Beckham County · 14.7 mi · Eohc

    You're driving through Beckham County, Oklahoma, established way back in 1907. But this land has a much deeper history. Imagine American Indian hunters here between 200 BC and 500 AD, using tools to butcher bison.…

  • Benton, Joseph Horace · 14.7 mi · Eohc

    Right here in Sayre, Oklahoma, you're passing through the childhood stomping grounds of a man who went from a small Oklahoma town to the grand opera stages of Europe and America. Joseph Benton, who later called himself…

  • Sayre · 14.7 mi · Eohc

    You're driving past Sayre, Oklahoma, right now! This town owes its existence to the railroad, specifically the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad. It was officially incorporated in 1901, named for a railroad…

  • How the Purple Heart Trail Grew Across Texas · 18.2 mi

    This highway is part of the Purple Heart Trail, a symbolic trail that runs through all fifty states to honor those killed or wounded in combat while serving in the armed forces. In Texas it started with one road. In two…

  • Center Cemetery · 18.6 mi · Historical Marker

    In 1906, D. M. Pollard bought the south half of section 30, block A-7 of the H&GN survey and lived in a dugout. Near his homesite, the center school opened in 1909. The school also hosted church services, and the Center…

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