New Home, Texas

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Water from Below the Plains RoadyGoat

As you look out at the vast, green fields surrounding New Home, you might wonder how they thrive in this dry West Texas climate. The answer lies in a massive feat of natural engineering and human technology. Beneath you is the Ogallala Aquifer, a huge underground reservoir of water trapped in layers of sand and gravel. For decades, this has been the lifeblood of High Plains agriculture. Starting in the mid-20th century, farmers began using powerful pumps and center-pivot irrigation systems—those long, wheeled sprinklers you may see—to draw this ancient water to the surface. This technology transformed the region into one of the world's top cotton producers. However, this resource is finite. The water is being pumped out far faster than it can be replenished by rainfall. The story of New Home's future is a STEM story, a race to develop more efficient irrigation and drought-resistant crops to sustain its economy on a dwindling water supply.

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Once part of the Deuce of Hearts Ranch, the community now known as New Home began to take shape in the 1890s when a portion of the ranch was opened for settlement. Initially called Deuce of Hearts, the name was later changed to New Home. Farming in the area started between 1905 and 1910, and by the 1930s, a distinct community had formed. The economy of New Home has always been closely linked to cotton production and ginning, with the New Home Co-op Gin processing 12,000 bales of cotton in 1985.

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The economy of New Home has always been closely linked to cotton production and ginning. In 1985, the New Home Co-op Gin processed 12,000 bales of cotton, highlighting the importance of this industry to the community.

Balch, Arthur Chester [Ace Ball]

1922

Ace Ball, country musician, stage entertainer, and radio personality, was born Arthur Chester Balch in the New Home community of Lynn County, Texas, on January 13, 1922, the son of Chester Arthur and Eunice (DePriest) Balch. He was given a guitar at the age of eleven and set his sights on becoming a professional. After high school, he worked for a brief time as a land surveyor for Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in Lubbock, and in the closing months of World War II served in the United States Navy. Upon discharge, he worked with dance bands in New Mexico and West Texas. In 1952 Balch began what would become a decades-long career in radio, serving in various capacities as performer, announcer, deejay, and engineer. The following year, he signed a contract with OKeh Records, Columbia’s budget label, and was billed as “Ace Ball.” Although his contract with OKeh was not renewed after eight sides, he continued to record regularly for many independent labels in Nashville and elsewhere through the years, including Caprock Records out of Big Spring, Texas, and his own Ace-Hi Records. Like many other youngsters attempting to break into the recording business at the time, he faced stiff competition, and other musicians who knew him attributed the easy-going Balch’s failure to attract less than a national audience to the fact that he too readily deferred to what he thought record executives and show producers wanted, rather than pursuing his own unique style and selection of material. An even more detrimental factor was bad timing: Balch’s attempt to become a country music recording artist ran straight into the rising tide of rock-and-roll , which all but submerged country music for a time in the 1950s and early 1960s. In the meantime, however, Balch gained increasing popularity as a broadcaster. Between 1952 and the 1970s, he was heard on no fewer than eleven radio stations—stretching from Clovis, New Mexico, to Dayton, Ohio—while also performing on several television broadcasts. He made at least two appearances on the Grand Ole Opry , one segment of which included Carl Smith, George Morgan, Goldie Hill , and Grandpa Jones. He was also on the All-Star Country Roadshow , broadcast over WBAP , Fort Worth, became a regular on KFDA-TV’s Downtown Jamboree in Amarillo, and played some of the more prominent country shows across the nation, including Louisiana Hayride on KWKH, Shreveport; the West Coast’s premier Town Hall Party in Compton, California, which aired on KFI and KTTV-TV, Los Angeles; and Dallas’s Big D Jamboree and Saturday Night Shindig , both on WFAA , with a segment of the latter carried on the CBS radio network. As a deejay on Dave Stone ’s KDAV in Lubbock, considered the nation’s first full-time country station, he was instrumental in the careers of such locals as Waylon Jennings , Sonny Curtis, Buddy Holly , and Roy Orbison . One of the more fortuitous events in Balch’s life was his meeting with seventeen-year-old Dorothy Stark while he was working at KCLV in Clovis, New Mexico, in 1952. Stark had been singing and playing guitar since childhood and had already appeared on the Big D Jamboree , broadcast on WFAA in Dallas. Returning to her home in Clovis, she heard about a proposed stage show and called the radio station for information. She was referred to Balch, who told her the show was only a rumor but invited her to bring her guitar to the station and appear on his program. Consequently, she became a once-a-week feature on the show, and the two of them, clearly attracted, began to date occasionally. Stark’s father, however, was a deputy sheriff and quite strict; he frowned on the fourteen-year age difference between his daughter and her mentor. That situation seemed resolved when Stark’s family moved across the state to Deming, New Mexico. But the two maintained a long-distance romance until finally, on June 27, 1954, they were married. Soon, as “Ace and Dottie Ball,” they began a musical duo, a bus

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Ramsey, Kenneth Melvin [Buck]

1938

Kenneth Melvin Ramsey, cowboy poet and singer, was born on January 9, 1938, at New Home, Texas. He was the son of David Melvin and Pearl Lee (Williams) Ramsey. David Ramsey nicknamed his son Buckskin Tarbox when he was born, and he always went by the name of Buck. As a child, Ramsey attended a two-room schoolhouse in Middlewell, Texas. He came from a musical family and grew up singing four-part harmony in the Primitive Baptist Church. He also attended shape-note singing schools. Buck was born with perfect pitch. He sang in the school choirs, and his music teachers used him as their tuning fork all through his school days. By the time he was in high school, he was singing with a band called the Sandie Swingsters. Ramsey graduated from Amarillo High School in 1956 and entered Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University). He soon left school, traveled the United States, and worked in California and New York. In 1958 he returned to Texas and entered West Texas State College (now West Texas A&M University) at Canyon. During this time he started seriously cowboying and punched cattle around the Panhandle. He continued the cowboy life until the early 1960s, when injuries sustained in a riding accident left him paralyzed from the waist down and bound to a wheelchair. In the 1960s he worked as a newspaper reporter for the Amarillo Globe–News . He made an unsuccessful bid for the state legislature in the Democratic primary in 1974. Over the years Ramsey cultivated his talent as a poet and musician. Through his writings and music he chronicled cowboy culture and eventually garnered a national reputation for preserving the traditions and lore of the cowboy life. Ramsey began resurrecting the old ranching and trail songs, performing and recording his versions to catalog them for posterity, and critics and colleagues regarded his contemporary cowboy poetry as some of the best in that genre. His recordings of the traditional cowboy songs "Rolling Uphill from Texas" (1992) and "My Home It Was in Texas" (1994) each won Western Heritage Wrangler Awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 1993 his epic poem, As I Rode Out on the Morning , was published by Texas Tech University Press. The prologue, "Anthem," was highly acclaimed. Ramsey's awards and achievements included a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1995, Lifetime Achievement and Best Poetry Book awards from the Academy of Western Artists in 1996, and the Golden Spur Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1997. His performances of cowboy poetry and songs were featured at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington and at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum in Los Angeles. In the late 1990s Ramsey began recording more than 150 traditional cowboy songs in an effort to preserve them. He died in Amarillo on January 3, 1998. He was survived by Bette Cave Ramsey, his wife of thirty-five years, and a daughter. In 2002 the Academy of Western Artists named their annual poetry book award the Buck Ramsey Award in his honor. Hittin' the Trail , a two-CD set of Ramsey's recordings, was released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in 2003. This work won the 2004 Western Heritage Wrangler Award.

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New Home, TX (Lynn County)

1890

New Home is at the intersection of Farm roads 211 and 1730, six miles west of U.S. Highway 87 in north central Lynn County. The tiny agricultural community was originally a part of the Deuce of Hearts Ranch, which was opened for settlement in the 1890s, and the settlement evolved very slowly during the first part of the twentieth century. At first the community was known as Deuce of Hearts (or Minor), but when a church was built, a new name seemed in order. L. G. DePriest suggested New Home because all the homes were new to their occupants, even though some were dugouts . Farming began in the area between 1905 and 1910, and an identifiable community had coalesced there by the 1930s. New Home registered a population of 10 in 1930, then grew to 200 by 1940, 252 by 1970, and 274 by 1980. Incorporation of the town in 1963 facilitated more accurate population figures. In the 1980s the community had several businesses, and in 1985 the New Home Co-op Gin processed 12,000 bales of cotton; at that time the economy of New Home was closely linked to cotton production and ginning. While the population had dropped to 175 in 1990, in 2000 the town was growing again, with 320 inhabitants and twenty-two businesses.

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Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park

1963

In 1963, George Assiter (1920-2006) purchased ten acres to develop as a cemetery with individually named gardens (sections A-F). Peaceful Gardens has grown to over 23 acres and nearly 13,000 interments. Since the beginning, the cemetery emphasized a park-like atmosphere, evident in the landscaping of trees, flowers and shrubs. Additionally, the cemetery’s grave markers were all flat, with no upright monuments. The first burials were Patsy Mojica (1933-1963) and her daughter Tammy (1962-1963), who were involved in a tragic car accident. The cemetery has been expanded to the west several times. The chapel, built in 1970, includes an underground mausoleum, one of the first of its kind in the area.
 The cemetery hosts a number of distinctive features. Section L offers lots that accommodate those who practice Islamic burial rituals. Several artistic decorations are present throughout. In 1967, the cemetery opened a pet cemetery, which is the final resting place of more than 1,700 dogs, cats, birds, snakes and one pony. 
 Burials include veterans of every major U.S. Conflict since World War I. Many grave markers have iconography that denote membership in a fraternal order. The masonic garden is denoted with a granite altar statue, but mason burials appear throughout the cemetery, along with Shriners and eastern star members. Well-known persons buried here include noted restauranteur and music patron, Christopher B. “Stubb” Stubblefield (1931-1995), and professional baseball player, Donnie Moore (1954-1989). Historic Texas Cemetery - 2022

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Spanish Explorers' Route

1629

A prehistoric road discovered and used by Indians, Spaniards, United States Army units, and cattle drovers. It crossed the Llano Estacado from Gholson Spring (7 mi. E. of present-day Slaton), to Tahoka Lake (3 mi. S. of Wilson), then to Tobacco Creek, Big Spring, and the North Concho. Here passed many 17th century Spanish visitors: Father Salas, coming from New Mexico in 1629 on pleas of Jumano Indians to preach to them; Captains Hernan Martin and Diego del Castillo, exploring in 1650; Captain Diego de Guadalajara, seeking pearls and other treasure, in 1654. Incise on back: Historian - Dr. W. C. Holden Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967

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Lynn County

1500

Created 1876 from Bexar Territory. Name honors G. W. Lynn, "One of those who baptized the altar of Texas with life blood at the Alamo". Tahoka Lake and Double Lakes Springs were watering places on Indian, Spanish, U. S. Army and cattle-driving trails. This was home land of nomadic Indians; visited by Spaniards, 1500s-1800s; used by New Mexicans grazing large herds of sheep in 1860s; site of last great buffalo hunts and the U. S. Cavalry's drive against Comanches, 1874-1877. Last cowboy-Indian skirmish occurred 1879 at Double Lakes. Earliest open-range cattlemen settled here in 1880s. First schools, Lynn and T-Bar, opened in 1902. In April 1903, county was organized, with Tahoka as county seat. The first officials: M. L. Elliott, county judge; S. N. McDaniel, county and district clerk; C. H. Doak, sheriff and tax assessor; W. E. Porterfield, surveyor; J. E. Ketner, H. E. Baldridge, B. Humphries, and W. T. Petty, commissioners. The Santa Fe Railroad built to this point in 1910. This has since become a major agricultural area, ranking among top ten cotton counties in Texas-- and one of the top twenty in the United States. (1970)

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Things to Do in New Home

historical 18.1 mi away

Buddy Holly Center

Lubbock was a dusty cotton town when a skinny kid named Charles Hardin Holley picked up a guitar in the nineteen fifties and figured out how to make rock and…

historical 17.9 mi away

Buddy Holly Center

Museum dedicated to Lubbock's most famous son. The day the music died.

quirky 12.5 mi away

Ozymandias On The Plains

A pair of giant legs — and nothing else — standing in a Lubbock field. Shelley's poem made real.

Sports in New Home

🏆 STATE CHAMPIONS Class 2A Division I · Baseball · 2026

New Home Leopards — 2026 UIL Class 2A Division I State Champions

def. Iola 7–2 · Dell Diamond, Round Rock · June 4, 2026

South of Lubbock in Lynn County, New Home finally got the one that got away. A year after falling to Centerville in the 2025 2A Division I final, the Leopards came back and finished the job — beating Iola 7–2 for the first baseball state championship in program history, in the school's sixth trip to the state tournament. Final record: 30–8.

They needed only one inning to seize it. New Home erupted for five runs in the first, MVP Bransen Beckham's two-run double the big blow — the third baseman went 3-for-3 with four RBI. From there the arms took over: Tucker Cotton held Iola to two runs on three hits over four innings, and Avin Madrid slammed the door with three innings of one-hit relief. The Leopards had punched their ticket to Round Rock by surviving No. 1 Tom Bean 18–6 in a Game 3 slugfest.

Final

New Home 7, Iola 2

Record

30–8

Title

1st in program history

MVP

Bransen Beckham

Key Players

Bransen Beckham — MVP — 3B; 3-for-3, 4 RBI; two-run double sparked the 5-run first
Tucker Cotton — Starter — 4 IP, 2 R, 3 H
Avin Madrid — 3 IP, 1 H in relief to close it out

The moment

A five-run first inning — capped by Beckham's two-run double — and the Leopards never trailed, finishing a redemption run a year after losing the 2025 final.

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Everything Near New Home

204 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the nearest 200 are listed here — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

Water from Below the Plains
As you look out at the vast, green fields surrounding New Home, you might wonder how they thrive in this dry West Texas climate. The answer lies in a massive feat of natural engineering and human technology. Beneath you…
New Home, TX
Once part of the Deuce of Hearts Ranch, the community now known as New Home began to take shape in the 1890s when a portion of the ranch was opened for settlement. Initially called Deuce of Hearts, the name was later…
Balch, Arthur Chester [Ace Ball] · Tsha Handbook
Ace Ball, country musician, stage entertainer, and radio personality, was born Arthur Chester Balch in the New Home community of Lynn County, Texas, on January 13, 1922, the son of Chester Arthur and Eunice (DePriest)…
Ramsey, Kenneth Melvin [Buck] · Tsha Handbook
Kenneth Melvin Ramsey, cowboy poet and singer, was born on January 9, 1938, at New Home, Texas. He was the son of David Melvin and Pearl Lee (Williams) Ramsey. David Ramsey nicknamed his son Buckskin Tarbox when he was…
New Home, TX (Lynn County) · Tsha Handbook
New Home is at the intersection of Farm roads 211 and 1730, six miles west of U.S. Highway 87 in north central Lynn County. The tiny agricultural community was originally a part of the Deuce of Hearts Ranch, which was…
New Home Leopards — 2A DI State Champions 2026 (Bransen Beckham MVP) · 0.2 mi
New Home High School (New Home, TX — Lynn County, south of Lubbock) won the 2026 UIL Class 2A Division I state baseball championship. Third baseman Bransen Beckham was named the championship MVP, going 3-for-3 with a…
Texas HS Baseball Playoff Hits 2026: New Home (New Home) · 0.2 mi
New Home, TX placed on the Texas high school baseball PLAYOFF HITS leaderboard for the 2026 postseason: Hunter Burrell (20 hits, #1 in TX); Tucker Cotton (17 hits, #8 in TX); Ryder Starkey (16 hits, #15 in TX).
Texas HS Baseball Playoff Leaders 2026: New Home (New Home) · 0.2 mi
New Home, TX placed on the 2026 Texas high school baseball PLAYOFF leaderboards (H=hits, HR=home runs, RBI, R=runs, SB=steals, K=strikeouts, H/IP=hits per inning): Hunter Burrell — 20 H (#1), 16 R (#11), 13 RBI (#14);…
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park · 9.5 mi · Historical Marker
In 1963, George Assiter (1920-2006) purchased ten acres to develop as a cemetery with individually named gardens (sections A-F). Peaceful Gardens has grown to over 23 acres and nearly 13,000 interments. Since the…
Green Memorial Park Cemetery · 10.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Green Memorial Park Cemetery, established around 1906 as part of the farming community of Wilson. Though the founder, William Green, never lived here, his cousin Lonnie Lumsden did, becoming a key…
Cotton, Tech, and the Ogallala · 10.3 mi
The green circles of crops you see from above and the lush fields surrounding Tahoka represent a massive agricultural engineering feat. Early farming here was a gamble called 'dryland farming,' entirely dependent on…
The Lake That Named the Town · 10.3 mi
Just northeast of town lies Tahoka Lake, the geographical feature that gave this place its name and its reason for being. This isn't a man-made reservoir; it's a natural, spring-fed alkali lake, the kind of shallow…

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The Iron Horse Arrives · 10.3 mi
Listen for a moment. You might not hear it now, but for decades, the most important sound in Tahoka was a train whistle. The town was founded in 1903, but its future was far from certain until 1910. That's when the…
Spanish Explorers' Route · 10.5 mi · Historical Marker
A prehistoric road discovered and used by Indians, Spaniards, United States Army units, and cattle drovers. It crossed the Llano Estacado from Gholson Spring (7 mi. E. of present-day Slaton), to Tahoka Lake (3 mi. S. of…
Site of Mackenzie Cavalry Camp · 10.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through West Texas, and right around here, Colonel Ranald Mackenzie and his U.S. 4th Cavalry troops were caught in a brutal snowstorm back on December 4th, 1874. They spent the night stranded with no…
Wilson, TX · 10.6 mi
The town was established in 1912, founded in anticipation of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway laying tracks through the area. The railway company was a major subsidiary operating across Texas, including lines through…
Wilson Mercantile Company · 10.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Wilson Mercantile Company, the building that served as the nucleus for this town. Founded in 1910 by William Green, this mercantile store was replaced in 1917 by the very building you see today.…
The Staked Plains Horror of 1877 · 11.3 mi
In July 1877, Captain Nicholas Nolan led 63 Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry out of Fort Concho to chase Comanche raiders onto the Llano Estacado. It was a drought year, and the Staked Plains were as dry as they had…
Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 in Lynn County · 11.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lynn County, where a harrowing ordeal unfolded for Buffalo Soldiers in the summer of 1877. African-American troops of the 10th Cavalry were pursuing a Comanche party when they were led away from…
Circles of Green in a Dry Land · 11.5 mi
As you drive around Wilson, look out at the fields. You might see giant metal sprinklers, some a quarter-mile long, slowly pivoting around a central point. These are center-pivot irrigation systems, and they are the…
Enemies and Allies in the Cotton Fields · 11.5 mi
The cotton fields around Wilson hold a surprising link to global history. During World War II, with American men fighting overseas, a severe labor shortage threatened the nation's farms. The solution here in West Texas…
Wilson, TX · 11.5 mi
The 'Green Building', constructed in 1917 by William Green, is a notable landmark in Wilson. It originally housed a mercantile store and later became the city hall and historical museum after its renovation in 1963. The…
The Fight for the Mustangs · 11.5 mi
In a small Texas town the school isn't just where the kids go. It's the thing holding the town together. Wilson is the proof. The town was laid out in 1912 by William Dickson Green of Shiner and Lonnie Lumsden, and the…
Nolan Expedition [1877] · 11.6 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, perhaps near Lynn County, where in the summer of 1877, a desperate chase unfolded. It started with buffalo hunters pursuing Comanche raiders who'd stolen their stock. They teamed up…
Tahoka · 12.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Tahoka, a town born from a 1902 meeting around a bonfire. Over a hundred people gathered to name this place, meaning 'fresh water' in an Indian tongue, and plan for county organization. By 1915,…
Ozymandias On The Plains · 12.5 mi · Things to Do
A pair of giant legs — and nothing else — standing in a Lubbock field. Shelley's poem made real.
Lynn County · 12.6 mi · Historical Marker
Created 1876 from Bexar Territory. Name honors G. W. Lynn, "One of those who baptized the altar of Texas with life blood at the Alamo". Tahoka Lake and Double Lakes Springs were watering places on Indian, Spanish, U. S.…
Organized in 1903, seat Tahoka · 13.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lynn County, Texas. This county was formed from parts of Young and Bexar territories, officially created on August 21st, 1876. It was finally organized on April 15th, 1903, with Tahoka chosen as…
Lynn County · 13.0 mi · Historical Marker
Formed from Young and Bexar territories; created August 21, 1876; organized April 15, 1903. Tahoka, county seat. (1936)
Lynn County · 13.1 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lynn County, a place that was once the domain of the Comanche. By the 1870s, the U.S. Army was pushing them out. In 1874, Colonel Mackenzie attacked a Comanche encampment near Double Lakes, right…
Lynn County Courthouse · 13.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Tahoka, the county seat of Lynn County, which organized way back in 1903. The courthouse you see was built after citizens approved a bond in July 1915. Designed by William M. Rice and built by…
Wolfforth, TX · 13.6 mi
Wolfforth's story is intertwined with the land itself, and the grit of the people who worked it. You can still feel that connection walking around – the dry air, a consequence of our altitude on the high plains,…
Wolfforth, TX · 13.7 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Wolfforth, a town that owes its existence to the railroad. It was established in 1916 and named for brothers George and Eastin Wolffarth, early ranchers in this area. But right from the start,…
Murfee, Miss Mae · 14.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here is a marker for Miss Mae Murfee, a true pioneer of education in this city. Born in 1888, she started teaching in Lubbock County back in 1905. She didn't just teach; she…
Ropesville Resettlement Project · 15.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a New Deal experiment in West Texas. During the Great Depression, the Ropesville Resettlement Program used federal money to build homes and farms for 77 families who settled here starting…
Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Ropes (Ropesville) · 15.2 mi
Ropes (Ropesville, TX) placed on the 2A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Kade Franklin (3 HR); Ryland Keith (2 HR); Maddux Sierra (0.486 avg, 1 HR).
Texas HS Baseball Playoff Leaders 2026: Ropes (Ropesville) · 15.2 mi
Ropes (Ropesville) put 4 players on the statewide leaderboards of the 2026 Texas high school baseball playoffs. Elijah Flores had the 3rd-fewest hits allowed per inning in the state. Cutter Stumbo had the 19th-fewest…
Terry County · 15.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Terry County, formed in the late 1800s from vast Texas territories. It's named for Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry, a key leader of the legendary Terry's Texas Rangers. Colonel Terry died in 1861,…
Ropesville, TX · 15.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Hockley County, and right here is Ropesville, a town with a name born from cowboy ingenuity. Back in the early 1900s, when the Spade Ranch opened up for homesteaders, cowboys needed corrals to…
Primrose, TX (Hockley County) · 15.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Hockley County, and right here, in what's now Ropesville, you're passing through the echoes of a frontier struggle. Back in 1902, this land was opened for homesteading, attracting families like…
A Lesson in Frenship · 15.5 mi
A huge part of Wolfforth's identity is its school district: Frenship ISD. So where did that name come from? It isn't a typo and it isn't a family name. Back in 1935 four small rural districts around here - Wolfforth,…
Mountains of Cotton · 15.5 mi
Wolfforth sits in the middle of the biggest cotton patch in the country, and it got here by conversion: this was Spade Ranch grazing land until the 1920s and 30s, when the sod went under the plow and a Panhandle and…
What's in a Name? · 15.5 mi
The men this town is named for spelled it with an A. George C. and Eastin Wolffarth were early ranchers out here on the South Plains — George held county offices and later ran the Citizens National Bank of Lubbock — and…
Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Monterey (Lubbock) · 15.6 mi
Monterey (Lubbock, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Ashton Castillo (4 HR); Lincoln Lamm (4 HR); Dyson Quigley (3 HR).
Site of Primrose School · 15.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Ropesville, Hockley County. Look around – you're in the spot of the very first public school in this county, the Primrose School. Built by homesteaders in 1909, they hauled lumber 100 miles by…
Immanuel Lutheran Church · 15.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Posey. German immigrants formed this congregation in nearby Slaton in 1915, building their own church here in Posey, dedicated in 1920. The chapel was rebuilt…
Monterey High School · 15.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Monterey High School in Lubbock. This school opened its doors in 1955, but its name tells a story going back much further. It's named for Monterey, one of the two original townsites that vied to…
V-8 Ranch · 16.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the V-8 Ranch, a place with roots stretching back to the vast IOA ranch, established in the 1880s. This land saw the collapse of the free-range cattle industry, followed by lawsuits, sheriff's sales,…
All He Ever Wanted to Be Was a Trooper · 16.2 mi · Historical Marker
U.S. Highway Eighty Four in Lubbock County, from the north edge of Slaton to County Road Thirty Six Hundred, is the Trooper Jerry Don Davis Memorial Highway. On October fifth, nineteen eighty, Davis stopped a car for…
Holley, Charles Hardin [Buddy Holly] · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, the hometown of a true rock and roll pioneer: Buddy Holly! Born Charles Hardin Holley in 1936, he started young, performing with his brothers in talent shows right here. He taught himself…
Cotton Club · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here is a place that shaped Texas music for decades: the Cotton Club. <break time="400ms"/> Forget that famous New York joint; this Texas dance hall, born in a renovated Army…
Stubblefield, Christopher B., Sr. · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here, you're passing through the heart of a legendary music scene. In 1968, Christopher B. Stubblefield, Sr., known to everyone as 'Stubb,' opened his Bar-B-Q joint in Lubbock. It…
Crickets, The · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, the birthplace of a band that helped define rock and roll: The Crickets. Formed in 1957, this group was the powerhouse behind the legendary Buddy Holly. After Holly's solo career hit a…
Buddy Holly Center · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here at 1801 Crickets Avenue stands the Buddy Holly Center. But this isn't just any museum; it's a building with a story all its own. It started life in 1928 as a grand train…
Cawthon, Peter Willis · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
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Chatman, Joseph Alvin · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, a city that owes a lot to Dr. Joseph Alvin Chatman. Born in Navasota in 1901, Dr. Chatman moved to Lubbock in 1939 and, right here, he established the Chatman Medical and Surgical Clinic…
Chuck Wagon Gang · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, maybe near Lubbock, where in 1935, a family of sharecroppers decided to turn their singing into a career. Dave and Carrie Carter, with their nine kids, started auditioning for radio.…
Lubbock Lake National Historic and State Archeological Landmark · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near Lubbock, and right here is a place that holds the story of Texas for over eleven thousand years. Lubbock Lake isn't just a landmark; it's a time capsule. Back in 1950, researchers found burned bone…
Lusk, Willie, Jr. · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, Texas, a city that was once home to a bootmaker with a national reputation. Willie Lusk, Jr. was a towering figure, six-foot-six and 260 pounds, who learned his craft from a Czech…
Overton, Marvin Cartmell · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, and right here in Lubbock, you're passing through the legacy of Dr. Marvin Cartmell Overton. He arrived in 1901, becoming the very first physician to call this growing community home.…
Wade, Franklin Alton · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, Texas, home of Franklin Alton Wade, a geologist and explorer who chased the polar ice. Wade first journeyed to Antarctica in 1933, accompanying Admiral Richard Byrd. He suffered severe…
Wheelock, Frank Emerson · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, Texas, a city that owes its very existence to a man named Frank Emerson Wheelock. Originally from New York, Wheelock came west in 1887 to manage the sprawling IOA Ranch. But his real…
Yellow House Canyon, Battle of · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, near what is now Lubbock, and you're passing through the site of the last major fight between American Indians and settlers on the High Plains. It was March 18, 1877, during the Staked…
Yellow House Draw · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving near Lubbock, and right here is Yellow House Draw. This canyon, carved over millions of years, was a vital landmark for early Texans. In 1877, it became the scene of a wild frontier battle. Forty-six…
Davis, Morris Mac [Mac] · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, not far from Lubbock, the hometown of songwriter and performer Mac Davis. He was born Morris Mac Davis in Lubbock on January 21, 1942. Young Mac was inspired to become a singer after…
Aguero, Bidal · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, where Bidal Aguero made a huge impact, especially on the Mexican American community. Growing up on a cotton farm, he saw firsthand the struggles of farmworkers. After college, he didn't…
Baugh, William Lofton · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, a city that owes a lot to Dr. William Lofton Baugh. He arrived here in 1906, becoming one of the first physicians on the South Plains. Back then, reaching patients meant riding horseback…
Bledsoe, William Harrison · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, a city that owes a lot to William Harrison Bledsoe. He wasn't just a lawyer and investor; he was a key player in shaping Texas education. While serving in the Texas House of…
Dow, James Lorenzo · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, and right here, you're passing through Lubbock, a town that owes a lot to the vision of James Lorenzo Dow. Dow arrived in 1905, when Lubbock was just a tiny frontier settlement. He…
Edwards, Ross · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and you're passing through the life of Ross Edwards, a man who did it all. Born in 1884 near Granbury, Edwards was a merchant, inventor, musician, and even mayor of this city. He started…
Graves, Lucille Sugar Barton · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here is a place that made history. In 1961, Lucille Graves broke a barrier, becoming the very first African American admitted to study at Texas Tech University. She wasn't just…
Griggs, William Frederick [Bill] · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, the hometown of rock-and-roll legend Buddy Holly. But this city is also home to Bill Griggs, a man who dedicated his life to preserving the music and stories of the 1950s. Griggs, born in…
Iles, Ella Beth Winn · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here, you're passing through a place that owes a lot to Ella Beth Winn Iles. She arrived in 1922, becoming the first long-term African-American teacher in the city. She started…
Posey, Walter Samson · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, and right here, in what's now Floyd County, a young Walter Posey learned the meaning of hard times. Back in 1893, a panic and drought hit his family hard. Thirteen-year-old Walter…
Silent Wings Museum · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here is the Silent Wings Museum. It's dedicated to the brave World War II glider pilots. These volunteers flew silent, unpowered aircraft deep behind enemy lines, facing a…
Teatro Chicano (Lubbock) · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here, in the early 1970s, a powerful voice for the Mexican-American community took the stage. It was the Teatro Chicano, founded by Nephtalí De León. This wasn't just theater;…
Talkington, Margaret Weed · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here is where a true West Texas style icon got her start. Margaret Talkington, born in Fort Worth, moved to Lubbock after World War II and saw a need. She traveled all the way…
Dagley Field · 16.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Dagley Field, a place that helped transform warfare. Back in the late 1930s, America launched the Civilian Pilot Training Program to prepare young men for the skies. Texas Technological…
Lubbock, TX · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, a city born from a compromise. Back in 1890, two groups of town promoters, one led by Frank Wheelock and the other by W. E. Rayner, decided to join forces. They abandoned their own…
Rath City, TX · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what was once Rath City, a rough-and-tumble frontier town that sprung up in 1876, right here in Stonewall County. It was a hub for the booming buffalo trade, founded by Charlie C. Rath, who’d seen…
March of Faith (Lubbock) · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
The March of Faith took place in Lubbock, Texas, on November 7, 1971, and was planned by several Chicano organizations in the city. The Mexican American activists included Lubbock youth, a Brown Beret chapter, and the…
Crump, William Dorsey · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, maybe near Lubbock, and you can thank William Dorsey Crump for helping put it on the map. This Confederate soldier, who rode with John Hunt Morgan and even survived prison camps during…
Hubbard, Bess Bigham · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, maybe near Lubbock, and you're passing through the homeland of Bess Bigham Hubbard. Born in Fort Worth in 1896, she didn't start her art career until 1925, as a hobby. But this hobby…
Krueger, Julian Thomas · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, a city that owes much of its modern medical reputation to Dr. Julian Thomas Krueger. Arriving here in 1919, he joined the Lubbock Sanitarium and quickly became its chief of surgery.…
Mackenzie Park · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here is Mackenzie Park. It started back in 1921 with just a swimming pool, but the city had bigger plans. During the Great Depression, the American Legion pushed to develop this…
Maedgen, Charles Ernest · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here is a place that owes a lot to Charles Ernest Maedgen. He arrived in 1917 and founded the Security State Bank and Trust Company, becoming its first president. During the…
Mullican, Clark Marion · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through North Texas, and right here in Ellis County, a young man named Clark Marion Mullican was born. He'd go on to become a decorated soldier in World War I, serving with the 144th Infantry Regiment in…
Reese Air Force Base · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving west of Lubbock, and right here is the site of Reese Air Force Base. It started in 1941 as a crucial center for pilot training during World War II. Construction began in August of that year, and by…
Stangel, Wenzel Louis · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, home to Texas Tech University. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1925</say-as>, Wenzel Stangel joined the very first faculty of this new college. Known as 'Runt' in…
Struggs, Edward Cecil · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, Texas, a city that owes a lot to the vision of one man: Edward Cecil "Prof" Struggs. For thirty-five years, starting in 1930, Struggs led the development of African-American schools here.…
Ropesville Cemetery · 16.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Ropesville, a town born from a railroad deal. In 1917, rancher I.L. Ellwood struck a deal with the Santa Fe railroad, offering land for tracks and a depot. The site became known for its rope…
Ervin, Joan Yvonne Snell · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
Joan Yvonne Snell Ervin, community activist, education advocate, and the first African American to serve as a member of the board for the Lubbock Independent School District, was born in Waxahachie, Texas, on April 5,…
Furr, Roy K. · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, maybe near Lubbock, and you're passing by the legacy of Roy K. Furr. He started small, buying six grocery stores in Lubbock back in 1929. But he didn't stop there. Furr's chain grew…
Griggs, William Clark · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Texas, and right here in Lubbock, William Clark Griggs was born in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1932</say-as>. After serving in the Army and earning his doctorate from Texas Tech, Griggs…
Maxey, James Barney · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through West Texas, and you might be passing by a park named after a man who built much of the region. James Barney Maxey, born near Prosper in 1881, started as a carpenter and became a major contractor.…
May, Kenneth Alton · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, a city that owes a lot to Kenneth Alton May. Born in Farmersville in 1929, May moved to Lubbock after college and became a journalist for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. He won numerous…
Patton, Leroy Thompson · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, Texas, where Leroy Thompson Patton arrived in 1926. He was tasked with building the geology department at the brand new Texas Technical College. Imagine starting with just one professor…
Simmons, George Albert · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, Texas, a city that owes a lot to the cotton industry. Right here, George Albert Simmons, a key figure in cottonseed processing, moved in 1930 to manage the Lubbock Cotton Oil Mill. He led…
Simmons, Mae D. Thomas · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, a city that recognized the immense contributions of Mae D. Thomas Simmons by naming a community center and a park after her. Simmons dedicated twenty-nine years to educating Lubbock's…
Wilson, Roscoe · 16.3 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Lubbock, a city that owes a lot to the vision of Roscoe Wilson. This lawyer and businessman arrived in 1909 and immediately set to work building the community. He helped establish the local bank,…
Breedlove Airport · 16.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Breedlove Airport, a crucial World War II training ground right here in Lubbock. In 1943, this field was buzzing with activity, training thousands of cadet pilots for the war effort…
Coronado High School · 16.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Coronado High School in Lubbock. This school, opened in 1965, carries the name of a famous explorer. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, guided by a man called 'The Turk', traversed the vast Llano…
Mercy Hospital · 16.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Mercy Hospital. For more than 50 years, Mercy Hospital served the health needs of the Slaton community. In 1927, Msgr. Thomas D. O'Brien, then rector of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, joined with a…
Lubbock Cotton Club · 16.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lubbock, where in 1938, the Lubbock Cotton Club opened in a renovated army hut. This massive ballroom, one of the largest in West Texas, hosted big bands like Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.…
Lubbock Christian - 2025 Texas TAPPS Division III state football champion · 16.7 mi · Sports News
You're near Lubbock Christian High School in Lubbock. Last December, they took down Dallas Christian School thirty-six to thirty to win the Texas TAPPS Division III state football championship. They wear that crown…
The Harvey Girls of Slaton · 16.8 mi
If you see the beautifully restored brick building near the tracks, you're looking at the Slaton Harvey House, a living piece of railroad history. From 1912 to 1942, this was a combination hotel and dining room run by…
Slaton's Rolling Stone · 16.8 mi
The gritty, soulful saxophone you hear on the Rolling Stones' classic 'Brown Sugar' has its roots right here in Slaton, Texas. Bobby Keys, one of the most famous sax players in rock history, was born in Slaton in 1943.…
Engineering a Town on the Plains · 16.8 mi
Slaton is a marvel of early 20th-century industrial engineering. The Santa Fe Railway didn't just run a track through here; in 1911 it bought the townsite outright, opened the town that June, and laid out a whole…
The Town That Moved a Mile · 16.8 mi
Ropesville is a town the railroad drew on the ground. The Spade Ranch opened this country to settlement around 1901, and when the South Plains and Santa Fe ran its line from Lubbock down to Seagraves, ranch owner Isaac…
Making the Plains Bloom · 16.8 mi
Look out your window at the fields surrounding Ropesville. You might see giant sprinklers on wheels, some a quarter-mile long, slowly pivoting around a central point. This technology, called center-pivot irrigation, is…
The Heart of the Railroad · 16.8 mi
Imagine a massive, circular building with over 20 stalls, each big enough to hold a steam locomotive. That was the Slaton Roundhouse, the heart of this town for half a century. Slaton was a 'division point,' which meant…
Ropesville, TX · 16.8 mi
During the Dust Bowl in 1935, the Resettlement Administration purchased land in Ropesville to establish an experimental Industrial Farm. The project, named after the city, aimed to test the viability of rural farming on…
Slaton, TX · 16.8 mi
Slaton sits high on the plains, a place where you can see forever, especially at sunset. It might look like any other small town in West Texas, but it's got a story etched into its soil and sung in its music.
A Century of Cookies · 16.8 mi
In a town defined by the boom and bust of the railroad, one institution has been a sweet, steady presence for a century: the Slaton Bakery. Founded in the 1920s, it has passed through just a few families, each one…
Arnett, Sam Cullen, Jr. · 17.0 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through what is now Meadow, Texas, the birthplace of Dr. Sam Cullen Arnett, Jr. in 1908. While he went on to become a renowned physician, bringing advanced diabetes treatment and the electrocardiograph to…
Meadow, TX · 17.0 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Meadow, Texas, a town that's actually been in three different places! It started as Primrose, in the northeast corner of Terry County. By 1910, it was home to just 25 people, and its post office…
Englewood Cemetery · 17.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Englewood Cemetery. Representing the Santa Fe Railroad, W.B. Storey, Jr. bought the future townsite of Slaton on April 15, 1911. The railroad's plans included a roundhouse, switch lines, depot and…
Brooks Blacksmith Shop · 17.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Brooks Blacksmith Shop in Meadow. This place opened in 1922, but the town itself moved here to be near the railroad back in 1917. The Brooks family took over in 1923, and this shop…
Slaton, TX · 17.1 mi · Tsha Handbook
You're driving through Slaton, a town born from a railroad dream. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1911</say-as>, the Santa Fe Railroad sent a man to lay out a brand new townsite. They even…
Trooper Jerry Don Davis Memorial Highway · 17.2 mi · Historical Marker
Honors TX DPS Trooper Jerry Don Davis, killed October 5, 1980, during a traffic stop on US-84 in Lubbock County near Slaton. His mother continues to fight the killer's parole bids.
Slaton Bakery · 17.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Slaton Bakery, a community institution that's been serving up treats since 1921. It consolidated under the Slaton Bakery name in 1923, and the Wilson family took over in 1943, even overcoming…
Arnett House · 17.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Arnett House, a beautiful Craftsman-style bungalow built in 1915 as a wedding gift. It later became the home of pioneer rancher and banker Sam C. Arnett. In 1956, the house was donated to Lubbock…
Slaton · 17.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Slaton, a town born from the iron horse! Its story starts in 1911 with the Santa Fe Railroad. Lubbock businessman O. L. Slaton helped secure the right-of-way, and the new town laid out that year was…
Slaton Volunteer Fire Department · 17.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Slaton, and right here is the site of the Slaton Volunteer Fire Department. Back in 1919, long before fancy trucks, residents formed a bucket brigade to fight fires. Alex DeLong led the charge,…
City of Lubbock Cemetery · 17.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the City of Lubbock Cemetery, a place that tells a big story about this city's past. Back in March of 1892, locals got five acres from a rancher for a graveyard. That very same month, the first…
Mary & Mac Private School · 17.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of a Lubbock institution that defied segregation and fostered dreams. In 1954, Lucille Graves opened Mary & Mac Private School, a preschool for African-American children, named for a…
Rockwell Lumber Company Office Building · 17.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising through Slaton, and right here is the old Rockwell Lumber Company office building. Back in 1911, Rockwell Brothers bought land from the railroad to set up a lumberyard for this brand new town. They built…
Bradford Knapp · 17.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lubbock, home of Texas Tech, a university that owes a lot to Bradford Knapp. He was a giant in agricultural education, leading the U.S. Cooperative Extension Service and helping plan food…
Meadow Depot · 17.5 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Meadow, Texas, and you might be passing a piece of railroad history right now. This old depot you see wasn't always here. It was originally built in 1911, way up north in White Deer, about 200…
Terry's Texas Rangers and a One-Day Command · 17.6 mi
Thomas Saltus Lubbock, the man this county is named for, helped raise one of the most storied cavalry outfits Texas ever put in the saddle. Along with a man named Benjamin Terry, he recruited the Eighth Texas Cavalry,…
Lubbock, TX · 17.6 mi
Lubbock rises from the South Plains like a cottonwood after a rain. It's easy to think it just *happened* here, but there's a reason this particular spot became a regional hub. Think about it: endless flat land, perfect…
The Hometown Kid Who Changed Rock and Roll · 17.6 mi
The name Lubbock honors a nineteenth century Ranger, but the modern name that put this city on the world's radar belongs to a bespectacled kid who grew up right here. Buddy Holly was born in Lubbock on September…
The Dryline: the Front You Cannot See · 17.6 mi
Out here on the South Plains there is a weather front you will never see on the news the way you see a cold front, because it has no rain and no clouds of its own. It is called the dryline, and it is one of the…
The Ranger Behind the Name · 17.6 mi
Here is the honest story behind the name on the map. Lubbock is a real, documented namesake. When the Texas Legislature carved out this county on August twenty-first, eighteen seventy-six, they named it for Thomas…
Two Brothers, One Name · 17.6 mi
Let us clear up something that trips people up. When folks hear the name Lubbock, some of them picture Governor Francis Lubbock, the wartime governor of Texas. But the city and county were named for his brother, Thomas…
How the Texas Rangers Actually Began · 17.6 mi
The county name here comes from a Texas Ranger, so let us talk about what that title actually meant and how the Rangers got started, because the beginning is humbler than the legend. Back in the summer of eighteen…
The Town That Rolled Across a Canyon · 17.6 mi
Here is a wild bit of how this city actually came to be. Back in the summer of eighteen ninety, there were not one but two little rival towns squaring off near Yellow House Canyon. One was called Monterey, planted by a…
Why the Land Here Is So Flat · 17.6 mi
If you have been driving across the country around Lubbock, you have probably noticed the land is almost supernaturally flat and wide, stretching to a straight-line horizon in every direction. There is a real geologic…
Terry Allen · 17.6 mi
Lubbock gave the world Buddy Holly. It also gave the world Terry Allen — and Terry Allen never once let the place off the hook. In 1979 he came home to cut a record with Lubbock players and called it "Lubbock (on…
Amanda Shires · 17.6 mi
Growing up in Lubbock, Amanda Shires watched Bobbie Nelson play piano alongside Willie and the band — and then she went and built her own outlaw résumé the bold way. She climbed onstage uninvited at a Billy Joe Shaver…
Blue Light Live · 17.6 mi
Just off the Texas Tech campus in Lubbock, the Blue Light turned its lights on in 1999 — and it's been minting West Texas songwriters ever since. Wade Bowen played it early. So did Flatland Cavalry, and a young Josh…
Buddy Holly Center · 17.6 mi
Out on the West Texas Walk of Fame in Lubbock, there's a bronze man about your size, a Fender slung across him, frozen mid-song. That's Buddy Holly, cast in metal right where he came up. The center behind him lives in…
City of Lubbock Cemetery · 17.6 mi
The City of Lubbock Cemetery goes back to the late eighteen hundreds and holds better than sixty thousand graves. One of them is Buddy Holly's — Charles Hardin Holley, killed in a plane crash in 1959, brought home to…
Lubbock's Pancho Clos · 17.6 mi
In Lubbock, Santa comes in a poncho. They call him Pancho Clos — spelled without the a-u-s, so nobody mixes him up with the other fella. It started back in nineteen seventy-one, when three men, Agustin Medina, Jesse…
Slaton Harvey House · 17.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Slaton, and right here is the historic Slaton Harvey House. This wasn't just a train stop; it was a hub of activity! Built in 1912 by the Santa Fe Railway, it was part of the famous Fred Harvey…
Willie Lusk Jr. · 17.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lubbock, passing the spot where Willie Lusk Jr. built his legendary custom boot business. Born in 1914, Lusk apprenticed early, learning the craft from a Czech bootmaker. He eventually opened his…
Weather balloons and instrument pods · 17.6 mi
Out here in storm country, the science starts before the storm does. Twice a day, from about 100 sites across the country, the National Weather Service floats weather balloons miles into the sky. The instrument hanging…
Flying debris, the real tornado threat · 17.6 mi
Out here in storm country, the wind itself is rarely what gets you. The real danger is what the wind picks up. A snapped board, a chunk of roof, a fence rail, all of it turns into a high-speed missile. Hit a window and…
Hail and tornadoes share a parent storm · 17.6 mi
Out here on the High Plains around Lubbock, hail and tornadoes are cousins, born of the same engine. Both grow inside a supercell's tilted updraft, that violent column of rising air. Here's the trick to a giant…
A Ranger's Name Under Your Wheels · 17.6 mi
So the next time the sign for Lubbock rolls past your window, you will know it is carrying more than a name. It is carrying a Texas Ranger named Thomas Saltus Lubbock, who helped raise Terry's Texas Rangers and held…
Bledsoe Santa Fe Depot · 17.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past a relic from one of America's last frontiers! Built in 1925 in Cochran County, the Bledsoe Santa Fe Depot wasn't just a stop for trains. It was a community hub. Sheepherders and cowboys would even…
Lubbock High School · 17.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lubbock, and right here is a landmark that rose from the plains' booming population in the 1920s. This is Lubbock High School, completed in 1931. Designed in a rich North Italian Romanesque style,…
Texas Tech Alumni Association · 17.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the heart of Texas Tech's connection to its graduates. The very first graduating class in 1927 didn't just leave campus – they immediately formed the Alumni Association to stay connected. From a…
Mount Gilead Baptist Church · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lubbock, and you're passing the site of Mount Gilead Baptist Church, believed to be the city's oldest black congregation. It all began back in October 1917, with an organizational meeting led by…
Texas Tech University Dairy Barn · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the historic Texas Tech Dairy Barn, completed in 1927. Designed by Wyatt Hedrick in an unusual Arts and Crafts bungalow style, it was built to house the university's dairy cows. By 1930, this barn…
St. John's United Methodist Church · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of St. John's United Methodist Church in Lubbock. It started in 1939, serving Texas Tech faculty and students. Interestingly, the first services were held in a movie theater, the Tech…
Carlisle Cemetery · 17.7 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through the land once owned by W. Augustus 'Uncle Gus' Carlisle. He and his wife settled here in 1890, becoming prominent landowners and contributing to the area's development, even donating land for a…
Buddy Holly · 17.8 mi
You're driving past Buddy Holly. Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holley was born in Lubbock on September 7, 1936, to Ella Pauline (Drake) and Lawrence Odell “L.O.” Holley. The youngest of four…
Cactus Theater · 17.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Get ready to tap your toes! The Cactus Theater has been a Lubbock entertainment hub for decades. Originally built as a movie theater in the 1930s, it later fell into disrepair. In 1993, Don Caldwell purchased and…
Texas Tech Judging Pavilion · 17.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the old Livestock Judging Pavilion at Texas Tech. Completed in the 1920s, this was one of the first four buildings on campus and the very first designed specifically for agricultural education.…
New Hope Baptist Church · 17.8 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the New Hope Baptist Church, a historically African American congregation that organized back in 1926. Originally known as Mount Calvary Baptist, it moved to this area in 1929. Over the…
Buddy Holly Center · 17.9 mi · Things to Do
Museum dedicated to Lubbock's most famous son. The day the music died.
Lubbock's First Cotton Gin · 17.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Lubbock's very first cotton gin, which opened in late 1904. Before this, the closest gins were over a hundred miles away, making cotton farming nearly impossible here. This single gin,…
Triumph Missionary Baptist Church · 17.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Triumph Missionary Baptist Church. In the late 1920s in the house of “Sister” Mecca Davis, Triumph Missionary Baptist Church organized as the second historically African American church…
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church · 18.0 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church. Early Catholic settlers in Lubbock and on the Texas South Plains celebrated Mass with traveling priests in private homes. Beginning in 1905, Father Joseph Keller…
Buddy Holly Center · 18.1 mi · Things to Do
Lubbock was a dusty cotton town when a skinny kid named Charles Hardin Holley picked up a guitar in the nineteen fifties and figured out how to make rock and…
The Mast House · 18.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're cruising through Lubbock, and just ahead is a glimpse into the past: the Mast House. Built in 1925 by a top local builder for Dr. Clarence S. Mast, a founding physics professor at Texas Tech. This home shows off…
Citizens National Bank of Lubbock · 18.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Citizens National Bank of Lubbock, the oldest national bank still operating in the city. It opened its doors way back on May 5, 1906, when Lubbock was just a tiny town of 1,500…
Lubbock Women's Club · 18.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Lubbock Women's Club. It started in 1944 when several women's groups decided to coordinate their community improvement efforts. By 1945, 22 groups had joined, forming the Lubbock…
First Baptist Church of Lubbock · 18.1 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of Lubbock's First Baptist Church. Organized way back in 1891, this congregation actually met in the county jail before building their first church in 1901. They grew with the town,…
The Night the Sky Fell · 18.2 mi
On the night of May 11, 1970, Lubbock changed forever. Just after dark, a small tornado touched down, but it was just a warning. Around 9:35 PM, a second, monstrous F5 tornado, a mile wide, tore a path of destruction…
The Sound of the South Plains · 18.2 mi
Before Buddy Holly, popular artists usually sang songs written by others. But here in Lubbock, a lanky teenager decided to do it all. Buddy Holly and his band, The Crickets, wrote their own songs, pioneered new…
Engineering the Storm · 18.2 mi
The 1970 Lubbock tornado was a catastrophe, but it also became a groundbreaking scientific laboratory. In the storm's wake, engineers and meteorologists from Texas Tech University descended on the wreckage. They didn't…
Buddy Holly Center · 18.2 mi · Historical Marker
Lubbock, Texas raised a kid who changed the sound of popular music forever, and he was dead before he turned 23. Charles Hardin Holley, who dropped the 'e' from his last name thanks to a misprinted contract, grew up…
The Lubbock Lights · 18.2 mi
Imagine looking up into the night sky over Lubbock and seeing something you can't explain. That's what happened in August and September of 1951. Dozens of credible witnesses, including professors from Texas Tech,…
Lubbock, Colonel T. S. & Texas in the Civil War · 18.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site associated with Colonel T. S. Lubbock, a South Carolinian who came to Texas in 1835. He was an Indian fighter and soldier who served the Confederacy. He was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the…
Prairie Dog Town · 18.2 mi
It might seem quirky now, but Lubbock is home to a pioneering conservation effort. Head over to Mackenzie Park and you'll find Prairie Dog Town. In the mid-1930s, when the government's poisoning campaign was sweeping…
Nicolett Hotel · 18.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Nicolett Hotel. In late 1888 and early 1889, Frank E. Wheelock and Rollie Burns, manager and employee, respectively, of the large Ioa Ranch, built the Nicolett Hotel on a high prairie just east of…
Isham and Texana Tubbs House · 18.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the Isham and Texana Tubbs House, a beautiful example of Queen Anne architecture. Isham Tubbs was a pioneer, serving as one of the first school board trustees and a founding member of Lubbock's First…
Lubbock County · 18.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past Lubbock County. Formed from Young and Bexar territories Created August 21, 1876 Organized March 10, 1891 Named in honor of Colonel Thomas S. Lubbock 1817 - 1862 Member of the New Orleans Greys at the…
Bacon Home · 18.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the Bacon Home, built in 1916 for Warren Bacon, a major business and civic leader in early Lubbock, and his wife Myrta. She was the daughter of a pioneer family here. This two-story brick…
First Methodist Church of Lubbock · 18.2 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the site of the First Methodist Church of Lubbock. This congregation started in 1892 with circuit rider R.M. Morris and 12 members. They met in the schoolhouse and courthouse until their first…
Route of Nolan Expedition · 18.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Terry County, on a route that saw a desperate expedition in 1877. Captain Nicholas Nolan led sixty Black troops and twenty-two buffalo hunters, known as 'The Forlorn Hope,' from Fort Concho to…
The Free Range Era of Ranching · 18.3 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through West Texas, where for a brief, wild time, cattle roamed free. From 1878 to 1885, this was the heart of the Free Range Era of Ranching. After the removal of Native Americans and buffalo, hundreds…
The 1970 Lubbock Tornado · 18.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lubbock, site of one of America's most destructive tornadoes. On May 11th, 1970, two twisters ripped through the city, causing over $250 million in damage and killing 26 people. But from this…
The Fujita Scale · 18.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Lubbock, the site of a devastating tornado on May 11th, 1970. That storm helped confirm the work of Dr. Tetsuya Fujita, a Japanese scientist who developed the Fujita Scale to measure tornado…
Congressman George Mahon · 18.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving past the legacy of George Mahon, a West Texas powerhouse who served an incredible 44 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was more than just a congressman; Mahon was instrumental in bringing…
Mackenzie Scout Trail · 18.4 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through West Texas, following a path etched into history by the Mackenzie Scout Trail. This wasn't just any trail; it was a vital artery connecting Camp Supply in Crosby County to Fort Sumner, New Mexico.…
General Ranald Slidell Mackenzie · 18.6 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through West Texas, a land shaped by conflict and resilience. Look around, and imagine the vast, unexplored Llano Estacado. In the late 1800s, this was the domain of Native American tribes. But a…
Yellowhouse Canyon · 18.9 mi · Historical Marker
You're driving through Yellowhouse Canyon, a place known to Spanish explorers way back in the 1600s. Albert Pike passed through here in 1832 and described it. Look around – this was the site of the last major battle in…
Robert Bruno's Steel House · 19.1 mi
If you look up at the canyon rim, you might spot something extraordinary. It looks like a four-legged steel spaceship, and it’s one of the most famous works of architecture in Texas. It’s the Steel House, the life’s…
Engineering a Lake in the Desert · 19.1 mi
The very existence of Ransom Canyon as a town is a feat of civil engineering — and it did not go smoothly the first time. The canyon takes its name from cañon de Rescate, the Canyon of Ransom, where Spanish and Anglo…
The Town with No Stores · 19.1 mi
As you drive around Ransom Canyon, you will notice something missing. No gas station. No convenience store. No strip center. It is houses and canyon and water, and that is about it, which means a trip for a gallon of…
Ransom Canyon, TX · 19.1 mi
Ransom Canyon, even though many folks drive into Lubbock for work, has a unique draw. It's not about mass production or some big industry, but more about a certain kind of peaceful living, centered on the lake. The…
The Biggest Cotton Patch in the World · 19.4 mi
Look out at the flat land around Lubbock and you are looking at what is often called the largest contiguous cotton patch in the world. Contiguous is the key word: it means one huge, unbroken stretch, mile after mile of…
Grading Cotton by Machine · 19.4 mi
Not all cotton is equal, so before it is sold it gets classed, which means graded for quality. Classers look at a handful of key traits. Staple length is how long the fibers are; longer fibers spin into finer, stronger…
Meadow, TX · 19.5 mi
Meadow, Texas. It’s a place where the blue grama sways in the wind, and you might catch a glimpse of a pronghorn if you’re lucky. Folks here have always worked hard, coaxing cotton from the earth. It's quiet now, a…
The Farmers' Fortress · 19.5 mi
That big industrial complex you see is the Meadow Farmers Co-op Gin, and it's much more than a factory. It's a symbol of farmer independence. In February 1935 the operation was recognized as a cooperative in the state…
The Engineering of the Cotton Gin · 19.5 mi
The Meadow Co-op Gin looks like a complicated factory, and it is. It's a marvel of agricultural engineering designed to do one thing: tear cotton apart with incredible speed and precision. When a massive module of raw…
Every Cotton Fiber Is a Single Cell · 19.5 mi
Here is something wild about the cotton growing all around you. A single cotton fiber, the kind that gets spun into your shirt, is actually one single plant cell. Just one. It grows straight out of the coat of the…

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