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excerpts are copied with permission from the Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal Monday, February 1,
1999 Last modified at 12:34 a.m. on
Monday, February 1, 1999
First buffalo kill brought
prestige to young Texas explorer click here for the full
article By R.C. BURNS (EDITOR'S NOTE Ð The
following article appeared in the Dec. 2, 1923, edition
of the Lubbock Morning Avalanche as part of the ''Early
Days on the Plains'' series and was written by Lubbock
pioneer R.C. Burns. This is the first in a series of 25
articles that will appear each Monday in The Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal.) Monday, February 8,
1999 Last modified at 12:41 a.m. on
Monday, February 8, 1999
Cattle, farms led to Lubbock's
birth
click here for the full article By JOHN B. MOBLEY (EDITOR'S NOTE Ð The
following article appeared in the Dec. 8, 1923, edition
of the Lubbock Morning Avalanche as part of the ''Early
Days on the Plains'' series and was written by Lubbock
pioneer John B. Mobley, who arrived on the Llano Estacado
as a cowboy in 1885. In this condensed version of the
article, the second installment of a 25-part series,
Mobley describes the early commercial bustle that would
eventually become the town of Lubbock). Monday, February 15,
1999 Last modified at 12:42 a.m. on
Monday, February 15, 1999
Early settlers rallied around
new Lubbock courthouse click here for the full article By TEMPLE H. ELLIS
(EDITOR'S NOTE Ð The
following article appeared in the Dec. 16, 1923, edition
of the Lubbock Morning Avalanche as part of the ''Early
Days on the Plains'' series and was written by Lubbock
pioneer Temple H. Ellis, who arrived in the Lubbock area
in 1887 and went into the mercantile business in 1907. In
this, the third installment of a 25-part series, Ellis
reflects on his life's journey to and in early Lubbock). Monday, February 22,
1999 Last modified at 11:54 p.m. on
Sunday, February 21, 1999
Pioneers molded town from Texas
soil click
here for the full article By MRS. MABEL M. THORP
(EDITOR'S NOTE Ð The
following article appeared in the Dec. 23, 1923, edition
of the Lubbock Morning Avalanche as part of the ''Early
Days on the Plains'' series and was written by Mrs. Mabel
M. Thorp, who arrived in Lubbock with her husband in
early 1913. In this, the fourth installment of a 25-part
series, she recounts the strides made by Lubbock by
1923). Monday, March 1, 1999
Woman's home evolved into modern
city
click here for the full article By MRS. J.L. COLEMAN EDITOR'S NOTE The following article
appeared in the Dec. 30, 1923, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the ''Early Days on the
Plains'' series and was written by Mrs. J.L. Coleman, who
arrived in Lubbock in 1911. In this, the fifth
installment of a 25-part series, she reflects on the
young bustling community known as Lubbock). Monday, March 8, 1999
Copeland family overcame
adversity to establish new Meadow click here for the full article By MRS. W.N. COPELAND (EDITOR'S NOTE Ð The following article
appeared in the Jan. 6, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the ''Early Days on the
Plains'' series and was written by Mrs. W.N. Copeland,
whose family arrived on the South Plains in 1901. In
this, the sixth installment of a 25-part series, she
reflects on her family's days in early Terry County as
well as some of the technological advancements that had
been made by 1924). Monday, March 15, 1999
Crops flourished with
determination, West Texas soil click here for the full article By MRS. IDA LEE COWAN (EDITOR'S NOTE - The following article
appeared in the Jan. 13, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the "Early Days on the
Plains" series and was written by Mrs. Ida Lee
Cowan. In this, the seventh installment of a 25-part
series, she looks back at her family's trip to early
Hockley County). Monday, March 22, 1999
Newspaper
founder witnessed Lubbock's early days click here for the full article By JAMES J. DILLARD (EDITOR'S NOTE The following article
appeared in the Feb. 3, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the "Early Days on the
Plains" series and was written by James J. Dillard,
founder of the newspaper. In this, the eighth installment
of a 25-part series, he reflects on his early South
Plains travels in the 1890s). Monday, March 29, 1999
Growth
began before railroad came to Lubbock click
here for the full article By JAMES J. DILLARD (EDITOR'S NOTE The following article
appeared in the Feb. 17, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the "Early Days on the
Plains" series and was written by James J. Dillard,
founder of the newspaper. In this, the 10th installment
of a 25-part series, he offers a look at some of the
city's pioneers and the beginnings of the cotton business
on the South Plains). Monday, April 5, 1999
Publisher
finds education, politics comic click here for the full
article By JAMES J. DILLARD (EDITOR'S NOTE The following article
appeared in the Feb. 10, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the "Early Days on the
Plains" series and was written by James J. Dillard,
founder of the newspaper. In this, the ninth installment
of a 25-part series, he offers a somewhat humorous
anecdote of his experiences as a teacher at the old
Groves School in Lubbock, as well as incidents in Lubbock
during and after the election campaigns, both regional
and national, of 1896). Monday, April 12, 1999
Energetic
newcomers created Lubbock's ag economy click here for the full article By JAMES J. DILLARD (EDITOR'S NOTE) The following article
appeared in the Feb. 24, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the "Early Days on the
Plains" series and was written by James J. Dillard,
founder of the newspaper. In this, the 11th installment
of a 25-part series, he offers a look at some of the
successful agricultural enterprises of the time). Monday, April 19, 1999
Publisher
found early life full of hardworking, honest people click here for the full article By JAMES J. DILLARD (EDITOR'S NOTE The following article
appeared in the March 2, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the "Early Days on the
Plains" series and was written by James J. Dillard,
founder of the newspaper. In this, the 12th installment
of a 25-part series, he reflects on some of the pioneer
farming families on the South Plains). Monday, April 26, 1999
Many
of Lubbock's early citizens had ranching experience click here for the full article By JAMES J. DILLARD (EDITOR'S NOTE The following article
appeared in the March 9, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the "Early Days on the
Plains" series and was written by James J. Dillard,
founder of the newspaper. In this, the 13th installment
of a 25-part series, he looks back on the contributions
made by some of the pioneer cowboys on the South Plains). Monday, May 3, 1999 Traveling court spanned 175 miles of
West Texas click here for the full article By JAMES J. DILLARD (EDITOR'S NOTE The following article appeared in the
March 16, 1924, edition of the Lubbock Morning Avalanche
as part of the "Early Days on the Plains"
series and was written by James J. Dillard, founder of
the newspaper. In this, the 14th installment of a 25-part
series, he reflects on pioneer attorneys on the South
Plains). Monday, May 10, 1999
Promises
of fortune lured migrants Mexicans came
to Lubbock in search of work click here for the full article ANDRES TIJERINA Lubbock is one of those Texas towns not
already established by Mexicans before the
Anglo-Americans settled. Lubbock was settled by
Anglo-American pioneers, many of them Quakers. By 1891,
Lubbock was already a small town. But there were few
Mexican-Americans. Monday, May 17, 1999
Frontier
spirit brought mayhem to civil courts click here for the full article By JAMES J. DILLARD When I located in Lubbock, more than 28
years ago, the mode of travel was by buggy and team wagon
or by the mail hack. It took two days to reach Big Spring
or Colorado City, thence we traveled by the way of the
Texas & Pacific Railway. Monday, May 24, 1999
Badger
fights, blacksmiths were part of area living click here for the full article By JAMES J. DILLARD Among the early blacksmiths to locate
and follow their trade in Lubbock was Jack Johnson, who
operated a shop on the lot occupied by Jons, the sign
painter. When the railroad was built from Amarillo to
Roswell, N.M., then Portales got on a boom, and several
of the earliest citizens of Lubbock moved to that place
and among them was Jack Johnson and Joe Lang and his
son-in-law, Chas. P. Mitchell. I am informed that Johnson
lives at Portales at this time, but Lang and Mitchell are
both dead. Monday, May 31, 1999
Early
judge was a tribute to Southern gentlemen (EDITOR'S NOTE The following article
appeared in the April 6, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the "Early Days on the
Plains" series and was written by James J. Dillard,
founder of the newspaper. In this, the 17th installment
of a 25-part series, he reflects on the contributions of
civic-minded pioneer W.D. Crump). Monday, June 7, 1999
Pioneers
plied their trade in early Lubbock In one of my articles, I paid tribute
to the early blacksmiths, but I recall two who followed
their profession in Lubbock in the early days who I
forgot to mention. Monday, June 14, 1999
Lubbock
grew quickly in its first decade The convening of district court
recently at Lubbock brings to my mind the first district
court held in Lubbock County after its organization on
March 10, 1891. Monday, June 21, 1999
Lubbock
pioneer children had school, too (EDITOR'S NOTE The following article
appeared in the June 22, 1924, edition of the Lubbock
Morning Avalanche as part of the "Early Days on the
Plains" series and was written by James J. Dillard,
founder of the newspaper. In this, the 20th installment
of a 25-part series, he pays tribute to the early
teachers and their important work). Recently in discussing old times, I was
informed that the first school taught in Lubbock County
was a subscription school, the tuition paid by various
individuals, and many of the subscribers were old
bachelors, who would agree to pay one dollar and 50 cents
per month, and the informer tells me that he remembers
that E.C. Knight and Frank Bowles were subscribers to the
school fund.
Black
families found better jobs in South Plains On a desolate farm in Alief, a
small community east of Houston, there lived a
family of six: the father, Jake White; stepmother
Mahalia White; and four children, Claudell,
Norma, Oma and Oscar. It was very hard for Jake
to earn a living for his family because his
sharecropping salary was very small and all of it
went to the farmer for feeding Jake and his
family all winter. Then the news reached Alief
that there was a town in West Texas named
Lubbock, that cotton was plentiful and the pay
for pulling bolls was three times more than the
pay for picking cotton in Alief. The salary for
picking cotton in East Texas at that time
(1919-21) was 25 cents per hundred pounds, and
areas around Lubbock had began to pay 75 cents to
$1.20. Monday, July 5, 1999
Brick
by brick, early settlers built a life in South Plains Observing the many beautiful and
substantial brick buildings in Lubbock now under
construction, I recall the first brick freighted in to
Lubbock, which was used in building flues in a house on
block 236 in old town; also sufficient number were
purchased to build flues in the Avalanche office on lot
6, block 104, which is now occupied by the Security State
Bank and Trust Company. Monday, July 12, 1999
Need
of Texas land drove settlers to buy quickly One of the abstractors of Lubbock was
extolling the beauties and opportunities of the South
Plains to a prospector a few days since in my presence,
and he referred to a section of land located in the
southwest corner of Lubbock County which was purchased
from the state of Texas by Jesse Dalton and later of
boots, which transaction was consummated about 24 years
ago, and that the land had increased in value more than
two dollars per acre each year as its value at this time
was conservatively estimated at $50 per acre. Monday, July 19, 1999
Distance
to doctor created worry for pioneers By JAMES J. DILLARD Referring to the hardships among the
early settlers of this country, I remember that one
evening about sundown in the month of February, 1898,
that J.B. LeGette asked me to go to Plainview and get Dr.
J.H. Wayland to come and see his brother-in-law, Bolin
Hall, who was seriously sick.
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