FIRST - Train Arrival in Booker, Texas
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YoSam.
N 36° 27.339 W 100° 31.858
14S E 362810 N 4035577
This date is the date also used as the birthday of the city.
Waymark Code: WMTGTA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2016
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County of Marker: Lipscomb County
Location of Marker: TX-15, just E. of Jct. TX-23, Booker
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: 1969
Marker Text:
BOOKER
Platted 1917 by Thomas C. Spearman, Santa Fe Railway official. Named for railroad locating engineer, B.F. Booker. Town of La Kemp, Okla., (6 mi. north) moved here 1919.
First train arrived July 4, 1919, official birthdate of Booker. Economy based on farming, cattle and (since 1956) oil and gas production.
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