Texas Panhandle Pioneers - The John F. Weatherlys - Panhandle, TX
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YoSam.
N 35° 20.576 W 101° 22.831
14S E 283663 N 3913674
Memorial erected in the Weatherly's yard, a home still occupied by Weatherlys.
Waymark Code: WMTWNH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2017
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County of Memorial: Carson County
Location of Memorial: 3rd St. & Euclid St., Panhandle
Memorial Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Memorial Erected: 1965
Memorial Text:
Texas Panhandle Pioneers
THE JOHN F. WEATHERLYS
Among first landowners in area. In 1898 started ranch 25 miles to the north. Ran country store, post office, phone exchange. Moved 1915 to Panhandle. The 1924 discovery of oil on their ranch led to the founding of Borger. They gave land to every church and school, and for a park, there. Weatherly (b.1865, Tenn.) was a church, civic, Masonic leader; one of organizers of Hutchinson County. He died in 1944. His wife, Maggie Marie Deahl Weatherly (b.1875, W.Va.), built Weatherly Hall at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth; educates missionaries and others; endows churches and Girl Scout work.