Downtown Comanche -- Comanche TX
N 31° 53.869 W 098° 36.225
14R E 537469 N 3529178
WPA writers appeared to have a different view of Comanche's downtown in 1940 than Blasterz do in 2016
Waymark Code: WMV215
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2017
Views: 2
It's not clear from their description of Comanche's downtown if the wroters like it or not. You can read their comments as a ding on Comanche for not having lots of modern buildings downtown -- but that ignores the 1930s WPA Courthouse (which Blasterz frankly have NEVER though fit well with the 1880s buildings that surround it).
The waymark coordinates are for the Comanche County Courthouse on the square in downtown Comanche.
From Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State:
"Many of the business buildings of COMANCHE, 34 m. (1,358 alt.,[page 541] 2,435 pop.) show their age in decorative fronts, while the architectural enthusiasms of 50 years ago also appear in the residential area, where there are towers, gables, and bay windows. A cheese plant, pecan and peanut shelling plants and others make Comanche an industrial center.
Comanche was a cowman's town in its early days, a supply point for the hardy ranchers who dared to push their herds out into Indian country. The local newspapers carried advertisements of cattle brands and ear marks, with one statement that "anyone is welcome to kill my cattle for food, but anyone killing them for their hides will be prosecuted by law." Gangs of outlaws raided isolated ranch houses and even the town itself.
. . .
Following the era of the buffalo hunters and the trail drivers, Comanche grew as a ranching center."
Book: Texas
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 540-541
Year Originally Published: 1940
|
Visit Instructions:
To log a Visit, please supply an original image of the Waymark.