Gober Garage
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 33° 28.137 W 096° 05.259
14S E 770657 N 3707071
Texas Historical Marker in front of the Gober Garage, in the general area of 4934 FM 68, Gober, TX, noting this garage's importance to the community.
Waymark Code: WMV3PY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Number: 17599

Marker Text:
Vernon C. Shive and John N. Glover operated a garage in Gober as early as 1933. After Shive died in 1944, John and Ruth Glover acquired a full share in the Gober Garage. In 1956, E.F. Anderson built a new facility with clay tile walls and steel trusses and windows. This vital community business offered maintenance and repair services for automobiles and farm equipment. It also became a community meeting place for farmers taking a break from their fields. Glover’s family continued to operate the Gober Garage after his death in 1994, but the business closed a few years later. Its story reflects the dependency of many rural Texas towns on transportation in the 20th century. (2013) Marker is Property of the State of Texas


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