City of Groom
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 35° 12.169 W 101° 06.462
14S E 308130 N 3897570
Texas Historical Marker at the former Groom City Hall -- now a library -- at 201 Broadway Ave, Groom, TX, providing a sound byte about the city's founding as well as its founder, B.B. Groom.
Waymark Code: WMZKDE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Number: 886

Marker Text:
Founded 1902 by W.S. Wilkerson, local landowner, when Rock Island Railroad built west; named for Col. B.B. Groom, 1880's agent of Francklyn Land & Cattle Co.

Col. Groom was first to try power farming on Plains. Town is today hub of rich farming and ranching area. (1968)
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