Carson County
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 35° 20.736 W 101° 22.898
14S E 283568 N 3913973
Pink one (1936) is a couple of blocks south at the library, this one on courthouse lawn.
Waymark Code: WM7846
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2009
Views: 5
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee.
Date Marker Erected: 1965.
County of Marker: Carson County.
Location of Marker: 5th St. & Main St., courthouse lawn, Panhandle.
Marker Number: 736
Marker Text:
Created 1876. Organized 1888. Named for Samuel Price Carson, Secretary of State, Republic of Texas.
A pioneer county in oil and gas development.
Panhandle, county seat, promised main lines of 3 railroads, was by-passed for Amarillo, yet became one of the 4 historic towns in Texas Panhandle.
(1965)
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