FIRST - Train & Post Office - Higgins, TX
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 36° 07.007 W 100° 01.885
14S E 407176 N 3997394
A nice quiet park in a small Texas town.
Waymark Code: WM135H8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/21/2020
Views: 2
County of Marker: Lipscomb County
Location of Marker: W. Commercial St. (US-60), city park, W. limits Higgins
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: 1967
Marker Text:
HIGGINS
Town platted,
post office opened and first train arrived, 1887. Named for G. H. Higgins, wealthy railroad stockholder. Early cattle shipping point. Devastating tornado struck April 9, 1947. An estimated 45 were killed, 140 injured.
Ranching, farming, and oil are chief area industries. Oil drilling was begun in 1957.
1987
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