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 John Gerham Hardin
N 34° 05.283 W 098° 34.198
14S E 539671 N 3772002
At Hardin Park, Intersection of Davey Drive and Williams Drive, Burkburnett, Wichita County, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMG1D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2006
Views: 25
Marker Number: 2782
Marker Text:
JOHN GERHAM HARDIN
(1854-1937)
PIONEER SETTLER, FINANCIER AND PHILANTHROPIST CAME TO TEXAS IN 1876 AND TO THIS AREA IN 1879, LIVING AT FIRST IN A DUGOUT. OPERATING A STORE AND OWNING EXTENSIVE LANDS, HE AMASSED A FORTUNE THAT HE LEFT AS A RICH LEGACY FOR TEXAS CHILDREN. HE GAVE SIX MILLION DOLLARS TO BUCKNER ORPHANS HOME, BAYLOR HOSPITAL, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR COLLEGE, ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, HOWARD PAYNE COLLEGE, HARDIN JUNIOR COLLEGE, HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY AND LOCAL CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.
THIS PARK WAS ONE OF HIS GIFTS TO CHILDREN
(1970)
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