Borger, Texas
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YoSam.
N 35° 40.331 W 101° 23.379
14S E 283718 N 3950220
The largest town in Hutchinson County, Texas
Waymark Code: WMTMB9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2016
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County of city: Hutchinson County
Location of county: South-Central in county; crossroads of TX-136 & TX-152
County if central in the Panhandle
City hall location: 600 N. Main St., Borger
Elevation: 3,077 ft (938 m)
Population: 13,024 (2013)
"History in a Pecan Shell
Eight times larger than the County Seat of Stinnett, Borger once boasted of a three-mile long main street when things like that were rare. Borger was a wild place in 1927. So wild, that Governor Dan Moody had to declare martial law and send in the Texas Rangers. The Ranger-in-charge was Captain Frank Hamer, who was to rain on Bonnie and Clyde's parade in '35. Gov. Moody didn't want to do it, but when a town shoots and kills its District Attorney, it's time to do something.
A One-sided Shootout
Named after Asa "Ace" Borger, land speculator and town builder, Borger lost its namesake in a one-sided shootout in the Borger Post Office in 1934. It seems that the County Treasurer, Arthur Huey (never trust a man with two first names) was miffed at Ace for not bailing him out of jail on an embezzlement charge. Huey confronted Ace while he was licking a stamp and called him a bunch of names. Mr. Borger could live with that; but then Huey shot him five times with a .45, which Mr. Borger could not live with. To add insult to fatal injury, Huey took Borger's .44 and shot him again (along with a few other postal patrons). It is not known if Mr. Borger's letter was ever delivered." ~ Texas Escapes