Site of the First Lamb County Courthouse
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 34° 10.858 W 102° 08.087
13S E 764075 N 3785932
Displayed on a brick pillar on the SE corner of 8th & Main Streets.
Waymark Code: WM13E3R
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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The 1922 Lamb County Courthouse in Olton was torn down in 1964.
Marker Number: 4930

Marker Text:
Created in 1876, Lamb County was unorganized until it could muster 21 qualified voters, 1908. Citizens donated labor for first 9-room frame courthouse, which served until it burned in 1922.

First county officials were: Judge H. R. Miller; Commissioners, J. A. Hooper (Precinct No. 1), Claude E. Halsell (No. 2), G. M. Arnett (No. 3), Walter Sullivan (No. 4); sheriff, Herb Dickenson; clerk, George Gallaway; treasurer, Fred Schreier; assessor, Luther Williams.

A new courthouse of brick and concrete was built here, 1922-23. After a 1946 election, the county seat was removed to Littlefield.

(1972)
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