Old County Bookmobile
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N 35° 20.700 W 101° 22.837
14S E 283659 N 3913904
This post-mounted subject marker stands next to a purpose-built small building that protects the Bookmobile. It is right next to the pink granite 1936 marker.
Waymark Code: WM1C33K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2025
Views: 6
Marker erected by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
dex Entry Bookmobile, Old County
Address 501 Elsie
City Panhandle
County Carson
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 283592
UTM Northing 3914411
Subject Codes libraries
Marker Year 1966
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 5th and Elsie Street (fronting Elsie), SH 207, at Square House Museum, Panhandle
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 3714
Marker Text:
First "Inside Service" bookmobile in Texas
In use 1938-1957. Based at the county library on this site. A bright red, visible for miles, this first bookmobile in Texas was called "The Library Bus." It stopped at ranches, schools, oil camps; circulated 2,000 books a month; served in era of sparse settlement, World War II growth and later industrialization.
There were private and rental libraries in early Texas; the Republic had a National Library, but most county libraries were founded or instigated by local citizens- -as was this pioneer bookmobile. Texas still has 51 bookmobiles in other counties. (1967)
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