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Both sides of
downtown Garden City c.1910
Photo courtesy Doyle
Phillips / FotoGrafica |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Glasscock
County has had 13 Sheriffs from 1894 to the present and three
of them were in the Teele family. Mrs. Amy M. Teele became
the third woman sheriff in Texas when
she served her husband Walter's term during his service in WWII.
(From Sammy Tise's "County Sheriffs of Texas")
George Glasscock was also the namesake of Georgetown,
Texas. He was a former flatboat partner of Abraham Lincoln. He
came to Texas, lived briefly in Bastrop
(Mina) and Austin. He
served in the Texas Revolution during the first battle
of the Alamo and donated the land that Georgetown
was built on. The County was named 22 years after his death. |
Garden City,
Texas
Attractions/Landmarks
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Glasscock County
Courthouse and Jail historical marker on the courthouse ground.
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 |
Garden City Church
of Christ
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 |
Garden City Baptist
Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 |
Garden
City, Texas Forum
Subject:
The Cross on the hill
Ever since I was a little kid [over 50 years ago] I remember seeing
a large cross on a hill just outside of Garden City. It is on the
north side of 158 just about a mile outside of town and can be seen
from the highway. Recently, I was through there and of course the
first thing I did was see if the old cross was still there; it is
still there. I have always been curious about the origin of it or
the story behind it. Can you shed any light on this. - Sincerely,
Tom Millhollon, June 28, 2005
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Only
three towns are shown in the 1940s Glasscock
County map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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