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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 Attractions/Landmarks |
Garden
City Church of Christ
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 |
Garden
City Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 | Garden
City Texas ForumSubject:
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 |
Only three towns are shown in the 1940s Glasscock County map
Courtesy Texas
General Land Office |
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