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LITTLEFIELD,
TEXASLamb County
Seat, Texas
Panhandle
Hwys 84 and 385
FM 54
38 Miles NW of Lubbock
24 Miles N of Lleveland
Population:
6,507 (2000) 6,489 (1990) |
History
in a Pecan Shell
1912: town is planned along the Santa Fe RR tracks on what was George
Washington Littlefield's Yellow House Ranch (a division of the XIT
Ranch)
1913: lots are sold - depot built and school is constructed by
the Littlefield Land Company
1915: town of Littlefield gets bank and library
1917: first newspaper - the Lamb County News is published
1924: Littlefield
is incorporated
1926: Littlefield loses the "World's
Tallest Windmill" in a storm
1935: town gets clinic and hospital
1946:
becomes county seat over Olton
Lamb County Courthouse
Littlefield
Hotels |
Littlefield
Attractions / LandmarksLittlefield
has a replica of their famous windmill on Highway 84 and XIT Avenue. The original
was 132 feet tall with a 12-foot blade - the replica comes close at a height of
114 feet.
See Wind
and Water (or lack of it) by Mike Cox
Story of the drought and the tallest
windmill |
The
town of Littlefield has been spared disasters that set back or killed the progress
of scores of West Texas towns. The
generosity of the town's namesake (who later bequeathed his house in Austin
to the University of Texas) in setting up a school and library during the first
few years of the town's life no doubt added to the quality of life during the
early history.
The Littlefield
Bank Building in Austin is still
a lynchpin of business on Congress Avenue and the former residence of George
Littlefield - still with it's Victorian iron fence - sits on the campus of
the University of Texas. |
Littlefield
Aerial Photos |
| | Aerial
view of Littlefield's Main Street - "Taken in late '30's, before the "new"
post office was built. Taken either by my father or my uncle." - Joe, March
21, 2006 | | | |
| | The
First Methodist Church
1930s photo courtesy Joe |
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| | The
First National Bank in Littlefield
1930s photo courtesy Joe |
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| | Water
tower and cotton compress
Circa 1930s photo courtesy Joe |
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| Grain
Elevators. 1930s photo courtesy Joe | |
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