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History in
a Pecan Shell
The original name
of Meadow had been Primrose. Primrose moved to a location 3
miles east of the present town to a place now referred to as “Old
Meadow.” In 1917, the South Plains and Sante Fe Railroad ran a
line from Lubbock<
to Seagraves.
The town built a distinctive 12 foot square water tank in the middle
of main street for the watering of horses or to allow residents to
wade.
The town was incorporated in 1926 and has continued a slow but steady
growth since then. Meadow is Terry
County’s “second city” with a population of 593.
Meadow Cemetery is located 1 mile North of Moorhead St. on CR 525
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Historical Marker:
3rd & Sefton Streets, Meadow
Meadow United
Methodist Church
Methodist worship
services were held in this area as early as 1904 by the Rev. J. A.
Sweeney, a pioneer West Texas circuit rider. On Feb. 1, 1920, the
Rev. J. W. Baughman formally organized this congregation with 17 charter
members. Services were held in the schoolhouse or in the Baptist church
building until the members built their own sanctuary in 1922. The
Meadow Methodist Church was long associated with the plains circuit,
serving for a time as its headquarters. The congregation welcomed
its first full-time pastor in 1951.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986. |
Meadow, Texas
Landmarks / Attractions
Photo Galllery |
Meadow Depot
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2010 |
Historical Marker:
Meadow Park, Meadow.
Meadow Depot
Meadow was founded
in 1904 on public land grazed by L-7 Ranch herds; village moved to
this site on the Santa Fe Railway line in 1917. Soon settlers were
arriving with livestock in one end of a boxcar, furniture in the other.
A boxcar was used as a station. This depot was built in 1911 at White
Deer (200 mi. NE), moved here in 1923, used until 1965, then given
to the community and relocated in the park (1967) as a relic of the
town's early development.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1975. |
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