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Formed From
Carson County was created from the Bexar District in 1876, was organized until 1888 with Panhandle as the county seat. It was named for Samuel Price Carson, first secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.
Adjacent counties
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North Hutchinson County |
Northeast |
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| West Potter County |
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East Gray County |
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| Southwest |
South Armstrong County |
Southeast |
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History/Timeline
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- Prehistoric hunter-gatherer were the first inhabitants, followed by the Plains Apache. Modern Apache tribes followed them and were displaced by Comanches. The Comanches were defeated :1541 Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado explored the Llano Estacado.[1]
- 1874-75 The Comanches were defeated by the United States Army in the Red River War.[1]
- 1876 The county was founded in 1876 .[1]
- 1878 -Richard E. McNalty established the Turkey Track Ranch.[1]
- 1880's Ranching began to be established in the county. [1]
- 1881 JA Ranch encompassed over a million acres (4,000 km²) within six adjoining counties. [1]
- 1882- An early failed attempts when Charles G. Francklyn purchased 637,440 acres (2,579.6 km2) of railroad lands in adjoining counties to form the Francklyn Land and Cattle Company. [1]
- 1886 and 1887 These lands were later sold to the White Deer Lands Trust of British bondholders. [1]
- 1886 - Railroads began to reach the county by 1886 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway subsidiary Southern Kansas Railway extended the line into Texas,
- 1888 Panhandle City was made a railhead in 1888.
- 1888 Carson co. was organized.
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| exhibit of dugout, from Square House Museum. |
- 1889, the Fort Worth and Denver Railway linked Panhandle City with Washburn in Armstrong County.
- 1900 - 469 people were living in Carson County, and 56 farms and ranches had been established.
- 1904 the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf bought the line.
- 1900 water problems-- Water had to be brought to Panhandle by railroad from the area of Miami in Roberts County, then carried in barrels on wagons to homesteads. This problem hindered development until it was found that abundant underground water could be pumped to the surface by windmills.
6666 Ranch
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- 1900 The 6666 Ranch in King County. has 350,000 acres used primarily for cattle and horses. The origin of this Ranch has two stories:
ACRES 350,000
- This ranch began in 1900. According to one rumor, Burk Burnett, a gambler from Missouri won land for the ranch in a high-stakes card game. He named the ranch after his winning hand he had held (four Sixes) .. the Four Sixes or the 6666 Ranch. Burnett and his descendants deny this story. He says he bought the ranch from the Louisville Land and Cattle Company and named it after the brand already imprinted on his first herd: 6666. Who knows which is true? This ranch is managed by Burnett's grand-daughter Anne Winfohr Marion (62) and husband John. In the 1960-1970's a Marlboro cigarette ad with an image of the 6666 red and white barn made the ranch famous on Madison avenue[2]
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| 6666 Ranch brand |
- https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-biggest-ranches/
- https://www.6666ranch.com
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9063289/Legendary-Texas-Ranch-owned-oil-dynasty-152-years-sale-192m-death-heiress.html
Some of this Ranch is in King County, Carson County and Hutchinson County in the Texas Panhandle.
- 1908 The Southern Kansas of Texas extended its line from Panhandle City to Amarillo, thus making the Kansas-Texas-New Mexico line a major transcontinental route. The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad built across the southern edge of the county.
- 1908 Pumping underground water with windmills resolved the issue of bringing water from Roberts County via the railroad.
- 1909 White Deer became home to Polish Catholic immigrants, who had first settled Panna Maria in Karnes County before migrating to Carson County.
- 1921 Experimental drilling by Gulf Oil Corporation led to the county's, and the Panhandle's, first oil and gas production . [1]
- 1925 The Borger field was discovered bringing much oil exploration and production of the Panhandle area. [1]
- End of 2000 more than 178,398,900 barrels (28,363,160 m3) of petroleum had been produced from county lands. [1]
- September 1942 the Pantex Ordnance Plant was built on 16,076 acres (65.06 km2) of SW Carson County land, to pack and load shells and bombs in support of the World War II 'effort. [1]
- Aug. 1945 Operations ceased .[1]
- 1949 the site was sold to Texas Tech University at Amarillo for agricultural experimentation. [1]
- 1951 -Pantex reopened in 1951 as a nuclear weapons assembly plant. [1]
- 1960, Pantex began high explosives development in support of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Pantex has a long-term mission to safely and securely maintain the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile and dismantle weapons retired by the military.[1]
Government Offices
Carson County has had three courthouses 1888, 1909 and 1950 [3]
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| 1888 courthouse |
- 1st Courthouse, 1888 - frame, 2 story the image shown is a picture hanging in current courthouse. The first Carson County courthouse was completed in 1888 and refurbished in 1901. This picture of the 1888 courthouse is displayed in the hall outside of the county judge's office in the current courthouse." - Terry Jeanson, September 2007 [3]
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| 1909 courthouse and Jail |
- 2nd Courthouse, 1909 - larger, 2 story with dome. The second Carson County courthouse was completed in 1909. It is similar to the 1 Franklin County Courthouse,Mount Vernon, TX. This picture of the 1909 courthouse and jail is displayed in the hall outside of the county judge's office in the current courthouse." - Terry Jeanson, September 2007[3]
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| 1950 courthouse. |
- 3rd Courthouse, 1950. 2 story more modern looking . "The 1950 Carson County Courthouse with all the utilitarian charm of the era."Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, September 2007[3]
Second image is the The frieze over the Carson County Courthouse entrance.[3]
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| Frieze over 1950 courthouse |
Geography
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcc06
- Carson county is located on E edge of the Texas High Plains.
- Latitude/Longitude: 35°25' north latitude and 101°22' west longitude.
- size: 900 square miles of level to rolling prairies
- Soil -dark clay and loam that make the county tillable and productive.
- Native grasses and crops - wheat, oats, barley, grain sorghums, and corn flourish.
- Aquifer - The huge Ogallala Aquifer beneath the surface provides water for people, crops, and livestock.
- Trees, -cottonwood, oak, or elm, appear, and mesquite, in the county's creekbottoms.
- Creeks Antelope and Dixon creeks, ( intermittent streams), run northward from central Carson County to their mouths on the Canadian River in Hutchinson County. McClellan Creek, (intermittent) flows eastward across the SE corner of the county to join the Red River.
- Elevation Carson County 3,200 to 3,500 feet
- Rainfall - 20.92 inches of rain per year but plenty of water in Aquifer
- Temperature - minimum 21° F in January to a maximum of 93° in July.
- Growing season averages 191 days a year
Major Highways
- I-40 Interstate 40
- U.S. Highway 60
- Texas State Highway 152
- Texas tate Highway 207
- Texas Farm to Market Road 293
Protected areas
- Pantex
Demographics
- As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,182. The county seat is Panhandle. Carson County is included in the Amarillo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.[1]
In 2000, there were 6,516 people with a population density of 7 people/sq mi. The racial makeup of the county was 93.82% White, 0.58% Black or African American, 1.00% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.04% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. 7.03% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[1]
The median income for a household in the county was $40,285, and the median income for a family was $47,147. Males had a median income of $34,271 versus $23,325 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,368. About 5.40% of families and 7.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.90% of those under age 18 and 9.40% of those age 65 or over.[1]
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| Frieze over 1950 courthouse |
Politics
The voters of Carson County favored the Democratic candidate in virtually every presidential election from 1888 through 1948; the only exception occurred in 1928, when Republican Herbert Hoover took the county. After 1952, when Republican Dwight Eisenhower won a majority of the county's votes, the area began to shift, and Republican candidates carried the county in virtually every presidential election from 1952 to 2004. The only exceptions occurred in 1964 and 1976, when Democrats Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter, respectively, took the county.[4]
Cities
- Panhandle (county Seat)
Towns
Events/Festivals
Historic Census
- 1890 --- 356 —
- 1900 --- 469 31.7%
- 1910 --- 2,127 353.5%
- 1920 --- 3,078 44.7%
- 1930 --- 7,745 151.6%
- 1940 --- 6,624 −14.5%
- 1950 --- 6,852 3.4%
- 1960 --- 7,781 13.6%
- 1970 --- 6,358 −18.3%
- 1980 --- 6,672 4.9%
- 1990 --- 6,576 −1.4%
- 2000 --- 6,516 −0.9%
- 2010 --- 6,182 −5.1%
- Est. 2015 --- 5,969
Notables
County Resources
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_County_Square_House_Museum Square House Museum.
- This musum opened with a simple white square house.1966, the house was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. The museum was placed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Carson County, Texas in 1973. Currently the museum has many exhibits: such as art by local indigenous tribes. Other structures and exhibits include a train caboose, a windmill, a barn, a dugout shelter and art galleries dwelling on Panhandle history.[5]
Cemeteries
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- Cemeteries, Carson county Gloria Mayfield
- FindaGrave cemeteries
Sources
- Carson County, Texas [1]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_County_Square_House_Museum
- Texas Handnook Online [2]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18
- ↑ http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-biggest-ranches/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/Panhandle-Texas-Carson-County-Courthouse.htm
- ↑ https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcc06
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_County_Square_House_Museum
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