Midland County
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Midland County (Created and organized, March 1885) First known as the junction of many trails and site of the last Comanche raid into Texas. In 1881 the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built; equi-distant between El Paso and Fort Worth, this became known as Midland. First settler was a sheepman in 1882.
Cattlemen came with Herefords in 1888. Water wells and windmills lured small farmers. Became headquarters for 1928 Permian Basin oil discovery. In 1945 its first well came in. The "Midland Man", oldest skeletal remains in North America (18,500 B. C.), was found in 1954. (1965)
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Marcy Trail
Midland, TX
Plotted in 1849 by a U. S. Army surveying expedition under Capt. Randolph B. Marcy.
W. B. Anglin
Midland, TX
A member, Company B, Frontier Battalion of Texas Rangers.
George Bush Family Home
Midland, TX
George H. W. Bush, future President of the United States, moved to Texas in 1948 with his wife, Barbara, future First Lady, and their...
Midland County
Midland, TX
(Created and organized, March 1885) First known as the junction of many trails and site of the last Comanche raid into Texas.