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Town of Washburn |
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Washburn,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 21' 52.9992",
-100° 10' 39.2988"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Planned by R. E. Montgomery, son-in-law of Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Builder-President Gen. G. M. Dodge. Named for family friend. Promoted 1887, Washburn for a time was F.W. & D.C. Line's terminus. It had first newspaper on Plains-- Armstrong County Record. Also had general store, lumber yard, 2 hotels, 2 saloons. Became junction point, branch line connecting F.W. & D.C. with Santa Fe Railway at Panhandle. Remaining as town dwindled: Judge Jas. Logue, donor cemetery site and founder Washburn State Bank, 1908; H. E. White, owner of store, lumber yard and elevators. (1970)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Town of Washburn Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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