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Site of the First Lamb County Courthouse |
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SE corner of 8th & Main, OIton,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
34° 10' 50.15768999988",
-102° 8' 5.4222"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Created in 1876, Lamb County was unorganized until it could muster 21 qualified voters, 1908. Citizens donated labor for first 9-room frame courthouse, which served until it burned in 1922. First county officials were: Judge H. R. Miller; Commissioners, J. A. Hooper (Precinct No. 1), Claude E. Halsell (No. 2), G. M. Arnett (No. 3), Walter Sullivan (No. 4); sheriff, Herb Dickenson; clerk, George Gallaway; treasurer, Fred Schreier; assessor, Luther Williams. A new courthouse of brick and concrete was built here, 1922-23. After a 1946 election, the county seat was removed to Littlefield. (1972)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Site of the First Lamb County Courthouse Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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