| Marker Number |
2780 |
| Atlas Number |
5065002780 |
| Marker Title |
Texas Panhandle Pioneers - John F. Weatherlys Family |
| Index Entry |
Weatherlys, John F., Family |
| Address |
501 Elsie |
| City |
Panhandle |
| County |
Carson |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
283592 |
| UTM Northing |
3913698 |
| Subject Codes |
oil/petroleum topics; pioneers |
| Marker Year |
1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
5th and Elsie Street, SH 207, Square House Museum, Panhandle |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Among first landowners in area. In 1898 started ranch 25 miles to the north. Ran country store, post office, phone exchange. Moved 1915 to Panhandle. The 1924 discovery of oil on their ranch led to the founding of Borger. They gave land to every church and school, and for a park, there. Weatherly (b. 1865, Tenn.) was a church, civic, Masonic leader; one of organizers of Hutchinson County. He died in 1944. His wife, Maggie Marie Deahl Weatherly (b. 1875, W.Va.), built Weatherly Hall at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth; educates missionaries and others; endows churches and Girl Scout work. |
