Details for Old County Bookmobile, First "Inside Service" Bookmobile in Texas
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5065003714
Data
| Marker Number | 3714 |
| Atlas Number | 5065003714 |
| Marker Title | Old County Bookmobile, First "Inside Service" Bookmobile in Texas |
| Index Entry | Bookmobile, Old County |
| Address | 501 Elsie |
| City | Panhandle |
| County | Carson |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 283592 |
| UTM Northing | 3914411 |
| Subject Codes | libraries |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 5th and Elsie Street (fronting Elsie), SH 207, at Square House Museum, Panhandle |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | In use 1938-1957. Based at the county library on this site. A bright red, visible for miles, this first bookmobile in Texas was called "The Library Bus." It stopped at ranches, schools, oil camps; circulated 2,000 books a month; served in era of sparse settlement, World War II growth and later industrialization. There were private and rental libraries in early Texas; the Republic had a National Library, but most county libraries were founded or instigated by local citizens- -as was this pioneer bookmobile. Texas still has 51 bookmobiles in other counties. |