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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the city of Lubbock, Texas. Official Website History Lubbock is the county seat of Lubbock County. Lubbock was the heart of Comancheria, the shifting domain controlled by the Comanche. Lubbock County was founded in 1876. It was named after Thomas Saltus Lubbock, former Texas Ranger and brother of Francis Lubbock, governor of Tex...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lubbock County, Texas. Official Website The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1891. It is named for Thomas Saltus Lubbock, a Confederate colonel and Texas Ranger (some sources give his first name as Thompson). Adjacent Counties Hale County Crosby County Hockley County Lamb County Terry County Floyd County G...
Hearing the Winds of War in 1941, the City of Lubbock offered 2,000 acres to the War Department to build and airfield. Cotton fields & grassland gave way to a huge military installation when construction began on August 22, 1941 and 5 months later, Lubbock Field officially opened on January 22, 1942. It was originally known as the Lubbock Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School and offered prim...
Wikipedia Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas,and the flagship institution of the Texas Tech University System. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the four-institution Texas Tech University System. The university's student enrol...
Slaton Englewood Cemetery came into existence with the first burial of an infant, J.W. Obrian, on May 10, 1912. Since then, there have been five additions of land between the years of 1914 and 1972. The land area encompassed at present is 49 acres. There is a Potter's Field in the original cemetery area with unmarked graves, homemade markers, as well as wood, concrete, and stone markers. This...
Eastlawn Memorial Gardens (a.k.a. City of Lubbock Cemetery) is a cemetery in Lubbock, Texas housing over 60,000 graves. The most famous grave is that of Buddy Holly. Find a Grave
"Since the mid-1900s, Resthaven Funeral Home and Resthaven Memorial Park have served families in and around Lubbock, Texas. Located just inside the loop and about 2 miles from Texas Tech University, the funeral home and cemetery provide compassionate care to families throughout West Texas, including the towns of Idalou, New Deal, Shallowater, Wolfforth, Tahoka, Slaton and many nearby Spanish-sp...