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Lubbock Means Texas Hospitality
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Where seldom is heard A weathered buffalo hunter was singing, making up the words as he went along. As soon as he finished, a man across the fire from him added another verse to the song the world was to know as "Home on the Range." It was July, 1878, just 25 miles from where later a great city would grow . . . Lubbock, Texas. The men around the fire were buffalo hunters. Their song was nostalgic because tomorrow they would leave the Plains. Buffalo hides were becoming scarce. They had come from many states for this last hunt . . . a reunion to mark the end of professional Buffalo Hunting. At the time, the event meant nothing to anyone except the hunters, but their song spread over the world as a monument to the exodus of the buffalo and the Indian of the South plains. The rest of the story . . . you can guess. From cattle country to farms, then villages. In 1909 Lubbock was incorporated and another big story began. Even now, as you look at a shining new city only 50 years old, you will see the imprint of the Old West.
SHOPPER'S PARADISE Whatever you want to buy - whether it be the latest fashion for Madam's wardrobe, foreign cars, fine furs, or highway machinery - Lubbock has it. See ultra-modern stores, convenient multi-storied parking garages, the 20-story Great Plains building - you'll see every type of product and service available. Behind the impressive exteriors of modern business houses are to be found the finest name brand goods. Lubbock is the "shopping center" for the South Plains, more than 500,000 people. It's the largest city within a radius of 300 to 500 miles. That's the reason its stores and businesses furnish excellent name-brand products and services. Lubbock's wholesale trade territory includes 51 counties.
WHAT DO LUBBOCK RESIDENT'S SAY? You can always get an idea of how good a city is through its citizens. Lubbock people, as you can see by the following information, wouldn't trade places with anybody. Besides Texas Technological College, and Lubbock Christian College, Lubbock has 2 senior high schools, a junior-senior high school, 6 junior high, 28 elementary, and 1 school for exceptional children. It's a family town. As you ride through the residential sections you will see all kinds of homes - from mansions to trim middle class homes, elaborate apartment dwellings and modern housing units. Housing is available in almost every price range, and more houses are being built every day. How do residents like Lubbock? See how they have flocked here since the city was incorporated only 50 years ago. That's your answer. People love it here, and they're still coming ! ! ! 1910 census 1,938 people 1920 census 4,051 people 1930 census 20,520 people 1940 census 31,853 people 1950 census 71,747 people 1959 estimate 152,776 people
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