A Collection of Memories: A History of Armstrong County, 1876-1965 Page: 58
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Armstrong County
line or two repaired also. Amarillo
telephone service was extended by
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
from Amarillo, Pullman, on to the
various branch lines southwest of
Washburn, and the H. E, White Elevator
office in 1960. Then new lines were
added the following year to residents in
Washburn--all being 8 party lines.
However, in the near future private
phones may be available here.
Before grain elevators were built,
grain was purchased by sackor wagon-
load, then shipped out by boxcars, Kell
Milling Company built a small elevator,
then the Washburn Crosby Co. purchas-
ed it, then R.B. Robertson operated it,
buying and selling grain with a switch
track off the main railroad. It was
later sold to Howard Sterling for pri-
vate grain storage. HE. White built a
grain elevator in 1912 and used it until
1963. He also built a concrete silo
type, 325,000 bushel capacity elevator
in 1950 to accommodate farmers and
government storage.
The first preacher to come to Wash..
burn was Rev. Isaac L. Mills, a Metho-
dist circuit rider preaching in the depot
in the earliest years, then using the
one-room school house. A church
building was needed and November 7,
1907 a well-built frame churchbuilding
was completed, The architect and
contractor was U.G. Randall and his
son Albert. They had just completed
their first building for R. Frank Smith
just west of Washburn the preceding
year. There were 17 men on the con-
struction of the church. Sunday School
classes had all-day picnics at various
canyon picnic spots, and enjoyed these
outings, traveling by horse and buggy,
sometimes by team and wagons. Huge
dinners were put out on long table-.
cloths on the ground and everyone sat
around thoroughly enjoying the fellow-
ship and food.
James Logue donated acreage in the
northwest corner of his section for a
cemetery. He also established the
Washburn State Bank in 1908. The
building was formerly the R.E. Mont-.
gomery residence which had been neartne railroad and old timers recalled it
had a marble fireplace in it. Mr.
Logue fulfilled the duties of President,
58cashier, and bookkeeper until 1911when
he secured the majority stock in the
First State Bank of Claude, and closed
the Washburn bank to become Presi-
dent of the bank in Claude.
Besides the "dinner all day and
preaching on the ground" gatherings
which were established customs, there
were cowboy dances held at the hotel
in Washburn. Also held were picnics
and cowboy reunions which were fore-
runners of the rodeos of today. They
were usually picnics or barbecue aff.
airs, with roping and riding contests in
the afternoon.
Early-day residents of Washburn
were Tom Grimes, Tom N. Jameson,
G. M. James, B. F, Kight, Henry Jack-
son, Dr. Johnson, his wife and her
sister Miss Laura V. Hamner, Fred
Stribling, R.B. Robertson, Matthew
White, Tom Snodgrass, "Poor Bob"
Thompson, Dr. C.F. Randall, Stephen
Bishop, J.W. Killough, and numerous
others.
The earliest rural settlers in Wash-
burn community, Fairview community,
also in comparing some of Carson
County, were as follows: C.H. Gilbert,
E.J. Goodin, James F. Handley, Pres-
ton Isaacs, Bill Hermann, Terry and
Jim Odom, Zettie T. Paulin, Archie
Druin, F.M. Sweeney, Jacob Schmidt,
J.W. Randall, S.J. Bailey, Henry W.
Shuey, August A. Palm, McFarland, A,
Jack Thompson, June Smith, J.H, Hib.
bets, James Logue, S.T. Pottinger,
Louis Anthony, Walter Warren, Chris
Eckert, Frank Zimmerman, Wren fam-
ily, M.L. Smith, R. Frank Smith, Mc-
Cuistion, W.R. Irby, Sam Clelland, E.
Spielman, Ranch McQueen. Dick Bog-
gess, John H. Hess, John Odom, Mc-
Clendon, Harvey Lightfoot, Pettus, Lice
Brothers, Probasco, Lee, Taylor, Bun.
ker, Foree Sowder, G.W. Puckett, Lem
Browing, H.H. Stanley, Dorris Sisters,
Horse King, A. Cayton, Gabe Sullenger,
W.D.Dowlen,Sam Stewartd R. D Baker,
Ed Baker, Douglas Defenbaugh, Joe
Goetz, Joe Manz, R.D. Doak, C.L.
Grimes, Henry Evans, A.W. Rodgers,
Sterling, Doc Tate. Brummett, Lynch,
Hiram, Cole, Wilmoth, Lookridge,
Knapp brothers, McAlister, Delmar I.
Barnett and sister Una, F. A. Schroe-ter, Tom Griffin, Davidson. Frank
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