Post in Garza County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Post
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, November 11, 2017
1. Post Marker
Early abundant water supply by windmills above Caprock. Later from White River Lake. Extensive ranching and farming. Postex Cotton Mills, making sheets and pillowcases, furnish year-round employment. Service center for over 1,750 oil wells in county.
Erected 1967 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 4085.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.
Location. 33° 10.847′ N, 101° 22.612′ W. Marker is in Post, Texas, in Garza County. Marker is on South Broadway Street, 0.2 miles south of East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Post TX 79356, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Garza County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Postex Cotton Mill (approx. half a mile away); Post Santa Fe Depot (approx. 0.6 miles away); Old Post High School (approx. 0.6 miles away); Garza County Roll of Honor (approx. ¾ mile away); Mrs. Merriweather Post (approx. ¾ mile away); Charles W. Post (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Garza County (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Post.
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Ranchland became a Utopian town just below the Caprock Escarpment in 1907. That’s when Post Cereal founder and philanthropist, C.W. Post, established his namesake city as a model farming community. In the process he introduced agricultural innovations to the high Texas plains and paid the Santa Fe Railroad to ensure that a depot would be finished by 1910. A five-block refurbished historic district looks much as it did in the cereal magnate’s day. (Submitted on December 10, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, November 11, 2017
2. Post Marker
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, November 11, 2017
3. Post Marker
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 16, 2016
4. Post today: Welcome to Post
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 16, 2016
5. Post today: Hotel Garza
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 16, 2016
6. Post today: Main Street
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 16, 2016
7. Post Today: Texas Plains Trail
Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 294 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 28, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 29, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 7. submitted on December 10, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
