Lubbock in Lubbock County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Lubbock's First Cotton Gin
Photographed By Allen Lowrey, March 10, 2021
1. Lubbock's First Cotton Gin Marker
Inscription.
Lubbock's First Cotton Gin. . , The Lubbock Cotton Gin Company operated at a site 1/10 mile northeast in the 1900s and 1910s. Until 1903, the nearest gins were over 100 miles away, thus limiting any local experiments with growing cotton. However, after the first small efforts to raise cotton proved successful in 1902 and 1903, local municipal leaders recognized that cotton farming could become an established industry and decided to purchase a cotton gin.
After a public subscription drive, a group led by town co- founder – Frankie Wheelock funded and opened Lubbock's first cotton gin in late 1904. The Lubbock cotton gin company was jointly owned by Wheelock, William Carlisle, brothers K. And G.W. Carter, H.V. Edsall, and W.G. Nairn.
Wheelock traveled to the railroad siding in canyon with two wagons and eight horses and returned eight days later with a 16,000-pound engine and gin equipment in tow. The gin was installed over a three-month period, opening in time for the 1904 harvest.
Each season once the harvest began, the gin operated almost continuously. Soon, other gins opened in the county to keep up with increasing cotton production, increases which by the 1920s resulted in the opening of numerous compress warehouses and cotton seed oil-processing plants. After this gin closed in the late 1910S, the site became parts of the Lubbock cotton oil company and the Lubbock compress company (northeast 0.2 miles).
Starting with the first cotton gin in 1904, Lubbock has grown to be the center of the south plains cotton industry, recognized as one of the leading production regions of the united states and the world. , Marker is property of State of Texas . This historical marker was erected in 2017 by Texas Historical Commission. It is in Lubbock in Lubbock County Texas
The Lubbock Cotton Gin Company operated at a site 1/10 mile
northeast in the 1900s and 1910s. Until 1903, the nearest gins
were over 100 miles away, thus limiting any local experiments
with growing cotton. However, after the first small efforts to
raise cotton proved successful in 1902 and 1903, local municipal
leaders recognized that cotton farming could become an
established industry and decided to purchase a cotton gin.
After a public subscription drive, a group led by town co-
founder – Frankie Wheelock funded and opened Lubbock's first
cotton gin in late 1904. The Lubbock cotton gin company was
jointly owned by Wheelock, William Carlisle, brothers K. And G.W.
Carter, H.V. Edsall, and W.G. Nairn.
Wheelock traveled to the railroad siding in canyon with two
wagons and eight horses and returned eight days later with a
16,000-pound engine and gin equipment in tow. The gin was
installed over a three-month period, opening in time for the 1904
harvest.
Each season once the harvest began, the gin operated almost
continuously. Soon, other gins opened in the county to keep up
with increasing
Photographed By Allen Lowrey, March 10, 2021
2. Lubbock's First Cotton Gin Marker
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cotton production, increases which by the 1920s
resulted in the opening of numerous compress warehouses and
cotton seed oil-processing plants. After this gin closed in the
late 1910S, the site became parts of the Lubbock cotton oil
company and the Lubbock compress company (northeast 0.2 miles).
Starting with the first cotton gin in 1904, Lubbock has grown
to be the center of the south plains cotton industry, recognized
as one of the leading production regions of the united states
and the world. Marker is property of State of Texas
Erected 2017 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 18589.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.
Location. 33° 34.725′ N, 101° 50.174′ W. Marker is in Lubbock, Texas, in Lubbock County. Marker is on Avenue A, 0.1 miles north of East 19th Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lubbock TX 79401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 13, 2021, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. This page has been viewed 159 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on March 13, 2021, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
