Geologist Charles Gould founded the University of Oklahoma Geology Department in 1900, which was the first accredited school dedicated to petroleum geology. He was recruited by the Roosevelt administration as part an ongoing assessment of the . . . — — Map (db m200536) HM
On County Road F (Farm to Market Road 2349) at County Highway 6, on the right when traveling west on County Road F.
In 1908 Anders L. Mordt, a native of Norway, secured form R. M. Thomson and R. T. Anderson the sales rights to 100 sections of Hansford County land he named Oslo. The first settlers were recruited from existing Norwegian colonies in the midwestern . . . — — Map (db m169537) HM
On Davis Street, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
Built 1909, by Bert O. Cator, J. H. Wright and S. B. Hale, Hansford County pioneers. Cator had built first dugout in the Panhandle, 1873; Hale was first druggist in Old Hansford; Wright promoted town of Hansford, now abandoned. Victorian . . . — — Map (db m93461) HM
On State Highway 15 2.1 miles east of State Highway 136, on the left when traveling east.
Established 1886 about 1/2 mile northeast of this site. Intended to be county seat of Hansford County, created 1876, organized in 1889. Lost election to town of Hansford, which served till 1928 but is also now non-existent.
Named for early . . . — — Map (db m93407) HM
On State Highway 15/207 0.1 miles west of Farm to Market Road 19, on the right when traveling west.
This court house was located one fourth mile northwest of here and built in 1891.
It was made of red brick brought overland in wagons from Dodge City, Kansas. It was the first court house in the county.
Hansford County
Surveyed in 1876 and . . . — — Map (db m93444) HM
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