What's On Your List?

7/19/2011

In the June 5, 2011 Midland Reporter-Telegram, District judge John Hyde, a Midland historian, listed 10 of the events that he considers to be the most important in helping shape Midland's history, among them oil, the Hogan Bldg., and the rescue of Baby Jessica. What would be the top 3-5 on your list?

Judge Hyde's Top 10 (In chronological order):
1. The Bankhead Highway
2. Underground petroleum deposits
3. T.S. Hogan Building
4. Midland Army Airfield
5. Midland Memorial Hospital
6. The Flood of 1968
7. Midland College
8. Construction of ClayDesta
9. Collapse of First National Bank
10. The rescue of Jessica McClure

1 Comment

Gary M Franklin Sr

6/13/2013 11:01:04 am

I lived in Midland in the mid 1940's and my Dad was Herbert Franklin that worked at Superior Oil Co. downtown.I have some great memories of Midland even though my parents divorced in 1947. Anyone rember the Scarbrough Hotel, Rex Theatre, The Yucca, and the Ritz. Also Dunlops Store on Main St.. And I have others.

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