Finch-Lord-Nelson and the Founding of Panhandle City
Cattle firm that had brought first Herefords to region-- Lue Finch, W. H. Lord, O. H. Nelson-- in 1887 promoted Panhandle City, as railroad line approached. They sent in ten cowboys to stake claims around city, which prospered as county seat. The Finch-Lord-Nelson firm (which included John A. Finch after 1887) left descendants to continue pioneering. Of their 1887 employees, J. E. Southwood and W. D. Jolly also remained. This little red barn is a replica symbolic of frontier structures built by Finch-Lord-Nelson for the 1887 claimsmen.
35.3463° N, 101.3801° W
Where to Find It
5th and Elsie Streets, SH 207, in Square House Museum Compound, Panhandle.
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi NE Last Great Panhandle Cattle Drive to Montana Panhandle
- <0.1 mi S Old County Bookmobile, First "Inside Service" Bookmobile in Texas Panhandle
- <0.1 mi SW Pioneer Dugout Panhandle
- <0.1 mi S Texas Panhandle Pioneers - The Simms Brothers Panhandle
- <0.1 mi S Purvines Ranch Home Panhandle
- <0.1 mi S The Square House Panhandle