Lubbock's Most Influential
(63) Confederate soldier, war prisoner, land speculator, cattleman, county judge ...William Dorsey Crump was one of the most colorful individuals involved in the establishment of Lubbock.
After the Civil War, Crump looked westward for opportunity. His ventures took him to Colorado and eventually to Texas, where he settled for a time in the Dallas area. Ever searching for more land at a bargain price, he knew he hit paydirt when he ascended the Caprock.
In June 1890, he moved to the area permanently, built a home on a section of land and hauled lumber from Colorado City for the first courthouse.
He was involved in efforts to bring railroads, an ice plant, hospitals and Texas Tech to Lubbock.
He was elected county judge in 1898.
In anticipation of the railroad extending into the area, he and others organized the Ripley Townsite Company on a plot that would come to be known as Shallowater.
He died in 1940 at 95.
(63) Confederate soldier, war prisoner, land speculator, cattleman, county judge ...William Dorsey Crump was one of the most colorful individuals involved in the establishment of Lubbock.
After the Civil War, Crump looked westward for opportunity. His ventures took him to Colorado and eventually to Texas, where he settled for a time in the Dallas area. Ever searching for more land at a bargain price, he knew he hit paydirt when he ascended the Caprock.
In June 1890, he moved to the area permanently, built a home on a section of land and hauled lumber from Colorado City for the first courthouse.
He was involved in efforts to bring railroads, an ice plant, hospitals and Texas Tech to Lubbock.
He was elected county judge in 1898.
In anticipation of the railroad extending into the area, he and others organized the Ripley Townsite Company on a plot that would come to be known as Shallowater.
He died in 1940 at 95.
Lubbock's Most Influential
(63) Confederate soldier, war prisoner, land speculator, cattleman, county judge ...William Dorsey Crump was one of the most colorful individuals involved in the establishment of Lubbock.
After the Civil War, Crump looked westward for opportunity. His ventures took him to Colorado and eventually to Texas, where he settled for a time in the Dallas area. Ever searching for more land at a bargain price, he knew he hit paydirt when he ascended the Caprock.
In June 1890, he moved to the area permanently, built a home on a section of land and hauled lumber from Colorado City for the first courthouse.
He was involved in efforts to bring railroads, an ice plant, hospitals and Texas Tech to Lubbock.
He was elected county judge in 1898.
In anticipation of the railroad extending into the area, he and others organized the Ripley Townsite Company on a plot that would come to be known as Shallowater.
He died in 1940 at 95.
(63) Confederate soldier, war prisoner, land speculator, cattleman, county judge ...William Dorsey Crump was one of the most colorful individuals involved in the establishment of Lubbock.
After the Civil War, Crump looked westward for opportunity. His ventures took him to Colorado and eventually to Texas, where he settled for a time in the Dallas area. Ever searching for more land at a bargain price, he knew he hit paydirt when he ascended the Caprock.
In June 1890, he moved to the area permanently, built a home on a section of land and hauled lumber from Colorado City for the first courthouse.
He was involved in efforts to bring railroads, an ice plant, hospitals and Texas Tech to Lubbock.
He was elected county judge in 1898.
In anticipation of the railroad extending into the area, he and others organized the Ripley Townsite Company on a plot that would come to be known as Shallowater.
He died in 1940 at 95.
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