Hometown of Laura Bush (former First Lady of the United States) is the one and only, Midland, Texas. The “Tall City” is twenty miles northeast of Odessa and thirty-nine miles southwest of Big Spring. Its exact coordinates are 31.9973° latitude and -102.007911° longitude and it is located in the Mountains and Basins region of Texas. The average annual high temperature is 80°F and the average low is 50.9° F. Midland gets 14.9 inches of rain and two inches of snowfall on average annually. The great city has 123,933 people living in 71.51 square miles of land in the city proper. Midland’s first permanent resident was Herman N. Garrett. He arrived there from California with a herd of sheep in 1882. Two years later many ranchers started moving to the area and in January 4, 1884, the area was
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This “area” is now Midland. An Ohio real estate firm bought land at Midland and founded Midland Town Company. They started to promote the town across the Midwest and they drilled three water wells. In January 1886 the city’s first school opened, and newspaper, the Midland Gazette, was advertising Midland as “the Queen City of the South Plains.” In 1890 the population grew to 600 and The First National Bank of Midland was chartered. By that time, Midland became one of the most important cattle shipping centers in the state.
In 1900, the small town’s population rose to one thousand! A second bank was established and a new courthouse was built. Every house there had a windmill in its yard, and Midland was nicknamed as “the Windmill Town.” Between 1905 and 1909, three large fires swept the town and the last one burned down a lot of its central business district. After the tragedy, the city leaders pushed for a water system and fire department, and by 1910 the city got what they wanted. By 1914 the city had 2,500 residents and a cotton gin, three lumber yards, many
This “area” is now Midland. An Ohio real estate firm bought land at Midland and founded Midland Town Company. They started to promote the town across the Midwest and they drilled three water wells. In January 1886 the city’s first school opened, and newspaper, the Midland Gazette, was advertising Midland as “the Queen City of the South Plains.” In 1890 the population grew to 600 and The First National Bank of Midland was chartered. By that time, Midland became one of the most important cattle shipping centers in the state.
In 1900, the small town’s population rose to one thousand! A second bank was established and a new courthouse was built. Every house there had a windmill in its yard, and Midland was nicknamed as “the Windmill Town.” Between 1905 and 1909, three large fires swept the town and the last one burned down a lot of its central business district. After the tragedy, the city leaders pushed for a water system and fire department, and by 1910 the city got what they wanted. By 1914 the city had 2,500 residents and a cotton gin, three lumber yards, many