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Site of First Church in City of Friona
The city of Friona was founded in 1906 by George G. Wright...
Friona Schools
Friona has the distinction of being the first town in Texa...
Friona
When established by the XIT Ranch in 1898, this community ...
Friona Women's Clubs
By 1898, Friona and several other area townsites had been ...
Results for Friona
Site of First Church in City of Friona
The city of Friona was founded in 1906 by George G. Wright Land Co., of Kansas City, an agency employed by the XIT Ranch owners to sell their range lands in small tracts. Religious-minded settlers in 1908 organized the Union ...
Friona Schools
Friona has the distinction of being the first town in Texas to integrate its schools. The first school opened on this site in 1908 in a one-room frame building, with Roxie Witherspoon teaching 18 pupils. A two-story brick school finished ...
Friona
When established by the XIT Ranch in 1898, this community was originally called Frio, after Frio (Cold) Draw, and it served as a shipping point on the recently built Pecos & Northern Texas Railroad. In 1906, the George G. Wright ...
Friona Women's Clubs
By 1898, Friona and several other area townsites had been laid out as switches on the Pecos Valley & Northern Texas Railroad. Settlers soon began arriving in Friona, which incorporated in 1906. Twenty Friona women organized a club in September ...
