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Land of the High Sky: History of Midland County of West Texas from 1849 to the Present. First National Bank of Midland. OCLC 731414735. Robert H. Ryan; Leonard G. Schifrin (1959), Midland: The Economic Future of a Texas Oil Center, Austin: University of Texas Bureau of Business Research, OCLC 1073160; Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien.
Sandstorm, 1894 Main Street, 1894. Midland was established in June 1881 as Midway Station, on the Texas and Pacific Railway.Its name came from its central location between Fort Worth and El Paso, but because there were already other towns in Texas named Midway, the city changed its name to Midland in January 1884 when it was granted its first post office.
Clarence Scharbauer (August 17, 1879 – October 2, 1942) was an American rancher, oilman, banker and hotelier. He was the owner of large ranches in Texas and New Mexico.By the time of his death, Scharbauer was "one of West Texas' most prominent and influential citizens."
It is located at 1412 W. Ohio Ave. in Midland, Texas. The home was built in 1939 [2] and was purchased by the Bush family in 1951 for $9,000 (equivalent to $106,000 in 2023). They lived in the 1,400-square-foot (130 m 2) home until late 1955. It was also the earliest childhood home of Governor Jeb Bush.
Midland History is a peer-reviewed academic journal of the history of the Midlands region of England. It was established in 1971 [ 1 ] and is published by Taylor & Francis for the University of Birmingham .
Frank Kell Cahoon, Midland oilman; the only Republican in the Texas legislature, 1965–1966; former Midland City Council member; Mike Conaway, United States Congressman; Tom Craddick, District 82 State Representative and former Speaker of the Texas House; Donald Evans, former US Secretary of Commerce
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David J Frurip, ed. (2001), The Cater Site: The Archaeology, History, Artifacts and Activities at This Early 19th Century Midland County Site Doreen Ozker (March 1976), "A Descriptive Report of the Surface Collections from Site 20MD28, Chippewa Nature center, Midland County, Michigan", The Michigan Archaeologist , 22 (1): 1–100