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Wylie was named after J. J. Wylie, an early settler, who moved Taylor County in 1880. The first settlers farmed in the Wylie area beginning in 1881, but Wylie as a community did not develop until 1902, when John H. Vance arrived from Austin, Texas. Vance purchased several acres of land southwest of Abilene, and built the first general store ...
When a proposition to build a countywide hospital in Taylor County was voted down in 1921, Jenkins gathered a group of Abilene community members to help take on the dream of building a hospital. [4] A sprawling 6-acre (24,000 m 2) field on the outskirts of north Abilene was donated by Clifton M. Caldwell and his wife as a location for the ...
By 1964, a total of 466 students were enrolled in the district. As Abilene grew and annexed land from Wylie into its school district, Wylie residents voted to become an independent school district in 1968. [5] Butterfield School, located between the communities of Caps and View, consolidated with Wylie ISD in 1978. [7]
Abilene Wylie (8-3) vs. No. 7 Argyle (9-2) at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 in an area playoff game at Tarleton Memorial Stadium in Stephenville. REGION I-5A DII. BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF.
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In 1933, Abilene donated land for use by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [14] Dyess Air Force Base was established as Abilene AFB in 1942; it is named in honor of Texas native and Bataan Death March survivor Lieutenant Colonel William Dyess. [15] The Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra was created, with Jay Dietzer as the first conductor, in 1950. [5]
Abilene Wylie's Isaiah Carrillo, right, brings the ball up court as Lubbock Monterey's Carter Bovkoon defends in the first half. The Bulldogs beat Monterey 60-41 in a District 4-5A game Tuesday ...
Elaine Wyllie (born August 26, 1953) is a professor emeritus of neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and emeritus staff physician in Cleveland Clinic's Epilepsy Center. Her research focused on the role of epilepsy surgery in children with drug-resistant seizures.