Erick, Oklahoma

Everything Erick is known for

1 song mention this city 2 artists from here

Music in Erick

Songs About Erick

Must Be My Baby
Guy Clark
6%
"Frankie D. said he got it straight from Roger Miller"

Artists From Erick

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Roger Miller
country Pop: 53
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Sheb Wooley
country Pop: 32

Rivers & Roads in Song near Erick

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Erick.

U.S. Route 66 11 songs Highway I 40 10 songs Red River 50 songs

History of Erick

Greer County, Texas

1846

(To the east, in present Oklahoma) Created 1860; until 1896, one of largest counties in Texas. Organized at Old Mobeetie, northwest of here. In 1880s settlement was rapid; by 1892 nearly 2,500 pupils were in county's schools. A post office, jail and many houses were built, and over 60,000 cattle grazed the 3,480 square miles of the county's area. But for a half-century (1846-1896) the United States and Texas waged a heated dispute over Greer County. Controversy had origin in an 1819 treaty fixing the line between United States and Spanish territory. A map designating the Red River and 100th meridian as boundary lines was part of treaty; but map aroused dispute, for it incorrectly marked 100th meridian and showed only one fork of two-forked Red River. Texas claimed the North Fork and meridian shown on map defined territory, and legislation and occupancy by Texans decided sovereignty. United States contended South Fork (larger of the two) and true 100th meridian marked boundaries. Three joint survey commissions failed to settle the issue. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1896 ruled that the region was in 1819 part of the Union and thus, was actually part of Oklahoma. Named for John A. Greer, senator, secretary of state, Republic of Texas; lieutenant governor, 1847-1853. (1967)

Historical Marker → · 9.5 mi away

Center Cemetery

1906

In 1906, D. M. Pollard bought the south half of section 30, block A-7 of the H&GN survey and lived in a dugout. Near his homesite, the center school opened in 1909. The school also hosted church services, and the Center Cemetery was dedicated on the adjoining property to the west. The oldest marked grave, for B. F. Matthews, dates from March 1909. A survey recorded 34 marked graves with 13 marked unknown. There are indications of additional unmarked graves. Elisha Powell (Civil War) and Alvin David Fellingham (World War II) are two known military veterans interred here. Descendants of D. M. Pollard still own land around the cemetery, which reflects hardships faced by settlers of the Texas Panhandle. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2011

Historical Marker → · 18.6 mi away

Things to Do in Erick

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The Blarney Stone with an Armed Escort

In 1959 Shamrock Texas somehow convinced Ireland to send them a genuine chunk of the Blarney Stone from Blarney Castle in County Cork. The story goes that it…
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The Gas Station That Became a Movie Star

In 1936 a wild Art Deco gas station went up at the crossroads of Route 66 and Highway 83 in Shamrock Texas. The U-Drop Inn had two flared towers glazed ceramic…
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When Route 66 Was Shamrocks Lifeline

In the 1920s and 1930s Route 66 brought a river of travelers right through the heart of Shamrock Texas. The town boomed to nearly 4000 people by 1930 with…
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An Irish Festival in the Texas Panhandle

Every March the tiny town of Shamrock Texas throws one of the biggest St Patricks Day celebrations in the Southwest. It started in 1938 when the town…
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The Dugout Post Office That Burned

The name Shamrock first appeared in 1890 when an Irish immigrant sheep rancher named George Nickel applied to open a post office at his dugout home six miles…
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The Irish Rancher Who Started It All

Shamrocks Irish identity goes deeper than a holiday celebration. The town was shaped by Irish immigrants like George Nickel who came to the Panhandle in the…
quirky 21.3 mi away
The Panhandles Hidden Gas

Most people know the Texas Panhandle for oil and cattle but beneath Wheeler County and its neighbors sits something rarer. In the 1920s scientists analyzing…
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The Hotel That Became a Museum

The Reynolds Hotel was completed in 1928 right at the peak of Shamrocks oil boom and Route 66 heyday. For nearly fifty years it housed weary travelers making…

Everything Near Erick

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