Historical Date-lines

from POST, TEXAS, The Gateway to the Plains

1906
July 31   C. W. Post purchased 47,749 acres from Slaughter Ranch
            Sept. 4    C.W. Post purchased 27,175 acres from O.S. Ranch

1907
March 23   Double U Co. chartered in Texas. Capital stock $50,000
May 19   Present site of Post City established
July 8   Garza County voters choose Post City for County Seat
Nov. 30   First meeting: Double U Co. Board of Acting Managers
Dec. 16   Town plat for Post City filed in Garza County
Dec.  50 houses were up, the Hotel under construction & a stone store building nearly completed.

1908
Jan. 8   Work begins on new Post-Gail road
Jan. 16   Nine stonemasons work on Cafe, Hotel & Company Store
Feb. 10   Town managers request cemetery land from C.W. Post
Feb. 28   C.W. Post gives cemetery land East of Post City
June 4   Post decides to erect stone gate at town's East entrance
July 7   Drought hurts crops on Experimental Farm East of Post City
Aug. 3   Twenty five Plains farms reported in cultivation
Sept. 1   Excavation begins on 1st new Reservoir
Sept. 28   First week of hack service between Post City and Snyder via Fluvanna
Oct. 16   Engineers stake out lines for city water system
Dec. 26   Grand Cowboy Ball draws 52 couples

1909
Feb. 6   First 52 trees planted in Post City - landscape project
Feb. 11   Courthouse Square laid out by Engineering Dept.
March 28   First domino party held at Hotel
April 1   Town's women organize sewing circle and literary society
May 5   County voters approve $15,000 school bond to purchase site & construct building.
May   First National Bank of Post City was established
July 27   Post City citizens organize two volunteer fire companies
Aug. 6   First annual Community BBQ

1910
Jan. 19   First test bales run on new $12,000 Cotton Gin
Feb. 17   RR delivering freight to Denicon's Camp, 15 miles NW of Post City
March 10   Baptist Church building begun by church members
May   First preliminary experiments in rainmaking
Aug. 12   Six masked men assaulted UU Co. official
Aug. 17   Work started on 2nd Reservoir
Sept. 5   First Post City POST sold
Oct. 1   RR lays track from edge of Caprock to Post City
Dec. 8   Post City receiving freight in carload lots at new rail siding

1911
Jan. 4   First Saddle Shop opens
Jan. 14   First passenger train reached Post City
Feb. 22   UU agrees to passenger car line connecting rail lines @ Post & Fluvanna
June 3   C.W. issues first details on rainmaking using kites and dynamite
June 23   Day long rainmaking attempt ends with no rain
June 30   Rainmaking battle ends with precipitation in the area
Aug. 27   75 residences, 25 businesses interested in telephones
Sept. 27   C.W. Post purchases mechanical cotton picker for 1912 crop
Oct. 29   C.W. Post begins buying cattle for ranch operation
Nov. 10   C.W. Post, Dr. A.R. Ponton to construct Post Sanitarium

1912
Feb. 9   UU Company moves into new office building
Oct. 20   C.W. Post seeks 100 Herefords to pasture on Llano Ranch
Oct. 21   Llano Ranch named headquarters: C.W. Post cattle operation

1913
March 13   Work slows, all but 9 carpenters laid off
April 7   UU Company to farm 1,100 acres of land this year, 250 acres of cotton
May   Postex Cotton Mill opened for operation
July 12   Local merchants organize monthly Trade Days
Aug. 5   Post city bypassed on "Post to Plains" Hwy. (US 87)

1914
Feb. 19   UU Co. survey land for colonization into 1/4 sections
March 18   First "Missionaries" sent across Texas to sell Post City farms
May 9    Charles William Post dies suddenly after successful surgery
July 20   First farm purchasers arrive on the Plains
Aug. 2   Committee investigates whether to organize Post City government
Aug. 24   Fifty six farms sold to date
Oct. 28   Construction okayed for $10,000; First Nat'l Bank building
Nov. 11   Civic leaders postpone vote for City organization, census; 932

Cotton

The colonization efforts of C.W. Post farms helped propel the South Plains into the largest cotton producing area in the world, providing fiber, cotton seed oil and a natural food source for humans and cattle alike. Thousands of industries depend on the cotton farm industry and is the mainstay to the economy of the area. Sophisticated machinery in all phases of the cotton farming has drastically changed the farming and ginning process to make cotton the most popular fiber available.