Historic Map - Amarillo, TX - 1912
Description
Reproduction map of the Amarillo, TX, drawn and published in 1912.
Inset illustrations of the following buildings appear on the map:
Amarillo Gas Plant
First Baptist Church
Central Presbyterian Church
First Methodist Church
High School
St. Charles Apartments
Complete reference list below.
Features the following "booster" statement:
"AMARILLO, the geographical and trade center of 25,000 square miles of the Texas Panhandle and a still larger area of Eastern New Mexico, and Western Oklahoma, had 9,957 population inside the corporate limits by the 1910 census. The actual population of Amarillo in 1912 is easily 12,000 and there has never been a cessation in her growth. Amarillo has three transcontinental railway systems, with vast shops, offices and terminal facilities of the Santa Fe and with division offices and shops for the Fort Worth & Denver (Hill Lines) and Rock Island. Amarillo has a Federal Court, weather bureau, Court of Civil Appeals. Amarillo's school, church and college property aggregates over a million dollars in value. Amarillo's growth is substantial and modern both in her buildings and in her industrial, commercial, social and civic enterprises. Congress has authorized an appropriation of $250,000 for the erection of a Federal building on a site valued at $10,000 which has already been deeded to the government. By reason of her mountain altitude, 3700 feet above sea level, Amarillo enjoys a life-giving atmosphere which attracts many visitors and many residents from less favored climes. Fifteen miles south of the city lies the beautiful Palo Duro Canyon, which has already become a nature's playground of national fame."
The following table shows the constant and remarkable growth of the total receipts of the Amarillo Post Office for a period of 9 years:
Year 1903..........................................$10,911.94
Year 1904..........................................$12,545.57
Year 1905..........................................$12,859.92
Year 1906..........................................$17,502.08
Year 1907..........................................$25,376.70
Year 1908..........................................$33,525.04
Year 1909..........................................$42,627.78
Year 1910..........................................$49,786.64
Year 1911..........................................$47,932.96
The following is a list of Amarillo's manufacturing enterprises:
3 Artificial Stone manufacturers.
2 Bottling Works.
1 Brick and tile factory.
1 Broom factory.
1 Cabinet shop.
2 Candy factories.
1 Carriage and wagon factory.
1 Cigar factory.
1 Candy wagon factory.
2 Flour and meal mills.
3 Cornice manufacturers.
2 Creameries.
2 Electric sign factories.
4 Chop and feed mills.
1 Fireproof metal window factory.
1 Furniture and mattress factory.
1 Gas plant.
3 Grain elevators.
1 Harness and Saddlery manufacturer.
3 Ice Cream factories.
2 Ice factories.
3 Steam Laundries.
2 Marble works.
3 Planing mills.
1 Sash and door factory.
3 Tank factories.
1 Vulcanizing plant.
1 Water, Light & Power Plant.
There are in Amarillo the following wholesale and jobbing houses:
2 Automobile supply houses.
3 Wholesale Cigar dealers.
3 Wholesale Coal dealers.
1 Wholesale Coke dealer.
1 Wholesale Drug Company.
2 Wholesale Electrical supply houses.
5 Wholesale Feed, Hay & Grain concerns.
1 Wholesale Fruit and Produce company.
4 Wholesale Grocers.
2 Wholesale Hardware houses.
1 Wholesale Paints, Oil, & Painters' supplies house.
3 Wholesale Gasoline and oil establishments.
2 Wholesale plumbing concerns.
2 Wholesale well machinery and supply houses.
Here are the accurate government figures showing the percentage of population gain of the fastest growing cities in the United States during the past decade:
AMARILLO, TEXAS...590 per cent
Oklahoma City, Okla...540 per cent
N. Yakima, Wash....346 per cent
Virginia, Minn....254 per cent
Salem, Ore...231 per cent
Los Angeles, Cal...211 per cent
Monessen, Penna...437 per cent
Aberdeen, Wash...265 per cent
Birmingham, Ala...265 per cent
Everett, Wash...215 per cent
Billings, Mont....210 per cent
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