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A Brief History of Childress, Texas
Childress, the county seat of Childress
County, is at the junction of U.S. highways 287, 62, and
83, in the central part of the county. The town is named
for George C. Childress,qv
author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.qv
It developed out of two separate townsites, Childress City
and Henry, which were platted about four miles apart on
land previously occupied by the OX Ranch.qv
When Childress County was organized upon the arrival of
the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway in February 1887,
the two towns contested for the position of county seat.
In the first election, held on April 11, 1887, Childress
City, which already had three businesses, won the honor. A
wooden courthouse was built under the supervision of Amos
J. Fires,qv the "Dean of
the Panhandle Lawyers." However, the Donley County Court
(to which Childress County was attached for judicial
purposes at the time) canvassed the election and declared
it illegal. R. E. Montgomery, the railroad's right-of-way
and townsite agent, had always favored Henry as the county
seat because of the rougher terrain at Childress City,
which he claimed would prevent the railroad from building
a depot there. Significantly, he had also purchased half
the property in Henry. After the court's action,
Montgomery proposed that the railroad give those owning
lots in Childress City lots in Henry. Furthermore, when
Henry was chosen county seat in another election, the
company offered to change the name of Henry to Childress.
Fires and his associates agreed to this compromise, and
the businesses and residences were moved to the new
Childress by September 1887.
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