TX BIOS:  Mr. Delzell
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   Washington, 1994.
   
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   Claudia HarrisP.W.
   
   Amarillo, Texas
   
   District #16 PANHANDLE PIONEERS Interview: [DEL: Revised by :DEL] Mr.
   Delzell
   
   Potter County Farm
   
   Amarillo, Texas
   
   Mr. Delzell brought a group of homeseekers to the Panhandle from [DEL:
   airfax :DEL] Fairfax, Iowa. The prospective settlers were college
   friends of Mr. Delzell and his wife who, having heard of what a fine
   country the Panhandle was and how easy it was to become rich there,
   left their former homes to make [DEL: other [?] :DEL] others on the
   last Texas frontier.
   
   Mr. Delzell called to mind several of the early buildings of Amarillo:
   the first courthouse in the new town at Fifth and Taylor, west of the
   present courthouse; and the first brick schoolhouse at the present
   location of the school plant between Tyler and Polk and 12th and 13th
   streets. Mr. L. A. Wells, superintendent of the public school of
   Amarillo about 1905 or 1906, put out the first tree in Amarillo. That
   tree still stands diagonally across from the present high school on
   Polk.
   
   According to Mr. Delzell, Mr. H. A. Nobles started the street cars in
   Amarillo. One line went toward San Jacinto. A man named Lynch ran one
   street car line.
   
   Mr. Delzell was present when the old Carson building, located at 4th
   and Polk, burned down, although the local fire department fought to
   save the structure from the flames.
   
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