![]() The Buffalo Gap Historic Village opened in 1956. The Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra was created, with Jay Dietzer as the first conductor, in 1950. ĭyess Air Force Base was established as Abilene AFB in 1942 it is named in honor of Texas native and Bataan Death March survivor Lieutenant Colonel William Dyess. ![]() In 1933, Abilene donated land for use by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Oil was discovered in the county a few years later (1929). The first senior class of McMurry University graduated (1926). In the 1920s, Hendricks Medical Center opened in Abilene as West Texas Baptist Sanitarium (1924) and the West Texas Historical Association was chartered in Abilene. In 1906, Abilene Christian University opened its doors as Childers Classical Institute. The State Epileptic Colony opened in Abilene in 1904. The next year, Hardin-Simmons University was established as Abilene Baptist College by the Sweetwater Baptist Association. The Abilene Board of Trade was organized in 1890, when 587 farms and ranches were in the county. A wagon train of 10 Baptist families arrived in the county that year. Ībilene was established in 1882, and named after Abilene, Kansas. In 1880, the Texas & Pacific Railroad signed an agreement to run tracks through the future city of Abilene. Six years later, Taylor County was organized. īy 1872, the first cattlemen had ventured into present Taylor County. ![]() ![]() The Butterfield Overland Mail established the Mountain Pass Station at Merkel it was in continual use until 1861. The county is named for Alamo defenders Edward, James, and George Taylor. The Texas legislature established Taylor County in 1858 from Bexar and Travis Counties. Army engineer, passed through, scouting out West Texas-to-California routes. Among first inhabitants of the area were the Penteka. ![]()
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