Double U Company Collection, 1905-1978 and undated

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Double U Company Collection, 1905-1978 and undated

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A collection of blueprints and maps generated by the Double U Company related to the founding of Post City (Post), Texas, and surrounding farms from 1905-1978 and undated.

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Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University

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SNAC Resource ID: 6641012

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Postex Mill (Post, Tex.)

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Double U Company

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The Double U Company was a land colonization business chartered in 1907 by breakfast food magnate Charles William Post (1854-1914) of Battle Creek, Michigan. From 1906-1907, Post purchased over 200,000 acres of land in Garza, Lynn, and Hockley Counties Texas. The acquisition encompassed parts of the Curry Comb Ranch, the O. S. Ranch, the T. G. Oxsheer Ranch, and a portion of John B. Slaughter's U-Lazy-S Ranch. The town of Post, in Garza County, Texas began as a tent city in 1906. By 1916, after ...

Post, C. W. (Charles William), 1854-1914

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Algerita Hotel (Post, Tex.)

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