Arthur P. Duggan, Sr., Papers, 1860-1957

Littlefield Lands Company (Tex.)

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Yellow House Land Company

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This trust estate, an agency of Malcolm Hiram Reed, organized in 1923 to purchase 300,000 acres of land in Hockley and Lamb counties of Texas from the heirs of George W. Littlefield. The land was then resold in small plots to farmers. It is the successor of the Littlefield Lands Company. Like other land developers their company helped to settle the West Texas region, which eventually prospered through the decades. From the guide to the Yellow House Land Company Records, S1226. 1., 19...

Duggan, Arthur P. (Arthur Pope), 1876-1935

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A real estate developer, attorney, civic leader, and politician, Duggan was born in 1876 in San Marcos, Texas. He was awarded a B.S. by the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Texas (1895) and an L.L.B. by the University of Texas (1899). He married Sarah Elizabeth Harral in 1902 and the marriage produced two children. Duggan worked as an abstractor in Denton, Texas, until 1912 when hired by Major George W. Littlefield as a general agent for the Littlefield Land Company. He also helped found th...

West Texas Chamber of Commerce

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The West Texas Chamber of Commerce had its beginning in Fort Worth, Texas, in December, 1918. This organization was established to effectively serve West Texas through economic growth. At the time of its merger with the Texas Chamber of Commerce in 1986, its main office was located at Abilene, Texas. The records represent fifty years of its history and operation in promoting better industries to develop in West Texas in areas such as agriculture, education, tourism, medicine, and ot...