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Links to Resources
 Phillips, TX:
http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/Phillips-Texas.htm
Search
MapQuest
for a current map of Phillips, TX
Map of Phillips
from Hutchinson County Clerk's Office: 1970's
Mid-1950's Map of
Phillips
Directory
of Students' addresses, Class of 1961
Street Names from 1970's Map:
| Avenue A |
Lemp: named for Charles Lemp, board of directors of Phillips
Petroleum Company |
| Avenue B |
Main |
| Avenue C |
Meredith: named for another oil company founded by Frank
Phillips & brothers |
| 1st Street |
New Mechanic |
| 2nd Street |
Oberfell: named for George Oberfell, director of research
for Phillips Petroleum Company |
| 3rd Street |
Ostrom Road: named for owner of grocery store, Phillips TX |
| Adams: named for K.S. 'Boots' Adams, board of directors;
later President of
Phillips Petroleum Company |
Pantex: Contraction of 'Panhandle of Texas' |
| Addinsell: named for A.N. Addinsell, early oil refiner |
Park: named for street with Frank Phillips' mansion in New
York City |
| Byrd: named for Admiral Richard Byrd early user of PhilGas |
Perkins: early postmaster in Phillips |
| Carter: named for 'Silent' Carter, early oilman who talked
constantly |
Phillips Avenue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Phillips |
| Coble: named for William Thomas Coble, early rancher |
Prairie |
| Cook |
Rice: named for F.E. Rice, head of gasoline division for
Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Dimit: possibly named after the Masonic term meaning to
resign or release; Frank Phillips was a Mason. |
Riney Drive: named for John Riney, early Oklahoma oilman |
| Dupont: named for Eugene Dupont, board of directors of
Phillips Petroleum Company |
Ryan |
| Earle: named for Ellis P. Earle, board of directors of
Phillips Petroleum Company |
Sands: possibly named for geologic formation where oil is
found |
| Ellis: possibly also named for Ellis P. Earle, board of
director of Phillips Petroleum Company |
Santa Fe: named for Santa Fe railroad |
| Emery: named for Don Emery, general counsel of Phillips
Petroleum Company |
Smith-Capers: 1922 oil well on the Smith Ranch, one of the
earliest in Hutchinson County |
| Endacott: named for Paul Endacott, board of directors of
Phillips Petroleum Company |
Smoot: named for banker W. Clay Smoot, board of directors of
Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Hiatt: possibly named for early Oklahoma oilman |
Starks: possibly named for Starks Oilfield near Beaumont TX |
| Hamilton: named for R.F. Hamilton, executive committee
secretary, Phillips Petroleum Company |
Stevens |
| Hughes: former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
Trower: named for H.A. Trower, early Phillips Petroleum
Company executive |
| Hull: named for J.A.T. Hull, board of directors of Phillips
Petroleum Company |
Trail Road |
| Hummel: named for Peter W. Hummel, oil field geologist |
Youker: named for M.P. Youker, oil field technologist |
| Johnston: named for J. L. Johnston, board of directors of
Phillips Petroleum Company |
Warehouse |
| Jones: possibly named for Bruce Jones, an early chauffeur of
Frank Phillips or one of several other acquaintances named Jones |
Whittenburg:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittenburg,_Texas |
| Joplin: R.C. Jopling was Phillips Petroleum Company's early P.R. man |
Woods |
| Koopman: named for Henry E. Koopman, treasurer of Phillips
Petroleum Company |
Webmaster note: most of the names are from
Oil Man: The Story Of Frank Phillips & The Birth Of Phillips
Petroleum by Michael Wallis.
Please share corrections and other stories of street name origins with
PHSAlumni_AT_sbcglobal.net |
Newspapers:
Borger
News-Herald
Handbook of Texas Online:
Phillips:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgp03
Hutchinson County:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hch23
Borger:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/heb10
Fritch:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjf08
Plemons:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrp44
Stinnett:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjs26
Search Handbook of Texas Online:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/search.html
Wikipedia Articles:
Places--
Phillips:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips%2C_Texas
Hutchinson County:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchinson_County%2C_Texas
Borger:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borger_Texas
Fritch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritch%2C_Texas
Stinnett:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinnett%2C_Texas
Texas Panhandle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_panhandle
People--
Asa Phillip (Ace) Borger:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._%28Ace%29_Borger
Billy Dixon (Dixon Creek):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Billy%22_Dixon
Frank Phillips:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Phillips_(oil_industrialist)
Hutchinson County is named for Andrew Hutchinson, an early
attorney in Texas. There is no Wikipedia article on him.
Fritch: No Wikipedia information on person for whom Fritch is
named, H.C. Fritch, V.P. of Rock Island Railroad.
Stinnett: No Wikipedia information on person for whom
Stinnett is named, Albert Sidney Stinnett of Amarillo, a railroad executive.
Other Resources:
Hutchinson County
History of Hutchinson County, Texas: 104 years, 1876-1980:
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20204/m1/1/
The entire book is available online and contains many interesting photos and stories.
Hutchinson County, a TX Genweb project:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhutchi/
Hutchinson County Towns (excluding Phillips):
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhutchi/towns2.html#ple
Phillips
Article
about
Phillips, Texas Amarillo Globe-News
July 12, 2009
Blackhawk
Victory Bell returned Amarillo Globe-News
August 30, 2009
Plains
Song Washington Post November
1, 2009
Town of
Phillips Began as a Company Camp Borger News Herald,
Sunday, October 8, 1978
Article about Stained Glass Windows and Railroad Tracks,
a book about Phillips: http://amarillo.com/local-news/news/2018-02-13/beilue-no-ghost-writer-needed-ghost-town
Places to visit:
Phillips 66 Museum, Bartlesville OK:
http://www.phillips66museum.com
Visit Frank Phillips birthplace/old
style gas station:
http://www.oldgas.com/info/creston66.html
Restored Phillips 66 station:
http://www.oldgas.com/info/massena66.html
Frank and Jane Phillips' home:
http://www.frankphillipshome.org/
Woolaroc, Frank Phillips' lodge,
museum & wildlife preserve:
http://www.woolaroc.org/
Petroliana: Shop for Phillips 66 memorabilia, e.g., toys,
maps, signs, gas pumps, etc.
http://www.oilsign.com/
http://www.ebay.com
Info Please Almanac:
What was happening in the
world during the years of Phillips TX: 1926-1990
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Did you know?
Phillips became a town in 1927 and
was briefly named Pantex.
Phillips and Whittenburg townsites voted to merge in 1938.
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Schools:
Plemons Stinnett Phillips Consolidated Independent School
District
Sanford Fritch ISD
Readings:
Oil Man: The Story Of Frank Phillips & The Birth Of Phillips
Petroleum by Michael Wallis
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Diane Pub Co (May 2001)
ISBN-10: 075676632X; ISBN-13: 978-0756766320
Phillips 66 1945-1954 Photo Archive: Photographs from the
Phillips Petroleum Company Corporate Archives by M. Kirn [pictures of
Phillips 66 service stations & attendants]
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Iconografix, Inc. (February 24, 1996)
ISBN-10: 1882256425; ISBN-13: 978-1882256426
History of Hutchinson County, Texas: 104 years,
1876-1980 by Hutchinson County Historical
Commission
520 pages
Taylor Publishing 1980
http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-20204
More readings about the Plains & the Texas Panhandle are
HERE.
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