Arcadia Publishing Borger History Book

Description

When A.P. ﾡﾰAceﾡﾱ Borger came from Oklahoma to the Texas Panhandle’s high plains in 1926, he saw what others had seen: a barren landscape, populated sparsely, with cattle and wildlife. However, through the experienced eyes of a town builder, Ace envisioned a booming, growing, all-American city. They laughed when he bought 240 acres thinking the attraction of black gold would bring enough people to make a profit. Borger was a true boomtown with all the appendages-fugitives, drug dealers, gaming houses, dance halls, prostitutes and dishonest officers-though one could say boomtown hysteria ended with the assassination of Ace. Virtuous people, each with a vision, came to Borger to start churches, hospitals and schools, raise families, profit from honest businesses and restrain criminals. As citizens worked together, Borger became a 1970 All-America City. Now in its 86th year, Borger is a quiet, conservative Texas city towering above its epitaph of ﾡﾰthe wildest town in America.ﾡﾱ