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Burkburnett (/ ˌ b ɜːr k b ɜːr ˈ n ɛ t /) is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas metropolitan statistical area . Its population was 10,939 at the 2020 census .
In 1868, at the age of nineteen, "Burk" Burnett, as he was known, [3] purchased one hundred head of cattle which were branded '6666,' from Frank Crowley. [4] During the Panic of 1873, he drove 1,100 steers to Wichita, Kansas, and sold them for US$10,000 in 1874, thus making a fortune for the time. [1]
First Monday Trade Days is a monthly flea market held in Canton, Texas. The market is actually held on the Thursday through Sunday preceding the first Monday of each month. It purports to be the largest and oldest continually operated flea market in the United States, and is a highly popular event in the area.
Three children and two adults were shot at a Texas flea market, with a 10-year-old boy later dying at a hospital, police said. Officers responded to a call of shots fired at Cole’s Flea Market ...
Multiple fire crews responded to a large fire that broke out at a flea market in Donna, Texas, on Saturday, July 16, local media reported.Eyewitness footage shows thick smoke billowing skyward as ...
A flea market (or swap meet) is a type of street market that provides space for vendors to sell previously owned (second-hand) goods. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This type of market is often seasonal. However, in recent years there has been the development of 'formal' and 'casual' markets [ 3 ] which divides a fixed-style market (formal) with long-term leases ...
In the 1956 film 'Giant', James Dean's character Jett Rink proclaims to Rock Hudson and others, "You thought ol' Spindletop and Burkburnett was the only well there was. Well you were wrong!" In November 2007, citizens of Burkburnett voted and made the town "wet'. Meaning alcoholic beverages can now be sold in Burkburnett.
Their company, Junk Gypsy Co., based in Round Top, Texas, was created by Amie and Janie in 1998 to sell vintage flea market finds. [1] The Sikes team achieved considerable spotlight when Miranda Lambert hired them to redesign her Airstream tour bus in 2010, [ 2 ] and then again for the design of Lambert's wedding to Blake Shelton in 2011.