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The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Lamesa, Texas. Pages in category "People from Lamesa, Texas" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Walser was born in Brownfield, Texas and raised in Lamesa. [2] A roots musician since he was 11 years old, Walser became an accomplished guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. . He started his first band, The Panhandle Playboys, at age 16, and shared bills with another aspiring Texas singer, Buddy Hol
Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,456. [1] [2] The county seat is Lamesa. [3] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1905. [4] It is named for Nicholas Mosby Dawson, [5] a soldier of the Texas Revolution.
Lamesa (/ l ə ˈ m iː s ə / lə-MEE-sə) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Texas, United States. [6] The population was 8,674 at the 2020 census, down from 9,952 at the 2000 census. Located south of Lubbock on the Llano Estacado, Lamesa was founded in 1903. Most of its economy is based on cotton farming.
The station founded and later spun off stations now known as KMMX (FM) Tahoka, Texas (Lubbock area) and KTXC Lamesa (Midland–Odessa area). KPET works with the schools in its home area, including the Lamesa Independent School District, Klondike schools, Odonnell School District, Sands schools, and Borden County schools.
The Lamesa Farm Workers Community Historic District in Los Ybanez in Dawson County, Texas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is a 50 acres (20 ha) historic district which included 32 contributing buildings .
[2] [3] [4] The family later moved to Lamesa, Texas, where Smith graduated in 1928 from Lamesa High School. In 1934, he graduated from Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in Lubbock with a bachelor's degree in business administration. [3] Staying in Lubbock, he founded a movie theater business and invested in real estate. [3 ...
From 17 February 1947 to 11 September 1947, the airfield served as Lamesa Municipal Airport, until replaced by the current Lamesa Municipal Airport (8 miles south). Originally, two hangars, three barracks capable of housing 160 students, a medical clinic, mess hall, recreation room, and administrative building, which also served as a control ...