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Sandstorm, 1894 Main Street, 1894. Midland was established in June 1881 as Midway Station, on the Texas and Pacific Railway.Its name came from its central location between Fort Worth and El Paso, but because there were already other towns in Texas named Midway, the city changed its name to Midland in January 1884 when it was granted its first post office.
In 1939, Harvey Sloan sold the field to the City of Midland for $14,500. As war clouds gathered over Europe in the late 1930s, Midland businessmen could foresee the possibility of a military base in West Texas and in 1940 they started promoting the airfield for use as a training base to the military establishment in Washington.
The Wilco Building is a high rise in downtown Midland, Texas. At 308 feet (94 m) tall and 22 floors, [citation needed] it is the second-tallest building in the city after the Bank of America Building. [1] In 1985, the Wilco Building underwent some renovations. [citation needed] It is one of the iconic images of the Midland downtown skyline.
Midland–Odessa is a metropolitan area located in The Texas Plains approximately half-way between El Paso and Fort Worth, Texas.This combined statistical area (CSA) is made up of two metropolitan statistical areas (the Midland MSA and the Odessa MSA) and one micropolitan statistical area (Andrews μSA), and comprises four counties: Andrews, Ector, Martin, and Midland counties.
The Fasken Center is a complex of two 182-foot-tall (55 m) high-rise buildings in the downtown business district of Midland, Texas. The first tower was built in 1974 with fourteen floors. [1] In 1982, the second tower was constructed to mirror the first tower. It, too, has fourteen floors.
Station 3 opened Friday near Shawnee Mission Park at 19115 Midland Drive in Shawnee. It features a full-service coffee bar with pastries. Its indoor and outdoor seating draws neighbors and park-goers.