Talk:Borger, Texas

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History of Borger, Texas

Eight times larger than the County Seat of Stinnett, Borger once boasted of a three-mile long main street when things like that were rare. Borger was a wild place in 1927. So wild, that Governor Dan Moody had to declare martial law and send in the Texas Rangers. The Ranger-in-charge was Captain Frank Hamer, who was to rain on Bonnie and Clyde's parade in '35. Gov. Moody didn't want to do it, but when a town shoots and kills its District Attorney, it's time to do something.

Named after Asa "Ace" Borger, land speculator and town builder, Borger lost its namesake in a one-sided shootout in the Borger Post Office in 1934. It seems that the County Treasurer, Arthur Huey (never trust a man with two first names) was miffed at Ace for not bailing him out of jail on an embezzlement charge. Huey confronted Ace while he was licking a stamp and called him a bunch of names. Mr. Borger could live with that; but then Huey shot him five times with a .45, which Mr. Borger could not live with. To add insult to fatal injury, Huey took Borger's .44 and shot him again (along with a few other postal patrons). It is not known if Mr. Borger's letter was ever delivered.

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I'm going to "adopt" this page as a personal project, since I was born here. Hopefully I will fill out some history and more current aspects of the town.

(Tracyfennell 22:24, 13 January 2006 (UTC))

I've since added some early town history (much of its only interesting history). Most was gleaned from the Handbook of Texas Online, esp. the article about Borger, written by H. Allen Anderson. Tracyfennell 05:42, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Be sure to cite sources when adding material to an article. Thanks SpigotMap 04:16, 22 July 2007 (UTC)