Work Building
Crosbyton, Crosby County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Using a part of -N- range land, C.B. Livestock Company laid out townsite in 1908. This building constructed in 1910 of concrete blocks made in dugout one block east. Housed town's first meat market. In continuous use ever since. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The C.B. Livestock Company carved the Crosbyton townsite out of its -N- range land in 1908, and this building rose in 1910 from concrete blocks cast in a dugout just a block away. It opened as the town's first meat market and has stayed in continuous use ever since. It is a modest survivor from the moment a West Texas ranch became a town.
Why it matters
The Work Building marks the transformation of open ranchland into settled community, a small storefront standing for the birth of a Plains town.
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