Talk:Borger, Texas

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Eindiran (talk) 07:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
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message: History of Borger, Texas
Eight times larger than the County Seat of Stinnett, Borger once boasted of a four-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 '34. 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)
replies: text: Be sure to cite sources when adding material to an article. Thanks SpigotMap 04:16, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
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