Lubbock, TX, United States
Site of Old Lubbock. A predecessor of present Lubbock, this area was, in 1890, a subject of heated dispute by three factions (led by W.D. Crump, W.E. Rayner, and Frank Wheelock) that vied in the founding of the county seat. Unlike most county seat debaters in Texas, though, these men had no long-est
ablished towns to support. Their main interest was in organizing the county. In the course of the rivalry, the groups founded two settlements. the Crump faction, later joined by the Wheelock group and
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