Black plaque № 57474

Shamrock, TX, United States

Shamrock's St. Patrick's Day Celebration. Early area settler George Nickel and his wife, Dora (Haggard), raised their family in a dugout home in Wheeler County. For his Irish Heritage and for its symbolism of luck and courage, George suggested “Shamrock” for a post office approved for their home in

1890. The name was retained when the town of Shamrock was platted along the Rock Island Railroad built through the county in 1902. Shamrock bandmaster Glenn A. Truax envisioned the town capitalizing o

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