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The
town was established by M.C. Williams in 1890.
Floydada is designated county seat in an election against Della Plain.
The County's namesake was Dolphin Ward Floyd, who died at the Alamo. |
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Main
Street, Floydada, Texas
Postcard courtesy
rootsweb.com/
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The
Naming of Floydada
At
one time the town's name had been Floyd City. There are at
least three versions on how the Ada was added: "Some claim the
new name was meant to be Floydalia and was garbled in transmission
to Washington; others say it was a combination of the county name
and that of donor James Price's mother, Ada; still another version
is that it was named for Caroline Price's parents, Floyd and Ada."
- From the Handbook of Texas Online:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF/hgf5.html
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Floydada
Chamber of Commerce
114 W.
Virginia Street in the City Hall
806-983-3434 |
Floydada
Texas Forum
A Cafe
in Floydada
In
1957 or 1958 my family had a cafe named Lopez in Floydada. [If anyone
has] any pictures or information on this, it would be greatly appreciated.
I can be emailed at work. Thank you so much. -
ahernandez@chckc.org. - March 05, 2006
Remembering
Floydada
I
was born and raised in Floydada, left there in 1970, and came to
Pasadena Texas, but there is hardly a day that goes by that something
doesn't remind me of my hometown.
Some of the main things I remember as a kid growing up in Floydada
was the Old Settlers Parade and the festivities that went
with it. We always made sure we had a new water gun and a bean shooter,
so we could squirt the pretty girls and the bean shooters were for
shooting at the people we were not so fond of. Had to do a lot of
running, though.
We used to get up on top of the buildings downtown and watch the
parade go by. I guess I have been on top of most every building
downtown, except the courthouse, but I was up in the bell tower
of the old courthouse that burned down in the 40's once. I miss
Floydada very much. I wish I could have stayed there. All my folks
are still there, out in the cemetery.
One more thing that I remember as a kid were the medicine shows
that would come through town. That was quite a thrill to watch
their minstrel show and laugh at the ones who had all that black
smeared on their faces. They sure sold a lot "get well medicine".
I remember the boxes of candy they sold. Some of them had a winning
ticket inside, most of them did not. They always had the shows set
up behind The Palace Theatre, right close to where Bishop Ford had
their used car lot.
The old courthouse had a tall set of stairs leading up to
the front doors, on both sides of the stairs running from the top
to the bottom was a long run of smooth concrete that the handrails
were connected to, which made a perfect slicky slide. Being the
young kid that I was I shortened the life of a few pairs of Levi's
that were hard to come by.
Another thing that I was wondering about is the old courthouse
bell. It used to be lying on the ground on the west side of
the jail house.
One more thing that has stayed with me all these years. This was
in the mid 40's before television. When it came time for the election
of new officials, they would set up a huge blackboard right out
front of the old Hesperian building which was owned by Homer Steen
at that time I believe. On the blackboard they would have the candidates
name listed and the number of votes they were getting. Boy! Times
sure have changed haven't they?
Well those are just a few things that come to mind when I remember
Floydada, I am sure if I sat down and thought about it for a while
I could tell you a lot more tales.
Thanks for the opportunity to share some of the memories with you.
- Eddie Childs, August 11, 2002
More You Must
Remember This
Subject:
The naming of Floydada
My great grandfather William Thomas “Billy” Cloyd was sheriff of
Matador, Texas and also worked
on the Matador Ranch.
An old family story [was] that his first wife’s name was Floyd and
another wife’s name was Ada. So the town became known as Floydada.
I recently contacted a family member who sent correct and documented
information on his wives' names.His first wife was Floyd Mary Nelson,
from Floydada, who died March 16, 1902. His second wife was Ava
Martin, from Motley County, and they were married July 30,1903.
William Cloyd died six months later in January, 1904.The second
wife being Ava and not Ada means that the names were not used to
name the town. So the family story was just that - a family story.
- Paul Cloyd, August 15, 2004
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