KHPF Memorial Derricks

Kilgore Restores Its Iconic Derrick Skyline

I.

World’s Richest Acre:
(12 plus KIBA 1)

  1. Leon Gibson
  2. James & Madora Dickson
  3. Kelly & Faye Dickson
  4. Austin Prather Merritt
  5. Luther & Bernice Bolt
  6. H. L. Pete Long
  7. John Luke Hill, Sr. Family
  8. John Mobley
  9. J. J. Jenkins
  10. R. E. Spradlin
  11. F. E. Brown
  12. Roosth & Genecov

II.

Railroad Right
of Way (22)

(West side of Commerce)

  1. R.W. Fair

  2. J. E. Eddie Adamson

  3. Sam & Ruth Ross

  4. Oscar Melven & Myra Stephens Jeter

  5. The Florey Family

  6. John Cyril Robbins

  7. Robert F. Bob Powell

  8.  Alvin Monroe Sutton

  9. Paul Lewis Miller

  10. A. V. & Mable Riley

  11. Karl F. & Coralyn Harris Edmonds

  12. Howard P. Coghlan

  13. Rayna & Henry Wallace

  14. Addie Louise “Sis” Dickerson

  15. Floyd Jefferson, Blanch Smith & Charles Floyd Dickerson

  16. Maude & S. S. Laird

  17. Roy Collum & R. L. Dotson

  18. Jim Hollingsworth

  19. Ben & Kate Laird

  20. Lacy Williams

  21. Clements

  22. Edmonds (being erected 2015)

III.

Downtown (8)

(Various sites)

  1. Wiley & Dora Crim (Kilgore & Lantrip – Christmas Tree Park)

  2. William Thomas Maxwell (Kilgore & Lantrip – Christmas Tree Park)

  3. Marvin A. Smith (Main & Martin – Citizens Bank Parking Lot)

  4. Mr. & Mrs. W. A. King (Kilgore St. — behind Charburger)

  5. Jack & Winter Elder (Kilgore & Commerce St. – behind Elder Ins. Building)

  6. R. S. & Margaret Martin (Sabine & Kilgore –across from KISD Ad Bldg)

  7. Art Machin (Martin & North – parking lot First Baptist Church)

  8. Love & Roberts (Rusk & Sabine – next to Lions Club bldg)

IV.

Others (11)

(Various sites)

  1. Bank (Kilgore & Hwy 42)

  2. Louise Florey (Kay & Wood – next to Community House)

  3. Gussie Nell Davis (Kilgore College – next to Rangerette Gym)

  4. Larry Richardson (Hwy 259 Brookshire’s Plaza-Community Inn)

  5. Lloyd & Evelyn Bolding (Hwy 42 & Longview St.)

  6. Kilgore High School (Longview St)

  7. Francis E. Brown, Jr. (Houston Street – traffic circle)

  8. Samuel Hardy Killingsworth (Hwy 42 – Railroad Commission)

  9. Thelma Dickson (Hwy 259 north – loop overpass with plaque in WRA Park)

  10. Mickey Smith (Hwy 135 North –Peavine road)

  11. Gateway 42 (Roosth Foundation) derrick 42 access off I20

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Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation
Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation