Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
It was town's grandest Fourth of July ever in 1908
A colorful parade, featuring of all things, automobiles, highlighted Odessa’s Fourth of July celebration in 1908.
The new town had observed Independence Day in the previous years of its short history, but this occasion, The Odessa Record reported in its issue of July 10, 1908, was the best ever:
Never in Odessa’s history has our little city had the privilege of entertaining a larger or better natured crowd than assembled here last Saturday to join in celebrating our national anniversary.
It is conservatively estimated that there were 2,500 visitors here that day, and each and every one of them...
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