LAMESA / SOURCES
Sources & methodology
The initial research register for chapters 01–03. Historical copy is provisional until the complete cross-check is finished.
Claims
Dates and central claims receive stable source IDs. Important claims should be cross-checked before final publication.
Images
An image does not enter production until its record documents origin, rights, credit, alt text, context, and crop permission.
Translation
Spanish is edited as Texas-facing historical prose, with proper names retained where appropriate.
- 01
Lamesa, TX (Dawson County)
Charles G. Davis. Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association. Accessed 2026-07-18.
Core reference for the 1903 plat, the town name, and the 1905 county-seat election.
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Dawson County
Leona M. Gelin and Mark Odintz. Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association. Accessed 2026-07-18.
County-level geography, buffalo, ranching, settlement, and early institutional history.
Open source ↗ - 03
Llano Estacado
Art Leatherwood. Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association. Accessed 2026-07-18.
Environmental and geographic context for the tableland, water, weather, and later settlement.
Open source ↗ - 04
American Indians
George Klos. Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association. Accessed 2026-07-18.
Broad context for Indigenous movement, trade, and Comanche presence on the South Plains; local specificity requires further research.
Open source ↗ - 05
Site of Chicago — Historical Marker 5115004754
Texas Historical Commission. Texas Historical Commission Atlas. Accessed 2026-07-18.
Marker record for the settlement of Chicago and its relationship to Lamesa.
Open source ↗