Gertrude McFuzz: Lubbock Centennial Coin

I am a coin from Lubbock, Texas celebrating Lubbock’s Centennial, and I am racing another Lubbock coin until the 100th birthday of Lubbock, March 16, 2009. With your help, I can earn the most points and be declared the winner.

My name is Gertrude McFuzz, and I belong to the 2008 3rd Period GIS class at the Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center of the Lubbock Independent School District. My owners are students from Lubbock High School. I am racing against an identical Lubbock Centennial coin owned by the 2008 5th Period GIS class whose students are from Monterey and Coronado High Schools. Their coin’s name is Waldo. The only difference between the coins besides our name is I have an “L” engraved on me and the other coin has an “M/C”. These engravings represent our High Schools. Thanks for helping us out, and please read below to see how we accumulate points.

5 – every geocache drop
5 – first out of Lubbock County
5 – first out of Texas
10 – each state visited
10 – each uploaded image
25 – leaving the country
25 – visiting Hawaii or Alaska
50 – each country visited
-50 – returning to the U.S. after leaving
-75 – returning to Lubbock
500 – visiting the moon

Lubbock’s Centennial (1909 – 2009)
In 1900 there were nearly 300 people in Lubbock County, located on the southern High Plains, which included 70 to 80 families. The courthouse was the heart of the community, mostly because of a public water trough by the windmill, and the public barbecue pits that had been dug on the east side of the square. On March 16, the citizens of the Lubbock community voted to incorporate, and the City of Lubbock, Texas was born. The city’s first elections were held on April 8, and Frank Wheelock becomes Lubbock’s first mayor. A Volunteer Fire Department was organized on August 9, 1909, and the first “fire engine” was a horse drawn gasoline engine. Earlier that year, a contract for the Santa Fe Railroad was signed, and immediately land ads began to run in the newspaper anticipating expected growth and development. The first train pulled into Lubbock from Plainview in September, received by a town celebration. The railroad gave birth to expanded commerce and industry. Six additional lines eventually radiated from Lubbock, making it the “Hub of the Plains.” Come visit us in Lubbock, the GIANT side of Texas!

Lubbock bragging rights include:
Buddy Holly, The Crickets – (Father of rock ‘n roll)
Mac Davis – (Singer)
Willie McCool – (NASA Astronaut, Space shuttle Columbia)
Texas Tech University
Bobby Knight and Marsha Sharp