The Lubbock Centennial 1909-2009 - presented by The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Centennial Quiz - June 22, 2008

1. What small grocery store was located on the west side of the Tahoka traffic circle?
a. Quik Stop
b. 7-Eleven
c. Brooks’
d. Stalter Bros.

2. True or False?
Local bus service began in 1930.

3. In what year were 3-inch bricks used to give Lubbock it’s first paved streets in the downtown area?
a. 1915
b. 1918
c. 1920
d. 1935

4. True or false?
Lubbock’s first bank opened in 1910 and was known as the Bank of Lubbock.

Answers:

1. What small grocery store was located on the west side of the Tahoka traffic circle?

d. Stalter Bros.

2. Local bus service began in 1930.

False. The first local bus service was provided by Lubbock Bus Co. in 1932.

3. In what year were 3-inch bricks used to give Lubbock it’s first paved streets in the downtown area?

c. 1920. Twenty blocks around the courthouse were paved in bricks. Concrete began being used in 1930.

4. Lubbock’s first bank opened in 1910 and was known as the Bank of Lubbock.

False. The Bank of Lubbock opened on Aug. 5, 1901. It was incorporated as First National Bank on April 7, 1902. The building was among the first brick structures in Lubbock and was located at the corner of Main Street and Texas Avenue.

Do you know of a little-known or fun fact about Lubbock that we can feature in our centennial quiz? If so, send them to Dave Daniel, A-J news editor, at david.daniel@lubbockonline.com.

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