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The History of Breckenridge | Breckenridge Skip to main content I Want ToApply for a Permit Pay Water Bill Online Open Records Request Form Breckenridge Reclamation Register Your Pets Register to Vote Animal Welfare Posted Notices Report a Problem ViewMunicipalityDocuments ViewMunicipalityEvents ViewMunicipalityMaps View Employment Opportunities Annexation Links to Local Resources GovernmentImportant NoticesPast Notices SKATE PARK Organizational Chart Commission MembersMunicipalityCharter Agendas & Minutes Code of Ordinances Budgets Audits County, State & Federal Resources Boards & Commissions Financial Transparency DepartmentsCity Manager Municipal Court Public ServicesParks & Recreation Aging Services Cemetery Public SafetyPolice Fire CodeMunicipalitySecretaryFinancial Services / Human Resources Election / Elección Public Information / Records Management Utility Billing / Collections Public Works CommunityEvents Calendar Photo Gallery History Profile Recreation & Entertainment Murals Links to Local Resources Breck Trade Days Know & PrepareEpidemics/Pandemics Gas Wells & Pipelines Hail Heat, Drought & Wildfire Holiday Hazard Severe Weather Tornados Traveling During the Holidays Winter Weather CodeRED Weather Alerts The History of Breckenridge In 1858 the town of Breckenridge was provided for legally as the County Seat of Buchanan County (changed to Stephens County in 1861). The Buchanan trading post and Picketville were sites occupied prior to the establishment of the town of Breckenridge in 1876. Water had unchangingly been a major snooping in Breckenridge/Stephens County where underground cisterns were the main source of water until the oil tattoo in 1920. In 1921 the first pipeline bringing water to town was built from the Clear Fork of the Brazos River at the Crystal Falls diversionary dam ten miles away. Fifty miles of pipe were moreover laid in the distribution system at that time. During the 1880's and 1890's Breckenridge was still an agriculturally based economy of cattle and farming. In the period of 1916 and 1917 the Ranger oil tattoo reverted life forever in this part of the rural West Texas. By 1920 the oil tattoo had reached Breckenridge and, like many other oil field towns, it attracted young men with families, doctors, lawyers, and merchantry men representing industry and commercial interests as well. Before long societal improvements began in the form of paving, schools, fire departments, churches, and a YMCA, built in 1923, which still stands today. The oil tattoo reverted everything. The unscientific population of Breckenridge in 1920 was 1,500. In 1921, a year later, the population was unscientific to be 30,000 and soon the polity leaders had the town well organized. Unlike some towns, Breckenridge unliable drilling within the municipality limits. One vendible in 1920 noted that "....175 wells completed and stuff drilled and not one dry slum has yet been encountered."PolityEvents Calendar Photo Gallery History Profile Recreation & Entertainment Murals Links to Local Resources Breck Trade Days Search form Search Contact UsMunicipalityOffices 105 North Rose Ave. Breckenridge, TX 76424 254-559-8287 254-559-7322   Fax   Andy McCuistion,MunicipalityManager amccuistion@breckenridgetx.gov Email Andy   Heather Robertson-Caraway,MunicipalitySecretary hrobertson@breckenridgetx.gov Email Heather       Municipal Court Fire Department Police Department Water Utility Department   254-559-2160 254-559-6242 254-559-2211 254-559-7249     Site Designed & Developed by EDsuite Copyright © 2012  |  User Login