Wagon Trail from Estacado to Singer's Store-Lubbock

The early Quaker colony of Estacado was located near the present Lubbock-Crosby county line.  It was one of the earliest settlements on the plains of west Texas.  The settlement founder, Paris Cox, brought a group that settled on the plains just west of the old rock house where Hank Smith lived in Blanco Canyon.

George Singer, Cox's son in law, left the group and moved southwest into central Lubbock county to Yellowhouse Canyon where he started a general store.  These pictures show the remains of the old wagon trail that runs from Estacado to Singer's store.

This area northeast of Lubbock has never been plowed and the trail ruts are visible where they crossed the plains.  This trail dates from the 1880's

The original site of Singer's Store is located in Yellowhouse Canyon just off Loop 289 in northwest Lubbock near the present Lubbock Lake site.  The store was later moved to the original town square when the present Lubbock townsite was platted.