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Reagan County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,367.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48383.html )〕 The county seat is Big Lake.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county is named in honor of John Henninger Reagan (1818-1905), who served as postmaster general of the Confederate States of America and also as a U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and first chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas. ==History== *First inhabitants Paleo-Indian, Suma-Jumano, Kiowa and Comanche. *1650 Captains Hernán Martín and Diego del Castillo explore the region. *1684 Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and Nicolás López report on local Indians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-017/summary/index.asp )〕 *1858 -1861 Butterfield Overland Mail crosses the center of the county. *1878 Camp Grierson’s Spring is established as a subpost of Fort Concho and named in honor of Col. Benjamin H. Grierson. *1903 Reagan County is carved from Tom Green County and named for United States Senator John Henninger Reagan. Stiles, named after local rancher William G. Stiles, becomes the first county seat. *1911 The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient of Texas Railway is completed. *1923 Oil is discovered at the Big Lake Oilfield in the Permian Basin. Big Lake Oilfield, located on University of Texas System land, opens the Permian Basin to oil production and endows the Permanent University Fund. The rig is named Santa Rita #1 for The Patron Saint of the Impossible. Big Lake is incorporated as a city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Big Lake, Texas History )〕 *1924 Boom town community of Best plunges into vice and violence, necessitating the Texas Rangers intervention. The Rangers destroy buildings that are being used as brothels, gambling houses, and saloons. *1925 Voters move the county seat to Big Lake.〔 *1926 Texon is established by the Big Lake Oil Company for its employees and their families and is devoted to family life. *1951 A renewed oil boom from the Spraberry Trend production.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reagan County, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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