Top 10 True Western Towns of 2014

6 • Lubbock, Texas It’s tough to have a more historic foundation than Lubbock. It was, after all, named after Thomas S. Lubbock, a man who took part in the 1835 siege of San Antonio de Bexar and served as a Confederate officer in the Civil War. The modern city came about in 1890, when two smaller towns-—Old Lubbock and Monterey—united. Although it had just 50 residents to start with, Lubbock became the county seat less than a year after being established. It incorporated in 1909, the s