Editing Culberson County, Texas (section)

===County established and growth===
[[File:VanHornCityCountyLibrary.JPG|thumb|Van Horn City-County Library]]
Culberson County was established in 1911 from [[El Paso County, Texas|El Paso County]] and named after [[David B. Culberson]].<ref>{{Handbook of Texas | name=Culberson, David Browning | id=fcu03| author=Hooker, Anne W| retrieved=April 30, 2010}} Texas State Historical Association</ref> The county was organized in 1912. [[Van Horn, Texas|Van Horn]] became the county seat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Van Horn, Texas |url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Van_Horn/Van_Horn_Texas.htm |access-date=April 30, 2010 |publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC.}} Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC.</ref>

With the opening of the railways, ranchers began to settle in the county.  [[Lobo, Texas|Lobo]] was settled in part due to misrepresentation by promoters. A class-action lawsuit by the residents forced the promoters to build the Lobo Hotel. Unfortunately, the area was struck by two powerful earthquakes<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas Earthquakes |publisher=Institute for Geophysics |url=http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/eq/faq/tx.htm |access-date=April 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403121736/http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/eq/faq/tx.htm |archive-date=April 3, 2010}}</ref> - one in 1929, and the 6.0 quake near [[Valentine, Texas|Valentine]] that was felt as far away as [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]. The hotel was destroyed.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Lobo, Texas | publisher=Lobo, Texas | url=http://www.lobo-texas.com/lobohome/en/history.php | access-date=April 30, 2010 | archive-date=May 22, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522033537/http://www.lobo-texas.com/lobohome/en/history.php | url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Guadalupe Mountains National Park]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guadalupe Mountains National Park | publisher=National Park Service | url=http://www.nps.gov/gumo/historyculture/index.htm |access-date=April 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Handbook of Texas | name=Guadalupe Mountains National Park | id=gkg02| author=Maliszkiewctz, Mark | retrieved=April 30, 2010}} Texas State Historical Association</ref> was established in 1972.  [[Lyndon B. Johnson|President Lyndon B. Johnson]] signed the 1966 legislation to create the park. Stipulation was made that all mineral, oil, and gas rights had to be ceded to the federal government.