Editor s Note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker a retired librarian. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. This week’s Caprock Chronicles is written by John McCullough, author and aviation historian of Lubbock, who holds a master’s degree in history from Texas Tech.
Horace Anglin is a retired fire chief with the Lubbock Fire Department.
In 1970, he worked at Fire Station 10, which was at 48th Street and Quirt Ave (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd).
He was the captain of that station and was in the first crew that moved there when it opened.
Two lieutenants posted there were in charge of both shifts of men.