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10 TSCHS J. 44 (2020-2021)
Fritz Garland Lanham - Father of American Trademark Protection

handle is hein.journals/tschsj10 and id is 315 raw text is: Frederick Garland Lanham was born on January 3, 1880, in Weatherford, Texas. Lanham, nicknamed Fritz, was one of eight children of Samuel and Sarah Lanham. Traveling by covered wagon from South Carolina following the Civil War, Lanham's parents first arrived in Texas in 1866. Their entire possessions consisted of their wagon, two horses, personal items, and $166 in savings. In 1868, the Lanham family finally settled in Weatherford-a small West Texas town with a population of less than four thousand residents in what was then considered the Texas frontier. The Lanhams made their home among the lonely mesquite trees and rolling grassland prairies midway on the dusty stagecoach run between Fort Belknap and Fort Worth-a major livestock shipping point along the historic Chisolm Trail and Where the West Begins. In its early years, Weatherford was the principal frontier settlement situated on the crest of the divide between the Trinity and Brazos River Valleys. Weatherford is the county seat of Parker County-named after Isaac Parker, the uncle of Cynthia Ann Parker, the famous little girl who was captured from her home by Comanche Indians and later became the mother of the Chief Quanah Parker. Over the years, the City of Weatherford provided a safe haven for residents who fled the country to the city during the Indian raids, which continued in Texas until the early 1870s. Samuel and Sarah Lanham taught school in a two-room log cabin-teaching in one room and using the other room as their family residence. Tuition ranged from two to four dollars per month depending on the grade. Samuel Lanham was a Latin scholar and according to Fritz could read Virgil's Aeneid in the original text as readily as if it were printed in English. Sarah was also highly educated and was fluent in several foreign languages. While away from the classroom, Samuel Lanham studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1869. Fritz Lanham (1900-1901)

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