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McGuire. Wise Crosby
Aug. 44 1,210
N.Y.
Distrifit 17
(N. Y. 73$40Will)
(Uncle Jell) 3tcknell, 100 tells a few happenings of
*Howler Days At
listaeadow
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the e-rly days of ,3rosby county, ITAI born in Nadisonville, Tean.,
in August W.), the year of the memeMOble campaign of Allrallw
Lincoln wneme is n uceeseful e Idate for the presidency.
"Uncle Nellv is now 75 yerire old.
*I same to T elce in 1184, SteOgnd 3am :alis and their
allies, ad Telple Nllis and oyes*. -deoidtYld that we would move
on wrast. Ws outfitted fonr covered /*gone v:ith four tem lulee
and horses and elrted west. je conti trnvel oily •::oout 10 to
15 miles a erty but manrized to -put *Very drty triveling
NovenT,er GO, 1817, I.nded in Crosby 46tnty and settled fine
west of w"nOre the P1e..t TA11 eoh001 'house
there until 1899 and moved 3 mile
lor 3tnnds. ie lived
of cdo.
before tilt tine, in 1894, I returned to 'riersville were I w
uHrricd to kiss Jeanie Lumpus, and Oturned ilmediately with my
bride to Cetsby County.0
"Me luilding OS the wurt bonne at 3t o w's
-188, fiaisAed in 1888. Temple 11,S and myself hauled the
first two leads of lumber,Ihat went iuto the oourthouce from
Color do City, then the ner4refit rai1,01d 7tad Shipping point. It
usually took us four days to ma e tIldp trip nnd iix days in
returning. In the winter it took eight days to make the return
trip.
in
VS our trips down to Colorado City, we went by the way
of snyder Which tr,Ld a hotel and geneful store at that time, &nd
on our return trips in order to YGI4 tie sand beiween 5nyder
and Coloraie, we care back by old BUOblm, about four miles east
Of ivero 44111 in Borden county now tee
AoGnirO. Dellse Crosby County
Aug. Op 1936
_:ierict 17
'.ioneer jys 4..t
.Attac' do*
"In 1891 Jranklin ,ssesor for 11 these counties altar
attached to f:;roshy, nine A: the tine, ani I iirs his deputy. I
remember that it took me 50 days to r.isseis th(1 coulties of Lotley
and Dickens. These two count es wer orunised in that yer.
and Hale county drew out in 198,5.
'In 1891 county s t election ‘T's held ti.13 the court
house wag moved to Cld maa. The ourt house rlt ,At%cAo w -s torn
down and moved to to new county set The townsite co lony
Isar Stringfellow -nd d George Lenne4ick r.d J. F.
Moore.
*Best-,
do w,.s
Alquarters for tle cowboys who c,I.me there
for mamY miles in every direction. They had their dances in the
court house. There never any saloon at t,cado and conseau-
ently a pretty quiet plce. It was diforeat at Llma for there 's
a saloon there at one time and things got pretty rocky sometf.4 o.
I never did miss cFnce at -stacAo. le d: aced r:11 night and rode
all the next dny.
we used to hive lots of prairie fires during the .rly
days and a pr-irie fire
one I remember st,-rted bout
strong west wiad when the h
something to e dreaded. The biggest
where 1)errrthy now at arid. 1r w1-9
d fire got -bout where Becton is now
and divided part going through south of .:'-etersburg. The wind
changed to the north when Leslie flis nnd -e't Pox were along the
south side o te fire; it caught them between the fire and
pasture fence. 1hey did not ve time to te r down the fence or
go to tbt end of it so tey rode their horses in a run toward
the fire and just Illefore rw chits it lint over in their saddles
McGuire. Delise Crosby County
Aug. 1936
Drys at
lAt-7cpdo*
District 17 kge
and blindfolded their eyes with their hands getting through the
fire without being hurt.
Joe Brown and mpeelf got cght in the fire. ,e caught
the first team we could get hold of, T. rode a horse -1(1 :3ror.wri a
mule hitched to a buggy. Voe hrld four miles to get hoAe, id a
11 of fire was right in behind us. The old mule lrAd
ers back on his head and left out of there like be knew qh;-1. it
s 1.1, bout. We managed to eirly 7,11e.d of the fire. Pox hFld
or 40 he -A of cattle to perish in this fire and some 1q10C sheep
e'zt of where Cone lc liceN4asTe daTtruyeth
*About 1877 some of k ris family got sick ild he2e
being no doctors in the country
went to Ok14hO id 1:,rought batik
Dr. Allium Hunt, father of te lte A.. J. Hunt. e liked the
country so well that be went br'cif: -ald brought his fpy.Ailv to ;starr.,do
in 1388,
aIn 1910 a county swtt election Juov(id the col)t ;at -i'rom
to Crosbyton and I ime in the reeul;,r move. In 1911
interested in the First Nationf,1 of Lammt..,.ldU nen
cashier and J. 0. Woody was Drefaident. I wa elected eIrtirwil of
the board of directors in 1911 17ve had the place ever GlIde•
Vwhen the bank was moved to Crosbarton ft vv:a changed to the A.tixeus
Nntional Bank.
'In 1909 the First T1 olT.1 k ad the Citizens
prnak were consolidated.
"A total of thirty-three .eople who once liv,A in Crosby
County's historic town of 'Alm: zlide in Crosbytan.
people %11 moved to Crosbyton shortly A•ter the ooun
:se
election which moved the court house from to this city.
McGuire. Delis*
Aug. s, 1936
:roeby County
Dist-iut 17
*Pioneer 2Prys
Zst,vado"
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Only five people who lived rt ,strcado when thri 6 rrIlu ity w'n
the county seat now reside in tie cculty, throe of t!!e3(4
Crosbyton.
"The ones *ho lived at Ayfin A now reside in 4rosbYton 're,
Mrs. Agar :Alone Sr., 3.41gar llen, Jr., A. Y. Bicknell, Lrs. J. Y.
Bicknell, 2. 3. M. crier., .4, Me Carter, Mts. liubY(-ter,
Pvrks, Bruoe Caren*, Will P.
Pullingin, Mrs. Bessie
"J. Johnston, ArseJ.
3ill Johnston, Joe Johnston,
11, _re. John R. PUllig3in,
lli/11.111) Talters.
•.7ohnston, Tors
;rohnston) Raymon, iick Joles„
A. K. Lackey, Airs. A. K. lotekrJ.7 "11--. J. F. Littlefield, Olen
Littlefield, Fred Littlefield, :ercy 'mare Mrs.W. D. .1bert
Moore, C. S. Hoy, Mrs. C. E. Roy, C.. Roy, Br .1;• Hey, 1.17t3r „1!711d
(Roy) Woods.
"People who lived at in t enrly 1-1
now residing in the county include nd 121.4e 244o 7. It-z7n...1
3t-nley rartor„ George :gayest ;roLby:,-2; John larlin,
Benton, (wr,e ldrs. J. C. MUr.0134 -t th.t time), Mrs. S,
Mr. and Mrs. 1oble, *anal J.
Spikes and Mrs. C. Littlefield, ;oe.
rt4ht,
and E. M. Anglish„ J. J.
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