Book Description

Over 100 Years of Texas Rolling Plains HistoryMotley County Roundup is a treasure trove of historical information about life in this history-filled county in the Rolling Plains region of Texas. Read about the people who explored, fought, worked, lived, and died in the area from the early 1800s to the 1990s. Woven throughout are personal perspectives from people who lived there, including those of the author, Motley County native Marisue Burleson Potts, whose family was part of that history. If you need details about this period of time in Texas history, you'll benefit from this comprehensive compilation of published information and county records. You'll find the names of cowboys, explorers, ranchers, county officials, schools, and towns that no longer exist-as well as the historical details of the Indigenous tribes, immigrants, ranches, railroads, oil wells, and businesses-over the last 100-plus years in Motley County, Texas. Beyond the lists of names and dates, you'll read colorful stories of those who homesteaded, hunted buffalo, practiced medicine, ran bootlegging operations during Prohibition, and built and operated one of the largest cattle ranches in the United States:?Learn how "Texas Fever" fueled the Westward Expansion into Texas in the early 1800s and who the men were behind the Texas Revolution and declaration of independence from Mexico. ?Read about Texans involved in the Indian wars, the Civil War, World War I, Prohibition, and World War II, as well as how these events affected residents and changed the state of Texas. ?Learn details of the rise and decline of the railroads, history of the post offices, and the construction of courthouses, schools, county highways, and Farm to Market roads. Pick up a copy of Motley County Roundup to see the true character and heart of the people who lived and worked in Motley County-whether they were serving in public office, breaking horses, driving cattle, publishing the local paper, catching rattlesnakes, chasing criminals, or teaching school in a dugout.