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Bibliography for Deaf Smith Co., TX

Biographies

Aten, Ira

Ira Aten, Six and One-Half Years in Ranger Service (Bandera, Texas: Frontier Times, 1945). Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982). J. Evetts Haley, The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado (Chicago: Lakeside, 1929; rpts., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953, 1967). Jack Martin, Border Boss (San Antonio: Naylor, 1942). Harold Preece, Lone Star Man (New York: Hastings House, 1960). Robert W. Stephens, Texas Ranger Sketches (Dallas, 1972). Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1935; rpt., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982).

Jim Cook

J. Evetts Haley, The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado (Chicago: Lakeside, 1929; rpts., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953, 1967). Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982).

Deaf Smith

(1) John H. Jenkins, ed., The Papers of the Texas Revolution, 1835–1836 (10 vols., Austin: Presidial Press, 1973). Texas State Gazette, June 12, 1852. Amelia W. Williams and Eugene C. Barker, eds., The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813–1863 (8 vols., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1938–43; rpt., Austin and New York: Pemberton Press, 1970).

(2) Source: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/fsm10.html

Cities, Towns

Ayr, TX

Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, August 14, 1938. Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982). Bessie Patterson, A History of Deaf Smith County (Hereford, Texas: Pioneer, 1964).

Bippus, TX

Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982).

Bootleg, TX

Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982)

Dawn, TX

References
1.^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 98.
2.^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographical Names Information System: Dawn, Texas
3.^ Zip Code Lookup
4.^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
5.^ Dawn, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-17. Accessed 2008-08-13

Ford, TX

Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982).

Glenrio, TX

Fugate, Francis L. and Roberta B. Roadside History of New Mexico. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press, 1989, p. 356. ISBN 0-87842-242-0.

Hereford, TX

1.^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2.^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3.^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/usamap.cfm. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
4.^ Spotlight on CRC Member: Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative. Cooperative Response Center.
5.^ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

Kelso, TX

Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982). Arthur Hecht, comp., Postal History in the Texas Panhandle (Canyon, Texas: Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1960).

LaPlata, TX

Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982). Bessie Patterson, A History of Deaf Smith County (Hereford, Texas: Pioneer, 1964).

Milo Center, TX

Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982).

Simms

Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982).

Westway

Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982).

Wyche

Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982). Bessie Patterson, A History of Deaf Smith County (Hereford, Texas: Pioneer, 1964).

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