THEY LOVED THE LAND: FOARD COUNTY HISTORY

Wichita Falls: Nortex Offset Publications, Inc. for the Foard County Historical Survey Committee, 1969. 289pp. Index. Forward by Frank X. Tolbert. Illustrations. Photographs. Maps. Original light green cloth with illustrated cover printed in black ink. First edition. Clean, very good copy (no dust jacket issued). This book is divided into two sections. The first deals with the history of the county and contains information on its early beginnings including an interesting account of buffalo hunting, the county’s organization, schools, churches, post offices, businesses, clubs, sports, etc. There is also a chapter devoted to ranching as well as a lengthy account of the final confrontation with Peta Nocona and the recapture of Cynthia Ann Parker. The second part is family histories of Foard County’s pioneers and current residents. This portion contains a great deal of genealogical information, incidents in settling the county, ranching, early businesses, farming, physicians, etc. Very scarce in the first edition.