Cochran County, Texas - Morton, Texas, Whiteface, Texas, Bledsoe, Texas, Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association (Paperback)

Chapters: Morton, Texas, Whiteface, Texas, Bledsoe, Texas, Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association, Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District, Sudan Independent School District, Morton Independent School District. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Morton, Texas - Famous Cattle Baron Christopher C. Slaughter died in 1919 and in 1921 his heirs dissolved his cattle company. Slaughter's eldest daughter, Minnie Slaughter Veal, hired an agent to sell her share of the property and this agent - named Morton Smith - founded the town of Morton. In 1923 the actual townsite was platted and Smith's land office was on the eastside of the square. In 1924, Morton (the town) became the county seat over a town called Ligon. The Slaughters had founded Ligon and were hoping that it would become county seat. Morton somehow was spared the fate of many Texas towns that shriveled and died after being bypassed by the railroad, and being the county seat helped it survive. Ranches continued to be sold as farmland throughout the 20s. According to the Handbook of Texas - a family named Winder was so large that it doubled the population of Morton. Mrs. Mary Winder served as Morton's first postmistress (1924 - 1943). In 1933 Morton was incorporated with Henry Cox as the town's first mayor. Morton was the hometown of Lt. Col. George Andrew Davis, Jr., a World War II Ace who was killed in the Korean War. Morton is located at . at an altitude of approximately 3,800 feet above mean sea level. The topography of the area is generally flat, with higher elevation to the western part of the county, gently sloping downward as one travels to the east. Morton is located in what is known as the "Staked Plains" or Llano Estacado, which is in the southern portion of the Grea...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=135681