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History in a
Pecan Shell
The Fort Worth and Denver City railroad established Rowe
as a shipping point for cattle in 1890. The name is credited to Alfred Rowe, the
English immigrant rancher who founded the RO Ranch. A post office opened the following
year and he streets were named and the town was platted in 1893. The town soon
developed all the essential businesses including school, bank, newspaper and passenger
depot. By the time the 20th Century arrived, Rowe was ready and horizons seemed
limitless. But considering the geography in this
part of Texas, many towns enjoyed limitless horizons. Disputes arose on the
way the town was being managed - and in 1907 disgruntled residents were moving
their houses and businesses (including the post office) about a mile to the southeast.
Rowe was abandoned and in its place, the town of Hedley
grew. The old Rowe cemetery sits alongside FM 1932 - just a mile N or Hedley
on FM 1932.
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Letter
from Col. Bain of Plentywood, Montana
[Dear
Editor] "Note that Mobeetie was named
after W.Henry Fleming's wife who was a beekeeper and had a garden of flowers there.
Her name was Maudie Fleming and she was always busy as a bee...therefore being
named mabeetee then Mo bee te...
My great grandmother is buried in Rowe,
Texas. A lot of my family came from Texas and they still live all over it.
Here is another piece for you - Reaves burned down Rowe, Texas because he owned
the land where Hedley now sits. This can be verified. My great-great-grandfather
was Omel Hill ( O.C. Hill) or M. Thomas Giovanni Augustino - both were the same
person. He is also buried in Rowe. The only Hill left is [a relative] who lives
in Amarillo. My dad Otho Bain (1923-2000) was born in Claude which was named after
Uncle Claude Bain. Clarendon was named after grandmother Clarise Hodges Bain.
They felt it might jeopardize them [by revealing] their location to bounty hunters
who wanted my family dead; so it was called Clarendon.
I am a Monk and
teacher and will be releasing a three book series in Montana and doing some documentaries
on the old west. I reside in Plentywood, Montana way to the north - close to Bainville
where John S. Bain and Chaz Bain named the settlement. He is [included in] one
of my books to be released in 2008. Sometimes books are not all made in truth
nor documents either. When my books come out, it's hoped the information will
serve as research tools for children to learn about things seldom told. I have
been collecting His-story for over thirty six years." - Colonel R. H. Bain,
Historian-Theologian, Plentywood, Montana, February 5, 2005
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