“Longhorn Country” [Cover]
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“Longhorn Country” [Cover]Description
Herman Maul hand painted cover of a longhorn. Postmarked on March 22, 1946 in Roosevelt, Texas, in western Kimble County “Longhorn Country”.and mailed to avid Texas philatelic collector Walter Jarrett in Abilene, Texas.Context
Kimble County developed steadily in its first few decades, growing from a population of seventy-two in 1870 to 1,343 in 1880; by 1890, 2,243 people lived in the area. Because the hilly terrain made it more suitable for ranching than farming, the raising of cattle and sheep soon dominated the economy. By 1890 the census reported 279 farms and ranches encompassing 474,062 acres; 38,988 cattle and 120,574 sheep were counted that year. That same year, 1,625 acres were devoted to raising cereal crops, and cotton was planted on 236 acres in the county. Roosevelt was established with a post office in 1898. The population of Roosevelt, estimated at twenty-five in 1925, averaged 100 from 1941 through the middle 1980s. In 1990 it was ninety-eight and in 2000 it was only fourteen.Category
Longhorn Cattle
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