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Famous People from Cottle County, Texas |

Clarence Hailey Long Jr.
Born January 9, 1910 in Paducah Texas.
In 1949 C H Long was just a hard working
cowboy on the sprawling JA Ranch in West Texas. Within
days his rugged face became the most recognized face in
America and remained so into the late 1950's . . .
more about this
quiet cowboy |
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Samuel Nathaniel Morris -
head of the Voice of Temperance radio broadcast
Samuel
Nathaniel Morris was born March 6, 1900 in
Paducah, Texas. His father had left his mother
with two small children two months before Sam
was born. Sam's mother went to live with her
parents on their farm in Cottle County. . .
more about
Sam |
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Maury Bray, American
football offensive tackle who played two seasons
with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National
Football League. He played college football at
Southern Methodist University. |
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William S
Heatly usually known as W. S. "Bill" Heatly
was a Democratic member of the Texas House of
Representatives who served from 1955 to 1983.
Known as the "Duke of Paducah", a reference to
his hometown of Paducah, the county seat of
Cottle County, Heatly wielded significant
political power during his tenure in office. |
Douglas Meador
Born in 1901 north of Matador, Texas,
When Meador was six months old, his parents began a
covered-wagon odyssey that took them to Moore County in
Texas, Texhoma, Oklahoma, Dalhart and Quanah, Texas, and
finally Cottle County, Texas, where the family settled. . . .
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Books about Cottle County People and Places
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Cottle
County Unclaimed EstatesThese Deceased Residents of Cottle County Left a total $8,241 in
Unclaimed Money for their heirs. Please share this with your family
and friends from Cottle County, Paducah Texas to let
them know how to claim their inheritance from the Texas
Comptroller's Office. . .
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Cottle County
Treasures
Rare Artifacts, Memorabilia, Ancestry and History Records
from Paducah Cee Vee, Chalk and Hackberry . . .
Browse Cottle
County Treasures (eBay) |
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