Near Quanah in Hardeman County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise Store

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2017

1. Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise Store Marker

Inscription. The townsite of Medicine Mound had long been a thriving village when brothers-in-law Lon L. Cobb and Ira Lee Hicks arrived in the area with their families in 1927 and opened a general merchandise store. The store sold such items as work clothes and clothing material, shoes, cotton sacks, groceries and horse feed. Regular customers warmed themselves by the fire in winter, indulging in conversation and checkers. In 1933 a fire all but destroyed the townsite, but Hicks and Cobb rebuilt that year with round granite cobblestones from Oklahoma. Lon L. Cobb died in 1942. Hicks carried on and the store was among the last businesses to serve area residents and migrant agricultural workers. Ira Lee Hicks died in 1966; the structure became a community gathering place and a Medicine Mound museum.

Erected 1999 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 11927.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1927.

Location. 34° 11.235′ N, 99° 35.682′ W. Marker is near Quanah, Texas, in Hardeman County. It is on Highway

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91 Spur east of Farm to Market Road 1167, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Quanah TX 79252, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Big Country.

It is also on the American Great Plains

and specifically on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Comanchería,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: W. P. A. Sanitation Project (here, next to this marker); Medicine Mound Community (here, next to this marker); Old Mounds Cemetery (approx. 2.4 miles away); Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (approx. 4½ miles away); Chillicothe First Methodist Church (approx. 6½ miles away); Pease River Battlefield (approx. 8.4 miles away); Site of the Town of Margaret (approx. 8½ miles away); First Presbyterian Church of Quanah (approx. 11.2 miles

Three markers at Medicine Mound, Texas image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2017

2. Three markers at Medicine Mound, Texas

Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise Store Marker, Medicine Mound Community Marker and W.P.A. Sanitation Project Marker.

away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Quanah.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Medicine Mound Depot (was approx. 10 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise Store image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2017

3. Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise Store

Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2017. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 815 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.