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.
Hicks and Cobb General Merchandise Store. . 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.
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.)
Location. 34° 11.235′ N, 99° 35.682′ W. Marker is near Quanah, Texas, in Hardeman County. Marker is on Highway 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are
Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise Store Marker, Medicine Mound Community Marker and W.P.A. Sanitation Project Marker.
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 443 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.
