He was A Gold Prospector
Before moving to Alaska in April 1899, he operated a general Store in Tee Pee City,Texas
Here's a nice slice of Texas history. Traces of Texas reader Buck Buchanan was nice enough to send in these photos of all that remains of the ghost town of Tee Pee City, Texas, which is near Matador in Motley County. Tee Pee city was named for the remains of Comanche tee pees that were found at the site.
The families of R. V. Fields and Arthur B. Cooper settled in Tee Pee City in 1879. Cooper freighted supplies from Dallas and ran the general store, first from a dugout and later from a one-room rock house. The post office was established in 1879 with Cooper as postmaster; it was abandoned in 1900. The Tee Pee City school, one of the first schools in the area, met from 1895 until 1902, by which time most of the settlers, save for the Cooper family, had left. The wide-open settlement, scene of shoot-outs, drunken brawls, and robberies, often warranted the attention of George W. Arrington's group of Texas Rangers based at Camp Roberts in Blanco Canyon.
The dangerousness of this town eventually led to the downfall of it and then later to the banning of cowboys to return to it. "The management of the Matador Land and Cattle Company considered Tee Pee City such a bad influence that the settlement was declared off-limits to its cowboys, and when the opportunity arose in 1904, the ranch bought the land and closed Tee Pee City down.
All that remained at the site in the 1980s was a 1936 Texas historical marker and the gravestones of Armstrong, two children (James Motley Cooper and Nellie Elizabeth Cooper), and their aunt, Mrs. A. S. Johnson.
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This information was furnished by Barbara Lintner # 47217091
Before moving to Alaska in April 1899, he operated a general Store in Tee Pee City,Texas
Here's a nice slice of Texas history. Traces of Texas reader Buck Buchanan was nice enough to send in these photos of all that remains of the ghost town of Tee Pee City, Texas, which is near Matador in Motley County. Tee Pee city was named for the remains of Comanche tee pees that were found at the site.
The families of R. V. Fields and Arthur B. Cooper settled in Tee Pee City in 1879. Cooper freighted supplies from Dallas and ran the general store, first from a dugout and later from a one-room rock house. The post office was established in 1879 with Cooper as postmaster; it was abandoned in 1900. The Tee Pee City school, one of the first schools in the area, met from 1895 until 1902, by which time most of the settlers, save for the Cooper family, had left. The wide-open settlement, scene of shoot-outs, drunken brawls, and robberies, often warranted the attention of George W. Arrington's group of Texas Rangers based at Camp Roberts in Blanco Canyon.
The dangerousness of this town eventually led to the downfall of it and then later to the banning of cowboys to return to it. "The management of the Matador Land and Cattle Company considered Tee Pee City such a bad influence that the settlement was declared off-limits to its cowboys, and when the opportunity arose in 1904, the ranch bought the land and closed Tee Pee City down.
All that remained at the site in the 1980s was a 1936 Texas historical marker and the gravestones of Armstrong, two children (James Motley Cooper and Nellie Elizabeth Cooper), and their aunt, Mrs. A. S. Johnson.
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This information was furnished by Barbara Lintner # 47217091
He was A Gold Prospector
Before moving to Alaska in April 1899, he operated a general Store in Tee Pee City,Texas
Here's a nice slice of Texas history. Traces of Texas reader Buck Buchanan was nice enough to send in these photos of all that remains of the ghost town of Tee Pee City, Texas, which is near Matador in Motley County. Tee Pee city was named for the remains of Comanche tee pees that were found at the site.
The families of R. V. Fields and Arthur B. Cooper settled in Tee Pee City in 1879. Cooper freighted supplies from Dallas and ran the general store, first from a dugout and later from a one-room rock house. The post office was established in 1879 with Cooper as postmaster; it was abandoned in 1900. The Tee Pee City school, one of the first schools in the area, met from 1895 until 1902, by which time most of the settlers, save for the Cooper family, had left. The wide-open settlement, scene of shoot-outs, drunken brawls, and robberies, often warranted the attention of George W. Arrington's group of Texas Rangers based at Camp Roberts in Blanco Canyon.
The dangerousness of this town eventually led to the downfall of it and then later to the banning of cowboys to return to it. "The management of the Matador Land and Cattle Company considered Tee Pee City such a bad influence that the settlement was declared off-limits to its cowboys, and when the opportunity arose in 1904, the ranch bought the land and closed Tee Pee City down.
All that remained at the site in the 1980s was a 1936 Texas historical marker and the gravestones of Armstrong, two children (James Motley Cooper and Nellie Elizabeth Cooper), and their aunt, Mrs. A. S. Johnson.
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This information was furnished by Barbara Lintner # 47217091
Before moving to Alaska in April 1899, he operated a general Store in Tee Pee City,Texas
Here's a nice slice of Texas history. Traces of Texas reader Buck Buchanan was nice enough to send in these photos of all that remains of the ghost town of Tee Pee City, Texas, which is near Matador in Motley County. Tee Pee city was named for the remains of Comanche tee pees that were found at the site.
The families of R. V. Fields and Arthur B. Cooper settled in Tee Pee City in 1879. Cooper freighted supplies from Dallas and ran the general store, first from a dugout and later from a one-room rock house. The post office was established in 1879 with Cooper as postmaster; it was abandoned in 1900. The Tee Pee City school, one of the first schools in the area, met from 1895 until 1902, by which time most of the settlers, save for the Cooper family, had left. The wide-open settlement, scene of shoot-outs, drunken brawls, and robberies, often warranted the attention of George W. Arrington's group of Texas Rangers based at Camp Roberts in Blanco Canyon.
The dangerousness of this town eventually led to the downfall of it and then later to the banning of cowboys to return to it. "The management of the Matador Land and Cattle Company considered Tee Pee City such a bad influence that the settlement was declared off-limits to its cowboys, and when the opportunity arose in 1904, the ranch bought the land and closed Tee Pee City down.
All that remained at the site in the 1980s was a 1936 Texas historical marker and the gravestones of Armstrong, two children (James Motley Cooper and Nellie Elizabeth Cooper), and their aunt, Mrs. A. S. Johnson.
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This information was furnished by Barbara Lintner # 47217091
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