From Tales & Trails of Bailey County, the First 70 Years, Taylor Publishing Co, Dallas, TX 1988
Ottis Cecil and Gertrude Pool Kirk purchased 160 acres of land in Bailey County from McKelvey Loan and Investment Company in Temple, Texas in 1924.
In 1935 they moved to Goodland, Texas, into a dug-out built in 1934 by Mr. Kirk and Mr. Erwin Russell of Belton, Texas. They hauled water for home and livestock from the L.D. Sanderson farm until a well was drilled in 1936.
The move to West Texas from Bell County was made in three days in a 1929 Chevrolet truck with all household belongings in the bed of the truck, with an extension on the back of the truck for a milk cow which supplies the family. The family consisted of children Atlas Dargin and baby Mary Jeanette. Mary Jeanette had a high fever but was fully recovered by the time they reached Goodland. The Kirks later had two other children, Carolyn and James Larry Kirk.
O. C. Kirk and Judd Gaddy bought two school buses for the Goodland School System in 1938 and then Mr. Kirk bought Mr. Gaddy's bus and Mr. and Mrs. Kirk ran the buses until 1944 when Three Way consolidated.
The Kirks attended the Union Sunday School at the Goodland School House where most activities like volleyball and basketball were held. Bond rallies for World War II, pie suppers and all-day singing conventions were also held at the school.
Mr. Kirk grubbed out mesquite from 140 acres by hand--some each year--until completed. Mr. Kirk built a house over the dug-out in 1940-41 and they lived there until they purchased a farm near Muleshoe and moved there in 1945.
Jeanette, Carolyn, and Larry all finished school in Muleshoe. Dargin finished school in Morton and went to the Army. He then came home and farmed the Goodland place until 1957, then moved to Farwell, Texas. (Story submitted by A.D. Kirk)
Ottis Cecil and Gertrude Pool Kirk purchased 160 acres of land in Bailey County from McKelvey Loan and Investment Company in Temple, Texas in 1924.
In 1935 they moved to Goodland, Texas, into a dug-out built in 1934 by Mr. Kirk and Mr. Erwin Russell of Belton, Texas. They hauled water for home and livestock from the L.D. Sanderson farm until a well was drilled in 1936.
The move to West Texas from Bell County was made in three days in a 1929 Chevrolet truck with all household belongings in the bed of the truck, with an extension on the back of the truck for a milk cow which supplies the family. The family consisted of children Atlas Dargin and baby Mary Jeanette. Mary Jeanette had a high fever but was fully recovered by the time they reached Goodland. The Kirks later had two other children, Carolyn and James Larry Kirk.
O. C. Kirk and Judd Gaddy bought two school buses for the Goodland School System in 1938 and then Mr. Kirk bought Mr. Gaddy's bus and Mr. and Mrs. Kirk ran the buses until 1944 when Three Way consolidated.
The Kirks attended the Union Sunday School at the Goodland School House where most activities like volleyball and basketball were held. Bond rallies for World War II, pie suppers and all-day singing conventions were also held at the school.
Mr. Kirk grubbed out mesquite from 140 acres by hand--some each year--until completed. Mr. Kirk built a house over the dug-out in 1940-41 and they lived there until they purchased a farm near Muleshoe and moved there in 1945.
Jeanette, Carolyn, and Larry all finished school in Muleshoe. Dargin finished school in Morton and went to the Army. He then came home and farmed the Goodland place until 1957, then moved to Farwell, Texas. (Story submitted by A.D. Kirk)
From Tales & Trails of Bailey County, the First 70 Years, Taylor Publishing Co, Dallas, TX 1988
Ottis Cecil and Gertrude Pool Kirk purchased 160 acres of land in Bailey County from McKelvey Loan and Investment Company in Temple, Texas in 1924.
In 1935 they moved to Goodland, Texas, into a dug-out built in 1934 by Mr. Kirk and Mr. Erwin Russell of Belton, Texas. They hauled water for home and livestock from the L.D. Sanderson farm until a well was drilled in 1936.
The move to West Texas from Bell County was made in three days in a 1929 Chevrolet truck with all household belongings in the bed of the truck, with an extension on the back of the truck for a milk cow which supplies the family. The family consisted of children Atlas Dargin and baby Mary Jeanette. Mary Jeanette had a high fever but was fully recovered by the time they reached Goodland. The Kirks later had two other children, Carolyn and James Larry Kirk.
O. C. Kirk and Judd Gaddy bought two school buses for the Goodland School System in 1938 and then Mr. Kirk bought Mr. Gaddy's bus and Mr. and Mrs. Kirk ran the buses until 1944 when Three Way consolidated.
The Kirks attended the Union Sunday School at the Goodland School House where most activities like volleyball and basketball were held. Bond rallies for World War II, pie suppers and all-day singing conventions were also held at the school.
Mr. Kirk grubbed out mesquite from 140 acres by hand--some each year--until completed. Mr. Kirk built a house over the dug-out in 1940-41 and they lived there until they purchased a farm near Muleshoe and moved there in 1945.
Jeanette, Carolyn, and Larry all finished school in Muleshoe. Dargin finished school in Morton and went to the Army. He then came home and farmed the Goodland place until 1957, then moved to Farwell, Texas. (Story submitted by A.D. Kirk)
Ottis Cecil and Gertrude Pool Kirk purchased 160 acres of land in Bailey County from McKelvey Loan and Investment Company in Temple, Texas in 1924.
In 1935 they moved to Goodland, Texas, into a dug-out built in 1934 by Mr. Kirk and Mr. Erwin Russell of Belton, Texas. They hauled water for home and livestock from the L.D. Sanderson farm until a well was drilled in 1936.
The move to West Texas from Bell County was made in three days in a 1929 Chevrolet truck with all household belongings in the bed of the truck, with an extension on the back of the truck for a milk cow which supplies the family. The family consisted of children Atlas Dargin and baby Mary Jeanette. Mary Jeanette had a high fever but was fully recovered by the time they reached Goodland. The Kirks later had two other children, Carolyn and James Larry Kirk.
O. C. Kirk and Judd Gaddy bought two school buses for the Goodland School System in 1938 and then Mr. Kirk bought Mr. Gaddy's bus and Mr. and Mrs. Kirk ran the buses until 1944 when Three Way consolidated.
The Kirks attended the Union Sunday School at the Goodland School House where most activities like volleyball and basketball were held. Bond rallies for World War II, pie suppers and all-day singing conventions were also held at the school.
Mr. Kirk grubbed out mesquite from 140 acres by hand--some each year--until completed. Mr. Kirk built a house over the dug-out in 1940-41 and they lived there until they purchased a farm near Muleshoe and moved there in 1945.
Jeanette, Carolyn, and Larry all finished school in Muleshoe. Dargin finished school in Morton and went to the Army. He then came home and farmed the Goodland place until 1957, then moved to Farwell, Texas. (Story submitted by A.D. Kirk)
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