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Funeral Homes in Mobeetie, TX
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Shamrock, TX 79079
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Facts about the city
Mobeetie is a city in northwestern Wheeler County, Texas, United States, located on Sweetwater Creek and State Highway 152. The population was 102 at the 2010 census, five below the 2000 figure.
Mobeetie Obituaries
It was written by Daily Press on November 16th, 2018 that Mamie Dorene Woods (Dodd) passed away in Victorville, California. Ms. Woods was 96 years old and was born in Mobeetie, TX. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Mamie Dorene's life.
It was disclosed by Beatrice Daily Sun on February 13th, 2018 that Geraldine Lindblad (Ratchford) died in Beatrice, Nebraska. Ms. Lindblad was 88 years old and was born in Mobeetie, TX. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Geraldine's life.
It was reported by Tri-City Herald on August 8th, 2017 that Ratchford Wayne died in Kennewick, Washington. Wayne was 92 years old and was born in Mobeetie, TX. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Ratchford's life.
It was noted by Tri-City Herald on August 2nd, 2017 that Wayne "Big Wayne" Ratchford perished in Kennewick, Washington. Ratchford was 92 years old and was born in Mobeetie, TX. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Wayne "Big Wayne"'s life.
It was disclosed by Amarillo Globe-News on July 24th, 2014 that Emma Louise Swigart died in Mobeetie, Texas. Swigart was 58 years old. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Emma Louise's life.
It was reported on June 16th, 2013 that William Leroy Mathers passed away in Fargo, North Dakota. Mathers was 89 years old and was born in Mobeetie, TX. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor William Leroy's life.
It was revealed on June 16th, 2013 that William Leroy Mathers died in Fargo, North Dakota. Mathers was 89 years old and was born in Mobeetie, TX. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor William Leroy's life.
It was revealed by Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on March 17th, 2013 that Don Merrill Edwards died in Mobeetie, Texas. Edwards was 73 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Don Merrill's life.
History
Texas cattleman Charles Goodnight said about the town: '"I think it was the hardest place I ever saw on the frontier except Cheyenne, Wyoming."' When the town applied for a post office, in 1879, that name was already in use, so the town took the new name of "mobeetie," believed to be a Indigenous peoples of the Americas American word for sweetwater. The population was 107 at the 2000 United States Census census.
The settlement was a trading post for hunters and trappers for nearby Fort Elliott (aka Cantonment Sweetwater), it began as a buffalo hunter's camp un-officially called "Hidetown" by the locals. The town was the judicial center of the Thirty-fifth District, made up of fifteen counties, in 1881. Elliott), shot and killed Mollie Brennan (a dance hall girl and former prostitute). The town steadily grew again until the start of World War II brought a peak of around 500.
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