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Sallie Reynolds Matthews wrote Interwoven so that her children and their children would know how their family and the Lambshead Ranch legacy grew on the Texas frontier. Far beyond her modest intentions, the book became a classic soon after its original publication in 1936 . . . "The county was organized in my father's house. The following are excerpts from an article by B.R. Webb on the early history of Buchanan (Stephens County) which appeared in the Breckenridge Herald and Commercial of October 15, 1879"  . . . Read more Look inside

Found Inside: "J.B. Matthews was originally from Alabama, and the Matthews family settled in Stephens County, Texas, where they developed friendships with their neighbors and future in-laws, the Reynolds family. In 1847 B. W. and Anne Campbell Reynolds came to Texas, where they settled for thirteen years in Shelby County before moving on to Stephens County in the 1860s   . . . "  Read more Look Inside

...Brothels, bordellos and slums overran sleepy towns, and thick, black oil spilled over once-green pastures. While dreams came true for a precious few, most settled for high-risk, dangerous jobs in the oilfields and passed what spare time they had in the vice districts fueled by crude. Found inside" In September 1917, the Ranger field expanded fifteen miles north with a discovery in Stephens County . . . Read more Look inside

Dean Smith has taken falls from galloping horses, engaged in fistfights with Kirk Douglas and George C. Scott, donned red wig and white tights to double Maureen O’Hara, and taught Goldie Hawn how to talk like a Texan ... Found inside: "In January 1876, the three Hill boys---John, G. W., and young Sam---Decided to strike out on their own. Borrowing money from their mother, they bought 1300 acres on the south side of the Clear Fork of the Brazos in newly organized Stephens County . . . " Read more Look inside

Found inside: "A short time before the close of the war, the Matthews family moved to Golconda, or Palo Pinto as it was later called and there, on May 17, 1865, another little girl was born. She was named Ella. From Goldconda, they moved to a little village called Pickettville in Stephens County, and were living there while we were at the Stone Ranch, so we were no longer near the Matthews family. . . . " Read More Look inside

Resources:

Early Life in Texas County by County

Books about Texas People and Places

Amazing People from Texas County by County