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==Historic preservation==

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Potts grew up in the store, which she later described as her "playhouse."  In addition to the Hicks-Cobb General Store, Medicine Mound in its heyday had the W. W. Cole Building, a combination [[bank]], drugstore, gasoline station (with rusty pumps remaining), and post office, a laundry, a school, and a church. U.S. Highway 287 bypassed Medicine Mound in the late 1920s, and the community slowly declined in population.<ref name=txex>"Texas' Favorite Detour: Could Medicine Mound Be Texas' Most Interesting Ghost Town?", TexasEscapes.com: http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasTowns/Medicine-Mound-Texas-Favorite-Detour.htm</ref> The ghost town is located at the junction of Texas Farm or Ranch Roads 91 and 1167, which can be reached from U.S. 287 southward at Chillicothe or several miles further west of Chillicothe. It is southeast of Quanah, the seat of government for Hardeman County.

Potts grew up in the store, which she later described as her "playhouse."  In addition to the Hicks-Cobb General Store, Medicine Mound in its heyday had the W. W. Cole Building, a combination [[bank]], drugstore, gasoline station (with rusty pumps remaining), and post office, a laundry, a school, and a church. U.S. Highway 287 bypassed Medicine Mound in the late 1920s, and the community slowly declined in population.<ref name=txex>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasTowns/Medicine-Mound-Texas-Favorite-Detour.htm|title=Texas' Favorite Detour: Could Medicine Mound Be Texas' Most Interesting Ghost Town?|publisher=TexasEscapes.com|accessdate=December 14, 2019}}</ref> The ghost town is located at the junction of Texas Farm or Ranch Roads 91 and 1167, which can be reached from U.S. 287 southward at Chillicothe or several miles further west of Chillicothe. It is southeast of Quanah, the seat of government for Hardeman County.

[[Cotton]] was grown about Medicine Mound, and times were generally prosperous until the [[Great Depression]]. A fire swept through Medicine Mound in 1933, but the community rebuilt. Though the original town buildings were wooden, solid [[granite]] round rocks were placed on the revised structures—the stone is really prehistoric gravel<ref name=txex/> and was brought from the Wichita Mountains of [[Oklahoma]],<ref name=comanche>The Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee newsletter, 1999, no longer on-line.</ref>​

[[Cotton]] was grown about Medicine Mound, and times were generally prosperous until the [[Great Depression]]. A fire swept through Medicine Mound in 1933, but the community rebuilt. Though the original town buildings were wooden, solid [[granite]] round rocks were placed on the revised structures—the stone is really prehistoric gravel<ref name=txex/> and was brought from the Wichita Mountains of [[Oklahoma]],<ref name=comanche>The Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee newsletter, 1999, no longer on-line.</ref>​