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During the 1880s, a drift fence of [[barbed wire]] was built to hold back cattle from [[Oklahoma]], [[Colorado]], and [[Kansas]] from crossing into the Texas Panhandle during blizzards. It was strung along the northern boundary of each ranch. The fence extended for two hundred miles in Texas, with a gate every three miles. In 1889, Texas passed a law prohibiting fencing of public property, and the fence was removed in 1890. It had been particularly disastrous for the cattle in 1887, when they were unable to head south for greener pastures during a blizzard.<ref>Texas State Historical Survey Committee, Historical Marker, 1969, Dumas Travel Station, Dumas, Texas.</ref>

During the 1880s, a drift fence of [[barbed wire]] was built to hold back cattle from [[Oklahoma]], [[Colorado]], and [[Kansas]] from crossing into the Texas Panhandle during blizzards. It was strung along the northern boundary of each ranch. The fence extended for two hundred miles in Texas, with a gate every three miles. In 1889, Texas passed a law prohibiting fencing of public property, and the fence was removed in 1890. It had been particularly disastrous for the cattle in 1887, when they were unable to head south for greener pastures during a blizzard.<ref>Texas State Historical Survey Committee, Historical Marker, 1969, Dumas Travel Station, Dumas, Texas.</ref>

Moore County is named for [[Commodore]] Edwin Ward Moore, naval commander during the [[Republic of Texas]] and a friend of [[Robert E. Lee]]. Dumas became the county sea] in 1892. In 1893, Louis Dumas donated land for the Moore County Court House, which was completed the following year at a cost of $6,536. The original courthouse was replaced in the 1930s and still serves the county. The first state bank was established in Dumas in 1908. In time, it became the First National Bank of Amarillo and is now a branch of Bank of America.<ref name=history/>​

Moore County is named for Commodore Edwin Ward Moore (1810-1865), naval commander during the [[Republic of Texas]] and a friend of [[Robert E. Lee]]. Dumas became the county sea] in 1892. In 1893, Louis Dumas donated land for the Moore County Court House, which was completed the following year at a cost of $6,536. The original courthouse was replaced in the 1930s and still serves the county. The first state bank was established in Dumas in 1908. In time, it became the First National Bank of Amarillo and is now a branch of Bank of America.<ref name=history/>​

[[Oil]] was found in Moore County in 1927.  On July 29, 1956, eighteen, mostly volunteer, [[firefighter]]s died while trying to extinguish a blaze at the Shamrock Refinery in Dumas, now owned by Valero Energy Corporation. Ken Floyd and Gabriel Horn prepared a [[documentary]] on the fire and the heroic efforts of the lost.<ref name=history/> There is also a monument at the Moore County Courthouse honoring the firefighters.​

[[Oil]] was found in Moore County in 1927.  On July 29, 1956, eighteen, mostly volunteer, [[firefighter]]s died while trying to extinguish a blaze at the Shamrock Refinery in Dumas, now owned by Valero Energy Corporation. Ken Floyd and Gabriel Horn prepared a [[documentary]] on the fire and the heroic efforts of the lost.<ref name=history/> There is also a monument at the Moore County Courthouse honoring the firefighters.​