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The museum contains a section on the local history of Dumas and Moore County. The origin of the city dates to 1891 when it was laid out by the Panhandle Townsite Company, headed by Louis Dumas

The museum contains a section on the local history of Dumas and Moore County. The origin of the city dates to 1891 when it was laid out by the Panhandle Townsite Company, headed by Louis Dumas

(April 16, 1856 &mdash; January 5, 1923), originally from Sister Grove near [[Dallas]], Texas. Dumas and his wife, Florence (November 17, 1861 &mdash; June 9, 1927), originally from Pilot Point] in Denton County, were living near Dallas, when they lost a daughter, Johnnie (1881-1888). Dumas came to Moore County, while his grief-stricken wife stayed behind for a time before she joined her husband. After a [[blizzard]] again devastated Dumas in 1895, the couple returned to Sherman in Grayson County, where they died four years apart during the 1920s. Dumas hence lived only about seven years in the Panhandle city which bears his name.<ref name=history>Local history exhibits, Window on the Plains Museum, Dumas, Texas.</ref>

(April 16, 1856 &ndash; January 5, 1923), originally from Sister Grove near [[Dallas]], Texas. Dumas and his wife, Florence (November 17, 1861 &ndash; June 9, 1927), originally from Pilot Point] in Denton County, were living near Dallas, when they lost a daughter, Johnnie (1881-1888). Dumas came to Moore County, while his grief-stricken wife stayed behind for a time before she joined her husband. After a [[blizzard]] again devastated Dumas in 1895, the couple returned to Sherman in Grayson County, where they died four years apart during the 1920s. Dumas hence lived only about seven years in the Panhandle city which bears his name.<ref name=history>Local history exhibits, Window on the Plains Museum, Dumas, Texas.</ref>

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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>