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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>"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.

[[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:http://www.comanchelanguage.org/November%201999%20Newsletter.pdf</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>​

The population steadily declined from some five hundred to nothing, meaning a ghost town, though the 2000 [[census]] placed the count at fifty, those living away from the town itself. When the Hicks-Cobb Store closed in 1966, the town died. There are four Texas Historical Commission markers outside the old store dedicated to (1) the community of Medicine Mound, (2) the Hicks-Cobb store, turned into a museum by Potts, (3) a [[WPA|Works Progress Administration]] sanitation project from the 1930s, and (4) a pioneer cemetery south of Medicine Mound believed to have only nine graves.<ref name=comanche/>​

The population steadily declined from some five hundred to nothing, meaning a ghost town, though the 2000 [[census]] placed the count at fifty, those living away from the town itself. When the Hicks-Cobb Store closed in 1966, the town died. There are four Texas Historical Commission markers outside the old store dedicated to (1) the community of Medicine Mound, (2) the Hicks-Cobb store, turned into a museum by Potts, (3) a [[WPA|Works Progress Administration]] sanitation project from the 1930s, and (4) a pioneer cemetery south of Medicine Mound believed to have only nine graves.<ref name=comanche/>​

On April 5, 2008, Potts addressed the West Texas Historical Association annual meeting in Canyon, south of [[Amarillo]] on her historical preservation work and her attempt to highlight the contributions of rural Americans.<ref>Myna Potts, "Medicine Mound: A Look at Our Past,'' West Texas Historical Association, annual meeting, April 5, 2008, Canyon, Texas.</ref>​

On April 5, 2008, Potts addressed the West Texas Historical Association annual meeting in Canyon, south of [[Amarillo]] on her historical preservation work and her attempt to highlight the contributions of rural Americans.<ref>Myna Potts, "Medicine Mound: A Look at Our Past,'' West Texas Historical Association, annual meeting, April 5, 2008, Canyon, Texas.</ref>​

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==''Texas Country Reporter'' interview==

==''Texas Country Reporter'' interview==