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Cottle County was created in 1876 from Fannin county and was attached to Fannin for administration until 1887 when it was attached to Childress County for administrative purposes. Cottle was organized in 1892 with Paducah as the County seat. It was named for George Washington Cottle, 1811-1836. Cottle was one of the 183 men who died defending the Alamo. The first inhabited area near the county was Tee Pee City, an old Comanche campground in Motley County just west of the Cottle County line began about 1875. Located near the confluence of Tee Pee Creek and (Tounge) Middle Pease River as a trading post for the buffalo hunters and surveying parties. The wide open settlement with its shootings and drunken brawls was such a bad influence that the Matador Land and Cattle Company declared Tee Pee City off limits to its cowboys. When an opportunity arose, the ranch bought the land Tee Pee City was located on and closed the site down.
"Well-defined blocks of residential areas surround the center of town. The houses are simple. Many of the neighborhood streets are dirt. Some are brick, laid by one man in the days of WPA. Outside of Paducah, all county roads are dirt. And there isn't a single stoplight in the entire county." [from Paducah Life, a Kentucky magazine]

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