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schoolhouses were used by different religious denominations for revival services, which were well attended by the local people.

In those days, the rural schools were a focal point for the community. During the school year, there were baseball games between neighboring schools as well as basketball games.

About the years of 1935-36, there was a contest between the Taylor School District and the Price School District to determine which community could shoot the most jack rabbits. The ears were cut off of the rabbits and saved until the contest was concluded; then counted. The losing community was required to furnish a picnic lunch to the winner. Price Community won the contest by a few hundred ears. A total of somewhere around 11,000 rabbits were shot in this contest. The ensuing picnic was attended by hundreds of people for miles around.

By Frank Bass

UNION Hill SCHOOL - PART I
Col. Charles Goodnight directed the building of a Drift Fence about 1885 for the JA Ranch, from four miles west of Tulia, making one mile jogs southeast until reaching three miles south of the present Highway 86, and then east to the Caprock. This fence consisted of 8 inch heart cedar posts from the canyon with about 20 yards spacing. There were three middle barbed wires and one No. 10 smooth wire at the top and one at the bottom of each post with three JA stays between posts. Early cowboys reported the smooth wires allowed the large herds of antelope to cross over or under this fence without becoming entangled and wrecking it. The settling of ranchers on the Tule Creeks and the frequent crossing of the Amarillo-Lubbock freight wagons in the western part of the enclosed area caused the JA's to move their drift fence in 1890 to six miles east of the present Tulia.

Smaller ranches were established in the strip

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