Higgins, Texas in 1905

 A True American Hero: Will Rogers, came to Higgins as a Teenager to Work on the Frank Ewing Ranch. His Famous Rope Tricks, Great Honesty & Character Were in Part, Developed Here. I Experienced my Childhood within 20 miles of that Location. I am Fortunate Enough to have been Exposed to a Part of America which is Valued Highly, but Unfortunately, Rapidly Disappearing...

 Higgins was an early railroad town The Sam Detrixhe family moved to Higgins in 1907. Sam and others from Kansas came here, with their horses in a railroad car, to settle in this new land. Sam was my great-grandfather.