Editing Dalhart, Texas (section)

==History==
Founded in 1901, Dalhart is named for its location on the border of Dallam and Hartley Counties; its name is a [[portmanteau]] of the names of the two counties.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26337|title= Profile for Dalhart, Texas, TX|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= October 19, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160825224327/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26337|archive-date= August 25, 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Dalhart, Texas">{{cite web|url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfd01|title=Dalhart, Texas|publisher= Texas State Historical Association|access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref> The city was founded at the site of a railroad junction, which heavily contributed to its early growth.

Dalhart was in the center of the [[Dust Bowl]], an area adversely affected by a long period of [[drought]] and dust storms during the [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s. Here, [[Tex Thornton]], operating on the now debunked [[concussion theory]], coaxed today's inflation-adjusted equivalent of $1 million from the locals on claims he could fire rocket-powered explosives into the clouds and cause rain.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.countryworldnews.com/news/headlines/1004-texas-trails-tex-thorton-the-firefighter-and-rainmaker.html| title=Texas Trails: Tex Thornton, the Firefighter and Rainmaker| date=28 November 2011| work=Country World Online Edition| access-date=25 March 2013| archive-date=February 21, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221020425/http://www.countryworldnews.com/news/headlines/1004-texas-trails-tex-thorton-the-firefighter-and-rainmaker.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>