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==History== <!-- {{Prose|section|date=December 2013}} --> * 10000 BC - [[Paleo-Indians]] were the first inhabitants. Later Native American inhabitants include the [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]], [[Wichita (tribe)|Wichita and Waco]], [[Lipan Apache people|Lipan Apache]], [[Kiowa]], and [[Comanche]].<ref name="Fisher County, Texas">{{cite web|last=Shelton|first=Hooper|title=Fisher County, Texas|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcf04|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref> * 1876 - The Texas legislature formed Fisher County from [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar]] districts. The new county was named after [[Samuel Rhoads Fisher]].<ref name="Fisher County, Texas"/> * 1880 - The census reported 136 inhabitants.<ref name="Fisher County, Texas"/> * 1881 - The Texas and Pacific Railway routed an east–west branch through Eskota.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eskota, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGhostTowns/Eskota-Texas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=exas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref> * 1885 - The town of Fisher was registered. [[Swedes|Swedish]] immigrants founded the community of Swedonia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swedonia, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGhostTowns/Swedonia-Texas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref> * 1886 - The town of [[Roby, Texas|North Roby]] was registered. Roby eventually won the county seat election over Fisher, but one of the voters, a Mr. Bill Purp, was later discovered to have been actually a dog whose owner lived near Roby.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roby, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasTowns/Roby-Texas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref> * 1920 - Fisher County was among Texas leaders in wheat production.<ref name="Fisher County, Texas"/> * 1926 - Cotton became king, as 48,000 bales were ginned in the county.<ref name="Fisher County, Texas"/> * 1928 - Oil was discovered in the county.<ref name="Fisher County, Texas"/> * 1970 - The county's average annual farm income was evenly divided between livestock and crops.<ref name="Fisher County, Texas"/>
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