Editing King County, Texas (section)

==History==
===Native Americans===
The [[Apache]] and [[Comanche]] were early tribes in the area. The [[Red River War]] of 1874-1875 was a [[United States Army]] campaign to force the removal of Natives in Texas and their relocation to reservations, to open the region to white settlers.<ref name="King County, Texas"/>

===County established===
On August 21, 1876, the Texas legislature formed King County from [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]]. By 1880 the United States Census counted forty residents in the county. In 1891, the county was organized.  [[Guthrie, Texas|Guthrie]] was designated as the county seat.<ref name="King County, Texas">{{cite web|last=Leffler|first=John|title=King County, Texas|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hck08|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=December 13, 2010|date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>

Early ranchers preserved water by damming canyons and draws to hold the heavy spring rains. In the 1890s windmills became the method of water preservation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coppedge |first=Clay |title=Windmills |url=http://www.texasescapes.com/ClayCoppedge/Windmills.htm|work=Texas Escapes |publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 13, 2010}}</ref>  Some of the earliest settlers were Isom Lynn, A. C. Tackett, Brants Baker, and Bud Arnett. The [[6666 Ranch|Four Sixes Ranch]] was established in 1902 by [[Samuel Burk Burnett]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Chiles |first=Jim |title=Who Owns Texas |journal=Texas Monthly|date=June 1980|page=124}}</ref> The formerly-named [[Pitchfork Ranch|Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company]] was organized in 1883, and SMS ranches were established during the same time frame.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clayton|first=Lawrence|title=Historic Ranches of Texas|year=1997|publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-71189-1 |pages=55–60 |author2=Salvant, J U }}</ref>  The 6666 (called Four Sixes Ranch), also founded in 1883, was managed from 1965 to 1986 by George Humphreys, who was also affiliated with the [[National Ranching Heritage Center]] in [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]].

[[Dumont, Texas|Dumont]] was formed in the late 19th century. By that time, farmers began to share the land with ranchers. [[Cotton]] was the leading crop for a time, followed by corn, [[sorghum]], and fruit trees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dumont, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasTowns/Dumont-Texas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=December 13, 2010}}</ref>

[[Oil]] was discovered in the county in 1943. By January 1, 1991, almost {{convert|114403000|oilbbl}} of oil had been pumped from King County lands since the first wells were drilled.<ref name="King County, Texas"/>