L. L. Shield store in Trickham (Photo from A History of Coleman County and Its People, by Ralph Terry)

“In the 1860’s, John Chisum built a very large log house, facing west, with a big rock chimney at one end, which was used as a store for supplying his own camps, but also sold to travelers and settlers”, reads an article by Leona Banister Bruce, published in A History of Coleman County and Its People, by Ralph Terry. I find the topic of cattle baron John Chisum’s (and later Shield’s) store in Trickham endlessly inviting. Trying to discover the locations of each, a project which remains inconclusive to me, is a favorite expedition. There are a lot of stories and clues about the locations of these buildings in the historical record, but the actual sites are still elusive.

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