Early Days in Texas and Rains County (1917)

"e;W.O. Hebison, owner of the county newspaper, the Record, declared that the greatest people in the state were those women and men who produced Texas."e; -Images of America: Rains County (2011)Pioneering Rains County author, William Oscar Hebison (1864- 1939) has surprising answers about the early times in his short, 60-page book titled "e;Early Days in Texas and Rains County."e;In introducing and dedicating his book, Hebison writes: "e;Deeds of heroism, of stern persistence, of deprivation of the comforts of life, of a struggle...finally resulted in the establishment of homes in the wilderness of what is now our great State and County. "e;A large majority of the first settlers were descendants of men who had made for our country a history showing that they had a strong sense of justice and of individual liberty, for which they unyieldingly contended, regardless of consequences."e;About the author: Born in Rains County, Texas, in 1866, William Oscar Hebison died in 1939. He owned the Rains County newspaper, called "e;The Record,"e; and was an author of local Rains County history. He grew up on a homestead farm and experienced all the difficulties of life in early Texas.