[4] In 1875, W. C. Young of Fort Worth and Irishman Ben Galbraith of Illinois established the beginnings of the Curry Comb Ranch in the northwestern part of Garza County.

[4] The Square and Compass Ranch was started 2 years later by the Nave and McCord Cattle Company.

[8] That same year, OS Ranch was founded by brothers Andrew J. and Frank M. Long of Lexington, Kentucky.

Post built a cotton gin and a cotton mill, and attempted to improve agriculture production through rainmaking, involving the heavy use of explosives fired from kites and towers along the rim of the Caprock Escarpment.

This tusk is currently located in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.

[4] In 1957, a prehistoric Indian site was recorded at Cowhead Mesa by Emmet Shedd of Post.

[13] In 1960–1965, South Plains Archaeological Society excavations of Cowhead Mesa found artifacts to date inhabitation back to 2000 BC.

[13] The most important businesses in the county by 1980 were agribusiness, oil and gas extraction, and textile mills.