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Physical Features: High Plains; level, broken by Tule Canyon and Creek; playas; large underground water supply; rich soils.

Economy: Feedlots, grain storage, manufacturing, tourism, prison.

History: Apaches; displaced by Comanches around 1700. U.S. Army removed Comanches in 1874. Ranching began in the late 1870s. Farming developed after 1900. County named for J.G. Swisher of Texas Revolution; county created from Bexar, Young territories in 1876; organized in 1890.

Race/Ethnicity: (In percent) Anglo, 46.5; Black, 8.3; Hispanic, 44.1; Asian, 0.6; Other, 1.7; Two or more races, 1.7.

Vital Statistics, annual: Births, 111; deaths, 81; marriages, 40; divorces, 13.

Recreation: Mackenzie battle site, Ozark Trail marker festival in May.

Minerals: Not significant.

Agriculture: Stocker cattle, feedlots. Cotton, corn, wheat, sorghum. Some 65,000 acres irrigated. Market value $586.8 million.

TULIA (4,682) county seat; wind energy, feedlots, manufacturing, cotton storage, prison; hospital, library, museum; stock show in January.

Other towns include: Happy (651, partly in Randall County); Kress (678); Vigo Park (36).

The Swisher County Courthouse square in Tulia. Photo by Robert Plocheck.