COUNTY LIFE
Leather innovator – Dell Motley instilled her faith in all her art
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Dell Motley was an innovator in leathergoods creating new techniques that brought cowhides to life for retail customers, but also bringing her faith to that unique canvass in a bold, never-before-done way.
A new book, “Dell Motley Leather Artist,” by Gale Cochran-Smith published under the auspices of the Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum explores Motley’s life and how she came to be a renowned leather artist. Motley’s extensive collection of artwork, tools, personal memoirs and documents are all part of the permanent collection of the museum.
The artist gifted her collection to the museum in 1996 shortly before her death in November 1997, and while it would be 13 years before the museum building was completed, her work is a major part of TNT.
This is Cochran-Smith’s fifth published book and her fourth to explore the tenets of the museum focus. The Motley book joins “Up the Chisholm Trail,” “The North Field of Montague County” and “Wichita The Story of the Taovayas.” All that is left now is agriculture.
Read the full feature and learn about Dell Motley’s unique leather artwork in the weekend Bowie News.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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