therein lies a tale - a ghost story
A tale never to be told. Little is known about young Tommie Horrell - he owned a wagon and team and his murdered body was found in a canyon. Was he a God-fearing man or was the Bible carved on his tombstone there to assist in his eternal journey after such a heathen death?
Only ghosts are left in the Old Emma Cemetery. The transient town of Emma existed less than 30 years after being established in 1890 in Crosby County. The courthouse and other buildings were moved from the town of Estacado after Emma won the county seat election by 6 votes. After the railroad bypassed Emma by five miles going through Ralls, Crosbyton won the 1917 county seat election by 78 votes and buildings were again relocated. At its prime, Emma boasted 800 inhabitants, including two doctors, a courthouse, stores and a newspaper. Only the cemetery with its lone cedar tree marks the former townsite.
bury me not on the lone prairie
