Jones County Texas Archives - History of Rockdale School and Churches - 1930 *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dorman Holub Date: 19 January 2020 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/jones/jonestoc.htm *********************************************************** The Stamford American Friday, April 18, 1930 Vol. 7, Number 1 Rockdale has Good Schools and Churches Is Primarily stock country but has had some excellent farms by Mrs. John Ivy Rockdale community is located in the southeast corner of Haskell county between California Creek and the Clear Fork River, which places it about 18 miles east of Stamford. Rockdale was founded about 1904. A few families lived here prior to that date but there was no school here until then. In 1904 a school house was built, just a little one-room house, very small, but quite large enough at that time. But the community outgrew this, and built a larger house and in the year 1923 an addition was built making a two-room house. The building for the school now has a nice modern building consisting of two large rooms, with necessary cloak rooms and a stage of 24 by 12 feet in the side of the building. The stage is equipped with modern curtains, for which the people are thankful to the business men of Stamford. Rockdale has two good church building, the Rockdale Baptist church and the Lindsey Church of Christ. The latter was established in the residence of D.L. Lindsey in 1905 and later used the school house for a place of worship until the church house was built in 1921. Rockdale is primarily a stock country, several ranches or in or near here. However there are many good farms located in Rockdale district. Rockdale has a chance to be an oil field some four or five producing oil wells and one gas well in this district are present. The old western hospitality and good will are present in this community. Everyone is a friend to everyone else and there is no enmity or ill feelings to cause strife among the people. Rockdale has a country club which meets once a month, with a good attendance. These meetings help many problems and are discussed, and plans made to better conditions which now exist.