Preservation work under way - Altus Times - altustimes.com

Preservation work under way - Altus Times - altustimes.com

Local landmarks in the middle of treeless cotton fields, the cobblestone buildings east of Altus on the northside of US 62 at the Headrick "Y" (where the old US 62 alignment branches off to the southeast to pass through Headrick) are being stabilized and given new roofs by the Western Trail Historical Society. A detail in the article tells of the challenges of small-town historic preservation: "Although we did not have sufficient funds set aside for the entire project, we voted to launch into it without full funding to take advantage of an opening in [contractor] Jerry [Woodward]'s construction schedule that coincided with the window of time between the harvesting of one crop and the readying of the ground for the next planting."