Mobley Augustus Meadows, along with his brother Charlie Meadows, joined the world famous Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show. Mobley was featured as a bronc rider, roper and trick shot artist. Later after his brother Charlie started his own Wild West show, Mobley worked for Charlie. Mobley married Rosalie Higgoms, she also was a Wild West Show performer, and that was how Mobley and Rosalie met. They were the parents of a son, Carlos. Mobley later left the Wild West Show and settled where Calexico is now.
Mobley helped dig the first canal that brought the water from the Colorado River. Imperial County was chartered in 1907 and they chose Mobley to be the first Sheriff of the County. He was re-elected again and serviced until 1915 when he died. The Pioneer Museum in California Mid-Winter grounds in Imperial County, has many visitors. They pause outside the entrance to gaze at the life-sized statue, wearing a cartridge belt and a holstered pistol, holding an empty canteen as he kneels at a desert water hole.
The inscription reads:
"Mobley A. Meadows, First Sheriff of Imperial County 1907-1915." The statue was a gift from Harold Wright Bell, the great author and pioneer resident to forever picture in stone the spirit of the pioneer. Harold Wright Bell had a great admiration for Mobley Meadows and made him into the character, "Texas Joe", in the "Winning of Barbara Worth" a novel that depicts the beginning of the Imperial Valley.
above info courtesy of Sandie Schwarz
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Grandson: Mobley Meadows Milam
Mobley Augustus Meadows, along with his brother Charlie Meadows, joined the world famous Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show. Mobley was featured as a bronc rider, roper and trick shot artist. Later after his brother Charlie started his own Wild West show, Mobley worked for Charlie. Mobley married Rosalie Higgoms, she also was a Wild West Show performer, and that was how Mobley and Rosalie met. They were the parents of a son, Carlos. Mobley later left the Wild West Show and settled where Calexico is now.
Mobley helped dig the first canal that brought the water from the Colorado River. Imperial County was chartered in 1907 and they chose Mobley to be the first Sheriff of the County. He was re-elected again and serviced until 1915 when he died. The Pioneer Museum in California Mid-Winter grounds in Imperial County, has many visitors. They pause outside the entrance to gaze at the life-sized statue, wearing a cartridge belt and a holstered pistol, holding an empty canteen as he kneels at a desert water hole.
The inscription reads:
"Mobley A. Meadows, First Sheriff of Imperial County 1907-1915." The statue was a gift from Harold Wright Bell, the great author and pioneer resident to forever picture in stone the spirit of the pioneer. Harold Wright Bell had a great admiration for Mobley Meadows and made him into the character, "Texas Joe", in the "Winning of Barbara Worth" a novel that depicts the beginning of the Imperial Valley.
above info courtesy of Sandie Schwarz
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Grandson: Mobley Meadows Milam
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Family Members
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Mary Angelina Meadows Arnold
1849–1939
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Charles Hensen Meadows
1851–1932
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Henry William Meadows
1852–1882
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John Valentine Meadows
1854–1917
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Rhoda Kansas Meadows McGinness
1856–1909
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Sarah Ruth Meadows Dean
1858–1926
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Charles Henson "Arizona Charlie" Meadows
1860–1932
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Rose Ann Meadows Dole
1866–1910
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Eva Mae Meadows Aplustill
1867–1894
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James Harvey Meadows
1870–1931
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Jacob David Meadows
1873–1910
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