The county was organized in 1921; Hockley City won over Ropesville in the county-seat contest. The settlement of the county accelerated during the 1920s, encouraged by the construction of two branches of the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 1920s-one crossing east to west, the other crossing the southeast corner of the county.
An Arrow is a symbol that may mean protection, defense, movement, force, swiftness, sureness, direction and power. The Arrow is also believed to ward off evil spirits if pointed to the left.
The direction indicated by an arrow is the one along the length of the line towards the end capped by a triangle. The typographical symbol develops in the 18th century.Its use is comparable to that of the older (medieval) manicule (pointing hand, â).lso comparable is the use of a fleur-de-lis symbol indicating north in a compass rose by Pedro Reinel (c. 1504). An early arrow symbol is found in an illustration of Bernard Forest de Belidor 'bÃ©lidor s Treatise'l architecture, hydraulique printed In france in. 1737