Incorporated in 1893, Loving County has no school system and buses its children to adjacent Winkler County. The county's natural gas production came later in the 1970's. Much of Loving County's oil wealth began during the oil boom of the late 1920's - 1930's. Loving County's 84 residents are reported to have one of the highest per-capita incomes in the US of $89,471. The Haley property benefits from its productive oil and gas wells. The third generation of her family to work the drought-prone land, Mary Nell Haley organized her extended family and nearby cowboy friends to gather the yearling heifers for branding and cutting. Mentone is the county seat of Loving County. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Show More Show Less 11 of12 Members and friends of the Haley family hold down a heifers during a cattle round-up on the Haley family's 9000-acre ranch Apin Mentone, Texas. 9 of12 10 of12 Members and friends of the Haley family hold down a heifer for branding during a cattle round-up on the Haley family's 9000-acre ranch Apin Mentone, Texas.
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