Arthur A. Willis Jr. born Jan 17, 1930 in Blizzard of1930

arturo_bj@hotmail.com, Parents Rachel and Arthur Adrian Willis
Dr. Registered birth first in "walk in book' in Stinnet, Hutchinson Co, Belle plains, later a line was drawn thru entry and notaiton, see moore Co., Trip to Dumas and check of walk in book said I was born in Stinnett. Tx. So moore Co says I was born in county seat of Hutchinson Co. I have that birth certificate.

Belle Plains was I think located where a natural gas pumping station is located and the remains of settlement are fenced in and deserted. My dad was stripping oil wells there and we came to California about a year later. If this helps great. History of BP follows

Belle Plain was east of Dumas in eastern Moore County. The site was settled in 1927, when certain of the lawless element, who had been driven out of Borger by the Texas Rangers, fled Hutchinson County and set up shop just across the county line. The development consisted mostly of crude, hastily built shacks and quickly became a booming, bawdy settlement that specialized in bootleg beer and whiskey, gambling dens, and brothels.

Almost as quickly as it had grown, the town shrank, as its temporary residents moved away to escape the law again. By 1929 only the school, a store, and a filling station remained. The post office was closed and mail routed to Stinnett in 1930. Many buildings were either torn down or allowed to fall apart, while others were moved to Altman (now Sunray). By the time prohibition was repealed in 1933