Once known for western boots and later baseball gloves, the Montague County town of Nocona fell on hard times in the 1980s and 1990s -- but new life is pouring in.

Nocona saw prosperity with the arrival of the railroad in 1887, and later with the growth of Justin Boots. The town eventually became a leather center, with boots, belts, purses and baseball ...

Nocona Boot Company employed about 120 people when it left town, Gibbs said. "I hadn't seen that kind of reaction since the boot company closed," Gibbs said. "When they left, it was a kick in the gut.

NOCONA — Rob Storey looks into the camera and starts to tell the story. "I'm fourth generation here," he says. "My great grandfather –” Then Storey hears the rumble growing louder: A semi ...

Craig Carter, head of Chief Nocona LLC, purchased the building in September and has been at work ever since to bring the massive 106,000-square-feet facility back to life.

NOCONA - The temperature regularly reads 108 on the downtown bank sign, and it's still difficult sometimes to find parking. In Texas, it's easy to read the fortunes of a business or commercial dist… ...

The last place in America where they still make a baseball glove – where steer hides are cut, pressed and stamped, and stitched and laced by hand – sits off Highway 82 in tiny Nocona, Texas ...