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The history of the Cain family in Adina

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This article was written November 17, 2016, and appeared that week in the Elgin Courier. Marie Cain Richards passed away on August 10, 2021, and her obituary appeared in last week's edition of the Elgin Courier.   Adina is a beautiful name for a tranquil area on the Yegua Creek in Lee County. The community was largely spared the violence of the notch-cutter outlaws that plagued the area closer to Blue and McDade in the 1870s. The hanging tree is in Blue on land that is now owned by the Stifflemire family, who came there after the killings were history. Buz Garry ...

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