A man who achieved boyhood wish to become a law officer, Pauley was a rancher before his election in 1923 to office of Coleman County Sheriff.
He was widely respected as a true gentleman. Often he did not carry a gun, preferring to conv…
In 1936, the Valera, Bowen, White Chapel and New Central communities established a common high school. The new centralized campus - the second rural high school in Coleman County - was named to commemorate Texas' centennial of independence celebra…