Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > The Lighter Side
ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game
jpwagoneer1964:
Alvord, Tx
Meryl:
Devil's Tower, WY
twistedude:
Rinco de la Soledad, MX
Boy, that devil's Tower! Loved that movie...
MaineWriter:
Doss, TX
Founded by the industrious Doss Brothers (Tom and John) in 1849, the community's first enterprises were a gristmill and distillery. The brothers also built a dam on Threadgill Creek and built a sawmill. In 1864 August Steiness bought the brothers out and started a post office in his house. Steiness died in 1866 and William F. Lange, came into possession of the property. The dam was expanded but later washed out in a flood. In 1875 a stone dam was constructed.
In 1898 a post office was opened in the store of F. W. Lange and the town was briefly known as Lange's Mill. The name Doss was assumed in 1907 when the post office moved two miles north.
Doss' population seems never to have reached 100. In 1925 it was 50 and seven years later it had only increased by 10. In 1964 it was down to a mere 22, but rebounded to 75 by 1972 - the number that continues to be used on the state map.
Leslie
jpwagoneer1964:
Shelby, Tx
Shelby was a settlement in Austin County that did not undergo a German name-change. A David Shelby was said to have been an original settler, however the founder of the town was one Otto von Roder (complete with umlaut). Otto had a mill for processing grain and the town was also known among the Germans as Rodersmuhl (Roder's Mill).
The mill was bought from Roder by August Vogelsang (Birdsong) and a tombstone of the Vogelsang family is visible in the top photo.
The post office was opened in 1846 under the name Shelby and by 1884 the 75 residents had three saloons, three stores, and a variety of essential businesses.
1904 was when Shelby's population peaked, and although the post office closed in 1912, the population remained at about 200 until after WWII. Today Shelby remains one of the more picturesque crossroads in the area and is not to be left out of driving tours.
And and many of us know Shelby is a car, various offerings from Britich AC,Ford and Didge with the touch of Carroll Shelby.
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