ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game

[Meryl]

De Kalb, TX

[Fran]

Buford, WY

Welcome to Buford, Wyoming, Population 2!  Buford’s claim to fame is more than its small size.  Buford is the highest town on Interstate 80, the main cross-country route between New York and San Francisco.  The Buford Trading Post is located between Cheyenne and Laramie, right along the Interstate and the old Lincoln Highway -- U.S. 30.

[jpwagoneer1964]

Deaver, Wy

The People and Families of Deaver

In Deaver, about 68% of adults are married. Large families and residences are common here.

The town is noted for its large share of males.

Mark

[MaineWriter]

Rising Star, TX

Rising Star began with the arrival of six families from Gregg County who settled here in 1876 .The settlement was originally called Copperas Creek but had a name change when D. D. McConnell of Eastland suggested the new name. In 1880, after the old post office had been closed, a man named Tom Anderson opened a post office/ store in his home. By 1889 Rising Star had five businesses and in 1904 it had a bank, hotel, school, two newspapers, and dry goods and drug stores.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad arrived in 1911 when they connected through Cross Plains. The first oil found in Eastland County was near Rising Star in 1909, but the town was spared the boom that Ranger and Breckenridge saw. In 1920 a major discovery was made but city officials went to great lengths to insure order by passing strict regulations. Workers ignored the town and built a camp five miles west. A year later the boom was over and the new town melted away.

Leslie

[Fran]

Ralston, WY

The Ralston Community Clubhouse building was originally constructed as a schoolhouse in 1914 by members of the community.  It has served as the clubhouse for the Ralston Community Club since 1930.  The building exhibits typical one-room school characteristics with its one-story, simple, rectangular shape, windows located on one wall and the entry vestibule.  The Clubhouse holds significance locally and regionally because it functioned as the location for both social and community service activities.  In a region of distances and isolation, the Clubhouse has brought women and their families together to share in each others lives and that of the community.

[jpwagoneer1964]

Newton, Tx

Mark

[MaineWriter]

New Corn Hill, TX

The Handbook of Texas doesn't show a listing for New Corn Hill - but its presence can't be ignored.

The twin steeples of the church are visible from the cemetery of (Old) Corn Hill, although there is no direct road connecting the two.  Many towns that split into "Old" and New," did so upon arrival of the railroad, but in this case (Old) Corn Hill was mostly absorbed into Jarrell, Texas. Evidently enough of the Corn Hill population wanted to retain the name and moved eastward.




Leslie

[moremojo]

Langtry, Texas

--situated in Val Verde County, noted for resident Judge Roy Bean, colorful character upholding the law in a rather lawless time. He reputedly named the town after British beauty Lillie Langtry.

[jpwagoneer1964]

Yeche, Mx

[Fran]

Edgewood, TX