ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game

[jpwagoneer1964]

FRAZIER, TEXAS.

 Frazier was just north of State Highway 49 and fifteen miles northeast of Jefferson in eastern Marion County. The Frazier school had thirty-nine black pupils and one teacher in 1899. In 1938 the community had a one-room schoolhouse that accommodated forty-five black elementary school students and one teacher. The Frazier school was consolidated with those of Jefferson by 1955, and in 1967 all that remained of Frazier was two cemeteries named for the Coore family, who owned the original land grants at the site.


Drop the "i" and Frazer was an automobile that I own! A 1951 frazer sedan one of the last made. Manufactured from 1947 to 1950 ( As 1951 model year ) by Kaiser Frazer Corp. KF bought out Willys (Jeep and passanger cars ) in 1954 and discontinued passanger cars in favor of the Jeep after 1955. Kaiser Jeep was bought out by American Motors in 1970 which was bought out by Chrysler in 1987.

If you look at the lite biege car at top and my brown one, they actually use the same body except for fenders and hood. they only reason the 1951 Frazer was even built was to use up the unfininshed older bodies left over from 1949-1950 planned production, Kaiser was aready using an all new body. Ironicly they had orders for over 55,000 and could only supply about 10,000.


 

Mark

[Fran]

Round Hill, AB

An abandoned house, Round Hill, Alberta, 1995

[MaineWriter]

Lubbock, TX

 Present day Lubbock is a merging of two towns - Old Lubbock and Monterey. Rival town promoters saw the writing on the wall and realized it was mutually beneficial to do so. The compromise was reached when Lubbock County was organized in 1891.

The town was named after Colonel Thomas S. Lubbock, Texas Ranger and brother of Texas Governor Lubbock.

1884: Post Office opened in Yellow House Canyon (now part of a city park)
1891: Lubbock County Organized / The newspaper Lubbock Leader was founded
1900: The Lubbock Avalanche newspaper is founded
1909: Santa Fe Railroad enters Lubbock from Plainview
1916: First Electrical Plant started
1923: Texas Technical College is founded (later Texas Tech)
1936: Lubbock Lake Archeology Site is discovered
1969: Texas Tech College becomes Texas Tech University
1972: Liquor is sold - Lubbock loses it's claim on being the largest "dry" city in the United States

Also....Buddy Holly was born and grew up in Lubbock. And "my" Ennis and Jack bought their bedroom set at the Lubbock Furniture Store!

Leslie

[Meryl]

Krakow, AB



The wooden church of 1906 in the former Polish settlement Kraków,
near Hilliard, Alberta, 1996

[Ellemeno]

Waco, TX

[jpwagoneer1964]

 OAK GROVE, TEXAS

OAK GROVE, TEXAS (Colorado County). Oak Grove is located at the junction of County roads 210 and 211 about nine miles southwest of Columbus in western Colorado County. The area had its own community school district in the early 1900s, and the Oak Grove School operated from 1897 to 1924. Teachers through the years included J. W. Holt and Beatrice Obenhaus. No population statistics were available throughout most of the twentieth century, but the community was shown on highway maps in the 1980s. In 2000 Oak Grove had a population of 40.


Mark

[MaineWriter]

Elbert, TX

The town was set up as a supply line to reach ranchers operating north of the Brazos River.

Elbert had a post office by 1904 and by 1915 it had a population of 30 with a cotton gin.

From 1940 until 1990 Elbert reported a population of 150 - a remarkable feat.

Leslie

[Fran]

Tawatinaw, AB

Tawatinaw is a small hamlet in Westlock County in central Alberta, Canada 70 km north of the city of Edmonton.  It is located two km to the east of Highway 2 on Township Road 614.  It hosts a ski hill.  Its population has never been over 1,000 and now has dwindled to no more than a few score.

[jpwagoneer1964]

Whitewright, Tx

Local History

Settlers from Kentucky found Whitewright to be a land rich for cultivation and cattle, a wilderness of grasses, flowers and forest. Churches and schools were established very early and the construction of the M.K.T. Railroad from Denison to Greenville hastened the growth of Whitewright. The town was incorporated in 1887 and was named for New York capitalist William Whitewright, who had an interest in the M.K.T. Railroad.

Although the Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodists built churches in the area in the 1850s, the Christian Church was the first church in Whitewright. It was used as a community church and Rev. J.W. Connelly preached the first sermon.

In 1879, the town's first baby, Jesse Rayborn, was delivered by the town's first doctor, D.M. Ray. Grayson College was founded in 1886 by Mr. Piner and Mr. Anderson on the north edge of town. By the late 1800s, Whitewright had a population of 2,000 and was the first political subdivision in North Texas to eliminate saloons by a vote of the people.

Whitewright was thriving as a business center by 1894 with hotels, doctors, lawyers, dentists, restaurants, grocery stores, drugstores and banks. The 2 cotton gins in town bought 150,000 bales of cotton that year. Whitewright also boasted a flour mill, 2 lumber yards and a newspaper.

A fire destroyed much of the north side of town in 1884, and another fire in 1911 nearly demolished the entire town. Twenty homes and every business except the First National Bank were destroyed. The bank building still stands and was used as a public library until it was moved to the city municipal complex in 1978.

Today, the city of Whitewright is positioning itself for growth and prosperity. Our historic downtown is undergoing a renovation with new shops, restaurants and more. We hope you come visit us soon and become a part of our new history.

[MaineWriter]

Tuxedo, TX

Originally called Bonita, the town was born when the Texas Central Railroad laid tracks through Jones County in 1905. The post office was granted in 1907 and for some reason the name was changed to Tuxedo.

Leslie