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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #340 on: October 26, 2006, 12:59:51 pm »
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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #341 on: October 26, 2006, 01:45:16 pm »
Raisin, TX

History in a Seashell

A brief time line of significant events in Raisin's history
1889: established as a stop on the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific Railroad from Victoria to Beeville.

1892: The town gets a post office. The railroad called the station Lucy, but the postal authorities rejected it - wanting something more distinctive. The name Raisin was chosen to honor a local rancher (J. K. Reeves) who had tried to grow grapes. Judging by the name - it wasn't a successful venture.

The nearby German settlement of Coletoville took an interest in Raisin - probably due to the depot. C. T. Friedrichs, built a gin, and a man named Kohl built a store. Frederichs was the first postmaster and Kohl the second - serving from 1901 until 1914

1914: Post office closes

1930: The American Railway Express office, closes and Southern Pacific discontinues passenger service - a result of a drop in passengers from the opening of highway 59.

The population of the Raisin-Coletoville area has remained at about fifty persons from the early 1900s to the present.
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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #342 on: October 26, 2006, 02:12:08 pm »
Nechanitz, TX

Nechanitz is at the junction of Farm roads 3011 and 2145, eleven miles north of La Grange in north central Fayette County.  The area was settled in 1853 by Wenzel Matejowsky, the first settler from Bohemia to enter Fayette County, and was named after his native city in Bohemia. 

In 1990 the population was reported as twenty-one.
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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #343 on: October 26, 2006, 02:22:28 pm »
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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #344 on: October 26, 2006, 02:40:37 pm »
Corpus Christi, TX

An old friend of mine lives in Corpus Christi, so it seemed fitting to include it here.

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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #345 on: October 26, 2006, 02:44:51 pm »
Iago, TX

Iago is at the intersection of Farm roads 1301 and 1096, two miles northwest of Boling and twelve miles east of Wharton in southeastern Wharton County.
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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #346 on: October 26, 2006, 02:56:53 pm »
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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #347 on: October 26, 2006, 03:07:43 pm »
Tarzan, TX

Tarzan wasn't formed until the 1920s. That's why you never heard of Fort Tarzan, Texas. The town gets its unusual name from a submission to the postal service that was accepted. There's no telling how many names had been submitted and rejected, but the boys in the postal service thought it was great fun to have a Tarzan, Texas. After all, they didn't have to live there. The year was 1927 and Tarzan's popularity in the comic strips was right up there with Krazy Kat. Of course, when people thought of Tarzan in 1926, they though of Elmo Lincoln instead of Johnny Weissmuller. Not that it makes much difference.

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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #348 on: October 26, 2006, 03:54:46 pm »
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Re: ROAD TRIP: A New BBM Game
« Reply #349 on: October 26, 2006, 07:23:43 pm »
Angleton, Tx
 

Welcome to Angleton, Texas, "Where the Heart Is"

A gazebo at one of our parksWe are a growing community of nearly 19,000 residents. Angleton is a hub of technology, agriculture and history located 30 miles from Houston and 12 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. "Welcome To Angleton... Where the Heart Is".


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