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History on
a Pinhead Amherst
had a post office in operation from 1904-05 and a school that appeared on maps
in 1936. Amherst students were attending classes in Powderly
(10 miles NW) in the 1960s and it still appears on detailed TxDoT Lamar county
maps.
No cemeteries are in the immediate vicinity and little additional
information is available - unless we hear from someone.
Amherst TodayPhotographer’s
note:
“Quite a neat place to visit. There isn’t much here from a historic
perspective.
After leaving highway FM195 out from Paris
all that there was to see were golf courses, and “gated communities.” That was
almost all the way to where the Amherst old school was. It was kinda odd to see
some farming going on (the truck with the hay bales on it).” - Gerald
Massey, August 2010 |
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"'The Amherst Road' wasn’t much more than a quaint lane going down through
the countryside all very peaceable.”
- Gerald Massey |
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