| |
First
Christian Church in Anna
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, April 2006 |
Anna
History in a Pecan ShellEarly
settlement occurred in the mid 1840s but it wasn't until after the Civil War when
storekeeper John L. Greer opened the community's first business. The railroad
(The Houston and Texas Central) arrived in 1873 but the town wasn't platted for
ten more years. The post office was granted in 1880 when there were only 20 people
living here. The population was nearing 200 by 1890 and reached 538 by the late
1920s.
Four Annas
There's some question over the origin of the
town's name. It could have been John Greer's daughter or the daughter of railroad
official George Quinlan. A third story has Anna Quinlan being married to George
Quinlan and being the daughter of John Greer. The fourth (and thankfully the last)
story says that Anna was Anna Huntington, the daughter of man who built the short-lived
Dallas-Denison railroad. | |
|
