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History
in a Pecan Shell
Charles F. Beatty, is the town's namesake despite the slight change in spelling.
Beatty arrived in what would become Beattie around 1892.
The 20th Century
arrived to find Beattie with the essential businesses of grocery, drugstore, barber
and cotton gin - but no railroad. If one needed a doctor or sheriff, one could
call Comanche (City) by telephone.
The post office (frequently to blame for misspellings of town names) was only
open from 1902 to 1908. 1930 is the town's population high-water mark when 150
people lived there. By the time WWII
ended, it had lost half of its businesses and 2/3rds of its 1930 population. By
the late 1980s there were no businesses in Beattie and the population estimate
has remained at 50 for the last 60 years.
This bare-bones history is
supplemented by Remembering Beattie,
Texas a richly detailed personal account of Beattie written by Harland
Moore - the man who provided the entertaining and equally detailed history
of Bend, Texas.
See
Remembering Beattie, Texas
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