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| Photo
courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2004 |
| Photo
courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2004 |
| Photo
courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2004 |
| Photo
courtesy Stephen Michaels, February 2004 |
The
1888 Aston Building
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
The
1890 W. H. May Building
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
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History in
a Pecan Shell
It may come as no surprise that the first settlers of this town were
farmers. The town drew the population of the smaller settlement of
Sugar Hill (2 miles NE) in 1854. The town was granted a post office
in 1857. The land for the town square was donated by one William Gotcher
in 1859 and the town incorporated 14 years later.
In 1855 the Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church was organized, followed
by the First Methodist Church the next year. The First Baptist Church
was organized in 1865. Private schools were in operation in the 1860s
and the first public schools opened about 30 years later. A weekly
newspaper, the Times started publishing in 1885.
After the arrival of the railroad, the town became a shipping point
for vegetables and bois d’arc fence posts. In 1980 the town began
“Old Time Saturday” which is an event that remembers pre-television
Texas.
Audie Murphy was born nearby and lived in Farmersville before his
enlistment. The local library has a collection of Murphy memorabilia
in a designated room. Farmersville owns its own electrical system.
One of the town’s first generators is on display in the park next
to the library.
Farmersville’s post office exhibits a Depression-era mural painted
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Audie
Murphy Memorial
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
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