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History in
a Pecan Shell
Originally the town was named in honor of S. D. Steedman, a Grayson
County judge. The town was established in 1880 and a post office was
granted that same year. It remained as Steedman until the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railroad arrived in 1909 and it was renamed for railroad
attorney James Hagerman.
Information is sketchy and population figures scarce, but it is known
that the post office closed sometime in the 1930s when the town had
an estimated population of around 150.
Hagerman had the railroad, but it may have been too close to Sherman
to have a chance at real growth. The limited infrastructure and paltry
population made Hagerman expendable when plans were being drawn up
for Lake Texoma
in 1944.
Hagerman was submerged and is now a part of the lakebed of Lake
Texoma. The cemetery was relocated several miles from the original
site. |
Hagerman,
Texas Today
Photos courtesy
Mike
Price, November, 2007 |
Photographer's
Note:
"The ghosts in this town need to have submarines as the site is at
the bottom of Lake
Texoma, near what is now Hagerman Wildlife Refuge on the Big Mineral
arm of the lake. A cemetery was moved to what I believe is the one
pictured. The grave of the founder of Hagerman (Smith) is shown in
the photo. There is a Hagerman Baptist church about 2-3 miles south
east of the cemetery, but it's a new all-metal building and I didn't
take any pictures." - Mike
Price, November 19, 2007 |
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