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History in a Pecan
Shell Once known
as Slap-out, Texas or McLainsboro, Texas, the town was established
around 1860. It was renamed after former Governor Richard B. Hubbard around 1881
when the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad of Texas built a depot. The post office
was granted, the first newspaper published and a bank (private) opened all in
the year 1881. The town was later added to the route of the Trinity and Brazos
Valley Railroad, making it a two-railroad town.
In 1895 while drilling
for drinking water, the city hit hoit mineral water - making the town a (minor)
resort town. (See Dog
Drinks Water - Saves Town by Mike Cox.) From its earliest reported population
of 250 (1884), it had doubled by the early 1890s and was 2,700 by the mid-1920s.
The Great Depression, WWII
and the decline of water resorts took its toll on Hubbard. The population was
only 1,772 by the early 1950s - increasing to 1,872 by the late 1980s and then
declining to the current 1,586. Hubbard lost some downtown buildings to a 1973
tornado but still retains some picturesque residental streets and is worth a visit. |
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Hubbard
Chronicles Dog
Drinks Water - Saves Town by Mike Cox
Just about everyone has heard
the expression “sick as a dog,” and most people have occasionally felt that way,
but folks in the town of Hubbard once credited their economic heyday to a sick
pooch. |
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