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KOPPERL,
TEXAS
Bosque County,
North Central Texas
Near FM 56 - a stone's throw from Lake Whitney
14 Miles NE of Meridian
40 Miles NW of Waco
Population: 225
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Named to honor Moritz Kopperl, director of the Santa Fe Railroad,
the town shares a railroad history with other Bosque County towns.
The history of Kopperl is not unlike hundreds of other Texas towns
whose fortunes rose and fell at the whim of railroads and cotton prises
- but it did have the good fortune to be the boyhood home of singer/
songwriter Steve Fromholz who used Kopperl as the backdrop for his
song "Texas Trilogy" in 1969. |
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turn, Fromholz' song inspired author Craig D. Hillis and photographer
Bruce F. Jordon to extend the lyrics into a book using the same title
as Fromholz' song. Texas Trilogy: Life in a Small Texas Town
was published by UT Press in 2002. Despite the title, the book includes
other towns in Bosque County and serves not only as a readable history,
but also a cultural geography and sociological study of the entire
region. Jordan's photos are suplimented by vintage photographs and
the book should be an excellent model for other Texas towns who want
to preserve their heritage beyond the standard dry text and dull photos
of most histories. |
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