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Palmer
History in a Pecan ShellPalmer
was named after Dr. D.S. Palmer, an important shareholder in the Houston and Texas
Central Railroad. The railroad arrived in 1872 and a post office branch opened
two years later.
The population in 1885 was 250 people. That year Palmer
had two gins and two gristmills as well as a hotel and the other essential businesses
for a thriving town.
Palmer incorporated in 1890 and by 1896 the weekly
Palmer Times was being published. The Palmer Press Brick Company built
a manufacturing plant in 1902 and bricks impressed with the name still surface
from time to time - or are found in the brick sidewalks of collectors. Just prior
to the First World War, there were
750 residents and the Times was replaced by the Rustler.
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