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| | Crossing
the Brazos at Rainbow
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
| | The
Brazos River Bridge
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
Rainbow,
Texas History"...
Among the first settlers was William Porter, who established a school in the late
1860s; for several decades the area was referred to as the Porter school district.
By the 1890s a community had developed, and the residents requested a post office.
When the townspeople gathered to name the community a thunderstorm broke out,
followed by a rainbow. The residents, struck by the beauty of the rainbow, named
their town after it...." From The Handbook of Texas Online, see
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/RR/hnr4.html |
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The Baptist Church
Photo
courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
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The Rainbow post office
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
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