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History
in a Pecan Shell
Reagan was named after William Reason Reagan who
donated the land. It dates from 1873 when the Waco and Northwestern Railroad
laid tracks between Bremond
and Ross.
During the mid-1880s Reagan reportedly had nine (!) cotton
gins, five stores, and two hotels.
By 1890 they had a weekly newspaper
and a thriving population of 500 people.
In 1905 there were two one-teacher
schools for Blacks and one three-teacher school for others. Reagan schools consolidated
into the Marlin ISD during the wave of
school consolidations after WWII.
Reagan reached its high-water mark in 1914 with 600 Reaganites. Population
fell during the 1920s and even further in the 30s. It was down to 353 by the time
the U.S. entered WWII.
The Southern Pacific discontinued rail service in 1965.
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