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History
in a Pecan Shell
Hostile Indians prevented settlement of the area
until the 1860s. During the opening months of the Civil War, Confederate troops
of the Frontier Regiment were stationed here to patrol the border with Indian
Territory. It served as crossing for the Chisholm Trail after the war.
In the 1870s, the population was a respectible 250-300 people and the community
was served by a ferry. A post office opened under the name Salt Creek in
1883 and the following year it was changed to Red River Station. It closed in
1887. The 1880s were not kind to the community. First it was hit by a tornado,
and then in 1887 it was bypassed by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad.
Nocona throve as Red River Station declined.
The final nails in RRS's coffin were the establishment of another rival town (Belcherville)
and the establishment of the rival Western Trail for moving cattle north.
Red
River Station became one of Texas' early ghost
towns - having "enjoyed" a tumultuous span of barely 30 years. Only a cemetery
and the name appear on detailed Montague County maps.
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