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History
in a Pecan Shell
During the Civil War the area was evacuated
due to Indian attacks. The town didn’t develop until several years after the war
was over. A post office was granted in 1875 although the town only had a population
of 50 in the 1880s. With no hope of getting a railroad, Riverland remained under-populated
and in 1905 the post office closed.
A two-room, seven-grade school was
still in operation in the 1930s, and a few essential businesses held on, but in
1936 the population was a mere 20. The building fell to ruin and today only the
cemetery is left along with a few scattered residences. | |
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