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| | "Supper
for 2000 Patients" - North Texas Hospital
1920s postcard courtesy
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History in a Pecan
Shell
George Paschall is considered one of the first settlers when
he arrived in the area in 1848. In 1873 the Texas and Pacific Railway crossed
the region and 230 acres were purchased with the intention of platting a town.
The post office opened that same year and was named after an early settler in
honor named Robert A. Terrell.
The town incorporated in 1875. Terrell
had 3,000 citizens by the mid 1880s along with three weekly newspapers, three
flour mills, three gins, and nine churches. The State Hospital (mental institution)
in Austin opened a second location in
Terrell in 1885 to relieve overcrowding at the capital facility. |
| | Presbyterian
Church
1912 postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
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| | Episcopal
Church, Terrell, Texas
1908 postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
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By 1890 Terrell had
an iron foundry, a canning factory, and a creamery. In 1892 Terrell became the
headquarters for the Texas Midland Railroad. During World War II, British pilots
trained at Terrell on an airfield that later became the present municipal airport.
Robert Terrell's son-in-law, W. B. Toon, established Toon College in
1897. In 1901 the name was changed into Terrell University School. TUS became
North Texas University School in 1904, which in turn became Wesley College in
1909. In 1912 the school moved to Greenville.
From 1914 to 1949, Terrell was home to the Texas Military College. A branch
campus of Trinity Valley Junior College was in Terrell in the 1980s. |
| | Artesia
Hotel in Terrell
1916 postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
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The population of
Terrell was 10,481 in 1941, reaching a peak in 1970 with 15,500.
Terrells
population was 12,500 in 1990 and has increased to the present 13,600 (2004).
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