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Protecting and serving in Flynn
Flynn Grocery & Feed store
TE photo, May 2001 |
Flynn was named
after Edward J. Flynn who was a railroad official and probably never
set foot in town. The railroad (Trinity and Brazos Valley)
came through in 1906 and they got a post office in 1909.
We have no idea how they got their mail before the post office
- maybe the Railway Post Office just threw it off the train and the
residents found it the next morning. |
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A
former business in Flynn
TE photo, May 2001 |
There was a two-story
school and a two-story hotel in Flynn at one time in its history,
but no evidence is standing today. The 20s were a prosperous time
for Flynn. It had a leather shop, café, phone office, lumberyard,
chair factory, ice-house and a grist-mill, as well as the previously
mentioned school.
Today the population is less than 100 and the one store seems to be
a gathering place for Flynn residents. |
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Martha
and Jesse Brinkley
Photo courtesy Brinkley Family Archive |
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