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HEARNE,
TEXASRobertson
County, Central Texas S
US 79, US 190 and Hwy 6
9 miles S of Calvert
18 miles NW of Bryan
12 miles SW of
Franklin
Population: 4690 (2000) 5,209 (1990) Book
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Smith-Welch Library downtown.
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History in a Pecan
Shell
Francisco Ruiz, a Mexican officer was the recipient of the
original land grant.
A man named Brown operated a stagecoach stop in
the 1840s and a post office operated out of a tavern/ general store. Christopher
Hearne, a planter that came to town in 1852, saw that the railroad was the thing
of the future. He offered the railroad a right-of-way in 1858 on some of his 10,000
acres with land for a townsite thrown in for good measure. But the Civil War put
things on hold and it was Hearne’s widow that eventually deeded 700 acres to the
Houston and Texas Central Railway in 1867. The railroad arrived in April of 1868
and boom days followed. A post office opened in 1869. In 1870 the International-Great
Northern came through which made Hearne a railroad “Crossroads.” |
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Hearne Depot: The Depot was moved in the year 2000 and is awaiting a complete
restoration on the south side of Hwy 6.
Photo by John Troesser, Dec.
2001 |
The town incorporated
in 1871.
The town had 1,300 people in 1885 and 2,129 in 1900.
The town was about 3,511 the year that the general Texas population shifted from
rural to urban (1941).
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1942
- 1947
One of the largest Prisoner of War Camps in Texas during WWII.
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Cafe in Hearne
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| | Hearne
water tower
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The former Queen Theatre
in Hearne
Photo by John Troesser, Dec. 2001 |
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post office cornerstone.
Photo by John Troesser, Dec. 2001 |
People
Dr.
Edward Arrel Pye, A Texas Medical Hero
by W. T. Block Jr.
Whenever the virulent yellow fever plague came to town,
the townsmen who were cautious packed up their families and belongings and fled
elsewhere. Sometimes a town’s physician did not leave; they stayed to treat their
patients and occasionally died...
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Texas Forum
Subject:
Chatmas Theatre
The picture you show as the Chatmas Theatre is not the Chatmas.
The one you show is actually west of the Chatmas. This was the Mexican
theatre, the Queen.
The Chatmas was where the Guy Chandler Park is now. They have a
Veteran's Memorial there.
I grew up in Calvert, lived there a while as an adult, and taught
in Hearne for many years. I spent a lot of happy hours in the Eloia
in Calvert and the Chatmas in Hearne,
with trips to the drugstore afterward.
The night the Chatmas burned, we could see the glow in the sky from
Calvert. We were all sad that it was not rebuilt. So, there is nothing
left of the Chatmas.
You might contact the "Hearne Democrat" for a picture of the two
theatres in Hearne, when they were in good shape. Someone in Hearne,
maybe the library, might have a picture to share.
There was also a drive-in theatre in Hearne. It was located where
the motels are just north of Hearne on Highway 6, and that triangle
formed where the Cameron Highway goes past the Fireman's Hall.
An Austin artist, Larry Willcott, I believe is his name, has a lovely
watercolor of the Eloia in Calvert. All that is missing is movie
posters in the display cases, the popcorn machine, and Miss Eloise
in the ticket booth, Carl standing by the popcorn machine, and their
son in his A&M uniform selling popcorn. (They didn't sell drinks
and candy at the Eloia. But, the Chatmas had a glistening candy
counter inside.) Hope this helps. Check with some oldtimers to be
sure you have the right buildings. Some of the newcomers don't know.
- Cecelia Conitz Heinrich, January 28, 2006
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