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The
1899 railroad bridge at McQueeney
TE photo, July 2001 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
The town dates from 1870 and the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
Railway arrived in 1876. Although the stop was named Hilda (there
was also a Hilda
in Gillespie County) it was renamed McQueeney, "in honor" of the superintendent
of the Southern Pacific line. Actually it was a transparent ploy by
storekeeper C. F. Blumberg to persuade the railroad to move the stop
from Hilda to his store a mile away. The railroad didn't move - but
when the post office opened (1900) it retained the name. By 1914 McQueeney
had forty citizens. |
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How
people know the bridge was built in 1899.
TE photo, July 2001 |
Lake
McQueeney, AKA Lake Abbott, was formed by damming the Guadalupe
River in 1925. It soon became a popular recreation area.
Throughout the 1940s McQueeney had a population of 300 residents which
has since increased to the present 2,500.
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McQueeney,
Texas Forum
The most notable
thing about McQueeney, Texas is the residences along the Guadalupe
that get washed away during our floods... Not us, but the people
who insist building on the banks of the wild Guadalupe. - Colleen
Collier, November 1, 2005
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