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History in
a Pecan Shell
The
“community” began as a railroad switch around 1876 when the Galveston,
Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad crossed Caldwell
and Guadalupe
Counties on the way to San
Antonio.
It is believed that Jim Sullivan (the engineer of the first passenger
train from Houston to San
Antonio in 1877) is the town’s namesake.
The railroad switch burst to life in 1922 when oil was discovered
at Gander Slu.
The railroad dropped off oil tank cars for loading and a tank farm
was constructed. Although a town was platted, population figures never
surpassed 100. |
1920s map showing
Sullivan in Eastern Guadalupe
County
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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