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History
in a Pecan Shell
Bobo was a stop on the Houston, East and West Texas
Railway. Bobo has no official date of birth, but sources say it was
sometime around 1885. They were granted a post office in 1893 and
it managed to stay open until 1898. In 1896 Bobo had a general store
and a population of ten Boboans.
During the Great Depression Bobo had a church, a sawmill, and a store
to supply the sawyers. The rural-urban exodus after World
War II left Bobo with almost the same population as they had in
the 1890s.
Today a few houses and a church remain along with two signs that announce
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Bobo
historical marker
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Tenaha,
Timpson, Bobo, and Blair
by Archie P. McDonald, PhD
Tenaha, Timpson, Bobo, and Blair are communities in Shelby County
whose names were appropriated for a plea by crapshooters for good
luck when seeking to roll double fives. Similarly, dice throwers hoping
for an "eight" would sing out, "Eighter from Decatur, the County Seat
of Wise." Later the alliteration in the sing-song phrase "Tenaha,
Timpson, Bobo, and Blair" helped a folk song recorded by Tex Ritter
popular.
How did the communities become involved with dice and popular music?
... more
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