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History in a Pecan
shell
S. P. Brundage platted the town in 1909, and the community
grew quickly after it became a stop on the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
around 1910, the year it was granted a post office. The settlement shipped onions,
strawberries, and other crops. By 1915 Brundage had over 100 residents, two stores
and a telephone connection.
An extended drought drove many Dimmit and
La Salle County farmers off their land by the late teens.
By 1925 the
population was down to fifty.
In 1936 the community still had a depot
and a post office, one business, and a cluster of houses.
In 1944 the
post office closed, and by 1953 the school had been consolidated with Big Wells.
By the mid-1980s the old school building (c. 1918) had been converted into
a restaurant but nothing else remained except a cemetery and a few dwellings.
Nearby Destinations
Within 15 miles of Brundage - Asherton,
Carrizo Springs, Crystal
City, Big Wells and Valley
Wells
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John Troesser |
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