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suggested slogan:
"If you're looking at Coleman, you're looking at Texas."
Some
of the best qualities of Texas, anyway. Coleman is on the short list of towns
that don't yet have an H.E.B. store, but still have a high quality of life. Leaving
Coleman and driving toward Santa Anna,
you'll see a billboard that reads: You're Leaving Coleman, Home of the Friendliest
People in Texas. We
find it hard to believe that Colemanites were the ones that put up that billboard.
It's our feeling that citizens of neighboring counties came in the dead of night
to let the world know how they felt about their Coleman County neighbors.
Coleman
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Photographer's
Note:
"One of several of Coleman's traffic lights that are still
in the center of the intersection. To me, this seems to be a symbol of not just
Coleman but of early Texas mobility in general." - Barclay
Gibson, December 2007 |
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Gibson Brothers of Coleman operated the Coca Cola Bottling Works there from 1927-1931.
1928 photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson |
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recently discovered Coca-Cola ghost sign in Coleman.
Photo courtesy
Donna Chevalier, Coleman, Texas, May 2007 | |
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| Photo
courtesy Donna Chevalier, May 2007 |
Coleman Attractions
Coleman
County CourthouseColeman
County JailThe
Old Santa Fe Depot
East of downtown. Now home to the Coleman Police Department.Coleman's
Public Library dates from January 1885. Mrs. J.A.B. Miller was Coleman's Volunteer
Librarian for 40 Years. Photo at top of page shows the Memorial Library named
in her honor. On the Courthouse Square.
City
Park : Museum and Picnic area just North of town on Hwy 283 along Hord's Creek.
The Owl
Pharmacy : The large sign on the West Side of Main Street will call attention
to itself. Full service soda fountain and luncheonette. The Owl is clean,
well staffed and has a full menu of sandwiches with rotating specials. Ruebens,
but no Rachels. Coffee is 37 cents before 11:30, but if it's 11:45, they'll probably
let you slide. It may be your last chance to see a fountain this complete.
Coleman
County Museum : Open June to August - Fridays through Wednesdays. April, May
and September - Saturday and Sunday. Afternoons only. Warbirds
Museum : At the Coleman Municipal Airport Open Monday through Friday 8 'til
6. Restored aircraft from WWII. Downtown
: Spend some time driving the west side of downtown. It's surprising how much
shade Coleman has.Mozelle
High School
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Nearby
Destinations
Lake
Coleman : 17 miles North of Coleman off Hwy 283. The 190 acre Press Morris
Park is run by the City of Coleman, while the 2,000 acre lake belongs to the State.
Other Area
Lakes : Novice, Ivie, Santa Anna and Hord's Creek
Lake Information available at the Chamber of Commerce inside the branded building.
Coleman's
second city Santa Anna.
Ghost
Towns: Whon and Talpa
Coleman
County Chamber of Commerce: 218
Commercial Coleman, Texas 76834 / 915-625-2163
Website: http://www.colemantexas.org/coleman.html
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Hotel Coleman old stationery c. 1935 |
Coleman Chronicles
Pearl
by Mike Cox ("Texas Tales" column)
He has the singular distinction
of being the first and last man legally hanged in the county. |
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