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The
largest reminder that there was a town of Oak Forest
Photo courtesy Sarah
Reveley, February 2008 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Oak Forest reached its high water mark (population-wise) about 1896
with 200 residents. There was a blacksmith, a hotel and a general
store as well as a piano teacher and a doctor. The Handbook of
Texas reports that they "enjoyed daily mail delivery by 1914"
and that "Thereafter its population declined sharply." We have to
wonder what was in those letters.
There has been no business conducted in Oak Forest since 1965 and
the scattered resident population adds up to about 25. |
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