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Texas Ghost
Town
DAMSITE,
TEXAS
Hardeman County,
Texas Panhandle
6 miles SE of Quanah
14 miles East of Punkin Center
4 miles East of Lake Pauline (formerly called Damsite Lake)
Not shown on maps - including the TxDoT Hardeman County map.
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History in
a Pecan Shell
In 1906, The Rice Brothers of Houston with local investors bought
land in the area and planed to impound Wanderer's Creek to
provide irrigation. The company was registered as the Hardeman County
Irrigation Company and if their figures were correct - they could
irrigate 10,000 acres of land.
The town of Damsite was planned to be the center of activities and
streets were platted before the dam was built. A dam was built at
a cost of $75,000 and the project was successful until the death of
the operating manager in 1916. The other investors lost interest and
the land was put up for sale.
West Texas Utilities bought the land and installed a power plant.
The lake itself was known as Damsite until a resort developer renamed
it after his daughter. |
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