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Texas Ghost
Town
MESQUITE, TEXAS
Borden County,
Panhandle / West Texas
FM 1054
7 miles S of the Lynn County Line
16 miles NW of Gail
55 miles N of Big
Spring
Population
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The
old schoolhouse at Mesquite
Photo courtesy Erik Whetstone |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Texas' "other" Mesquite hasn't been overburdened with mistaken identity
for the Mesquite in Dallas County. The school pictured above came
into being circa 1905 and reportedly closed sometime during the 1930s.
The Handbook of Texas makes a rather broad understatement when
it states that "Mesquite is located in a relatively isolated area
apart from major highways." It may come as a surprise to many people
that Borden County has a second city. |
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