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History
in a Pecan Shell
Settled around 1845, Pine Town was a stagecoach
stop on the Rusk to Palestine
run. In March of 1847 a post office was granted under the name U. Auglin, Texas
- perhaps the ugliest post office name ever used. The postmaster, Valentin Auglin
evidently submitted his name which was misread by postal authorities. The error
was soon corrected and the name changed to Pine Town in 1848.
Pine Town
never developed into a "town" per se - but remained a rural community, with its
stores and businesses spread all around.
A school was opened in 1854,
and a Masonic lodge was built prior to the Civil War. Despite it's improved name,
the Pine Town post office closed its doors in 1874.
In 1900 when the
Texas
State Railroad was constructed from Rusk
to Palestine,
businesses and people from Pine Town moved to the freshly minted town of Maydelle.
By 1920 Pine Town was gone. |
1920s
Cherokee County, Texas Map showing Maydelle
(Below
"HE" in "CHEROKEE")
Courtesy Texas General Land
Office |
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