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Podo the Man:
The unusual name
comes from an employee of Shanghai
Pierce who was reputed to have been an African of some station
before being shipped to America as a slave. Being a Zulu, he had the
ability of looking eye-to-eye with the 6 foot 4 inch Pierce.
Podo served as an overseer for John Duncan who later sold out to Pierce.
After emancipation, Podo worked for Pierce
and performed many duties, including tending the railroad
shipping pens that were named for him. A small town grew around the
pens.
Podo, according to legend, took a liking to the effects of whiskey
and had Pierce
send it to him by the barrel.
Podo the town:
Podo disappeared
from maps a long time ago and all of the buildings have either been
moved, dismantled or decayed. The Handbook of Texas mentions
brick cisterns as the only remaining signs that the town existed.
At one time there were two cemeteries in Podo. |
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