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Texas Ghost
Town
RUSH CREEK, TEXAS
Wise County,
North Central Texas
North on Highway 730
18 miles NE of Decatur
1.8 miles N on County Road 2750
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The cemetery
Photo courtesy Gary Hall, 11-04 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
The Handbook of Texas has four or five entries for Rush Creek (as
watercourses) and one for a ghost town by that name in Navarro County.
A more detailed history for this community may be available in Decatur,
but for now, we're including the text from the recently erected (1998)
historical marker:
"Named for a stream that flowed through the area, the community of
Rush Creek contained a school, two churches and a cemetery. The oldest
recorded burial is that of Harry Houston, infant son of John and Mary
Houston, who died in 1875. The site contains 110 graves; nearly half
are those of children under 20 years of age. Also buried here are
veterans of the Civil War and WWI. Rush Creek declined in the 1930s
when families left due to land erosion. Still active, the cemetery
is maintained by descentants of those buried here." |
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The
Historical Marker at Rush Creek
Photo courtesy Gary Hall, 11-04 |
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Photographer's
Note:
We have sincerely been enjoying the information about the Ghost towns
in and around the DFW area. We will have to share some of our findings
about some of the visits we have had.
We just stumbled across an old City Cemetery, quite by accident. We
were traveling North on Highway 730 above Decatur,
when a cemetery sign showed up at the side of the road. It was also
CR (County Road) 2750. We followed it and about 1.8 miles down, it
appeared on the right, just before the one-lane bridge. It is slightly
unkempt right now, but it appears that there are still some families
being buried their to this day.... - Gary Hall and Tom Nix, November
07, 2004 |
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