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History in a Pecan
Shell
Established in 1899
Located on a spur from the New
York, Texas and Mexican Railway in 1899, Shanghai was planned to become an actual
town like Pierce's Station (later Pierce,
Texas). Abel H. "Shanghai" Pierce had contracted with the state of Texas for
convicts to clear the land for the proposed town. The spur was built to bring
in supplies and men. Although a cotton gin was built and prisoner's quarters erected,
Shanghai and another planned town named Borden
(after Pierce's nephew) never really got much beyond the planning stage.
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