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History
in a Pecan shell
1850: Wesson was originally named Henderson Crossing after
early settler Hensley G. Henderson.
1858: The crossing's name was changed
to Esser's Crossing after the land was bought by Charles Esser. The village
itself was known as Guadalupe Valley.
Going Postal
The mail had been delivered from nearby post offices at Spring Branch
and Smithson Valley. When Charles Esser applied for one, his numerous requests
were rejected one after the other.
History has lost Mr. Esser's list
of favored names, but one story remains. With his frustration reaching the boiling
point, Esser applied for the name of Hell, Texas. This must've amused the boys
in Washington, but they wrote an official rejection notice saying that the name
had already been taken (a lie).
Esser started submitting any name he
could think of and he did it systematically. When he got to firearms, Winchester
was taken and Smithville
already existed - but not Wesson. The postal authorities granted the name Wesson
- not for an individual - but just to get Charley Esser off their back.
A man named Beierle ran the post office from his home starting in 1893,
but in 1907 a route was established and the community received their mail from
New
Braunfels.
The town lost population slowly. During WWII,
the residents left for jobs in the cities and after the war the remaining residents
left.
Today a cemetery named after the postmaster (Beierle) is about
all that remains of Wesson.
Two other cemeteries are in the immediate
vicinity - one named Rust and the other unnamed. Consult the Texas Department
of Transportation's map of Comal County.
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