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| The
Park on Kellers Bay. TE photo |
History in a Pecan
Shell:
The town has a similar beginning to nearby Danevang.
Both we started as Lutheran Colonies within two years of one another (Danevang
1894 and Olivia 1892). The primary difference was Danevang was Danish while Olivia
was made up of Swedes.
The Reverend C.J.E. Haterious brought
the settlers to the area and then named the town after his wife, Olivia Olson
Haterious.
Cotton was
the primary crop and after taking their cotton all the way to Edna
for ginning in 1893; they soon bought a small gin to use right where they were.
The town had only 50 residents in 1927, but improvements like a highway
and electricity brought the population back during the 1930s. The school was consolidated
in the wave of statewide school consolidations during the early 1950s. Today it
has about the same number of people as it did in 1914.
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| Another
view of the Olivia Municipal Park. TE photo |
| A
view from Olivia Municipal Park. TE photo |
Today the park at
the end of the road (Hwy 175) is a quiet and spacious place to have a picnic or
go crabbing. It's relatively isolated location almost guarantees a quiet visit.
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