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RAYWOOD,
TEXASLiberty County,
Texas Gulf Coast
Highway 90 and FM 770
36 miles W of Beaumont
Population 231 (2000)
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A store near Raywood
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally settled in the 1830s, Raywood experienced the various adventures
and misadventures of its neighboring southeast Texas communities until
the 1890s when a man named Alex Miller introduced rice farming in
1890.
Raymond Harwood was the proprietor of the local rice mill and the
town was named by combining his two names. Raywood was platted alongside
the Texas and New Orleans Railroad in December 1893. A post office
was granted in 1894. The population ranged from 100 to 125 until oil
and gas was discovered in the mid-50s.
The late discovery occured when automated drilling methods had long
been in place - so the "boom" only amounted to a doubling of the small
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Raywood's landmark
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Another grain
elevator near Raywood
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Today
Raywood's most noticable landmark is the rice elevators - shown above.
Raywood Chronicles
Turtle
Bayou Resolutions by Archie P. McDonald
( "All Things Historical" Column)
"Turtle Bayou originates just west of Raywood in Liberty County
and flows, eighteen miles away, into Lake Anahuac. Angry Texans
camped near that bayou in June 1832, trying to figure out how to
gain the release of William Barret Travis and Patrick Jack, who
had been arrested in Anahuac by Mexican post commander Juan David
Bradburn. ... " more
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Raywood
Texas Forum
My family settled
in Raywood generations ago.. and no one seems to know where this
store is. Perhaps you had already reached the next town, Devers?
The rice dryer with the office building looks familiar, but is not
in Raywood. Again... maybe in Devers? Thanks. - Cheryl Donatto,
January 20, 2005
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© John Troesser
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