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Texas Ghost
Town
SALT
GAP, TEXAS
McCulloch County,
Texas
Hill Country
FM 503 and FM 504
2.6 miles S of Doole
24 miles NW of Brady
21 miles E of Eden
Walking distance from the Concho County Line
Population
25 (1990)
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Flag
on a barn door. (See forum below)
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, January 2006 |
History on
a Pinhead
Named for the local creek of the same name, the town had a post office
in operation from 1905 to 1913 - the year it closed. It reopened in
the 1920s and closed for good several years later.
The population high-water mark was 60 people in the late 1930s. The
town never developed past the store and school stage, but it remains
a viable community in 2006 and still appears on the county map.
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The
Old Salt Gap Store
Photo circa 1930 courtesy of Barbara Jackson |
The Old
Salt Gap Store in the 1930'sSubmitted by Barbara Jackson from the memory of her father John
Wesley Little who was born Jan. 31,1930. His grandparents William
Foris Tillery and Matty Pearl Davis ran the Salt Gap Store, from
about 1935-1938? The post office was attached to the store and they
had living quarters in the rear of the store. Grand Dad was the
post master, they also had two gas pumps, one regular and one ethel
as well as a small ice house. I went with him on many occasions
to get the blocks of ice, which he hauled in a trailer pulled by
an old Buick car. We went to Brady,Tx to get the ice. The cotton
gin was across the road from the store. They also had a bulk oil
tank. The picture I'm sending has written on the back, me(my aunt
Dorothy) Daddy, my Great Grandfather, and a drug salesman, name
unknown. My Grandmother, Laverne showed me this picture many times
of the Old Salt Gap Store. Thank You, Barbara Jackson, Canyon
Lake, Tx, September 30, 2007
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Salt Gap
Texas Forum
Subject:
Salt Gap
My dad John L. Slaughter Jr.owned this store in Salt Gap in the
late 1950 into 1952. We lived in the house to the left of it. The
Post Office was in the rear of the store and my mom Ona Evalon Slaughter
ran the Post Office. There was a gas pump in front of the store.
My dad also drove the school bus for the Melvin school district.
I was attending Melvin High School at the time. At one time there
was a filling station across the road south west of the store during
the 1940's. A Mr Peel was the owner. These were lean years for the
Farmers and they would charge their groceries. A lot of them could
not pay their bills, so we got out of the grocery business and moved
back to Melvin. If you look at the Pear
Valley page, there is a picture of me and my dad standing by
his fuel truck. In Salt Gap there was a garage behind the grocery
store where dad worked on tractors and vehicles. He also welded
on farm equipment. He was a very busy man. There were no eight hour
days back then. - Johnye Slaughter, April 27, 2006
Subject:
Salt Gap Texas & Texas Flags
I check back
every now and then to see if there is anything new listed under
Salt Gap Texas. I have lived here since 1981. The store you show
is the store in Doole Texas,
6 miles to the north on FM 503.
The Flag on the door of the shop did fly over Texas, but it is the
1st National Flag of the Confederacy. The Flag on the pole is the
3rd National Flag of the Confederacy. Thank you. - Richard, May
05, 2006
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