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History in a Pecan
ShellOriginally
the community was named Talulah after the area’s first teacher (1888) Talulah
Collier. A post office was granted in 1896 and two years later the town was renamed
by the railroad (the Fort Worth
and Denver City) to honor Dan Carey, the railroad’s building foreman.
Carey
managed to make it through the Great Depression intact, despite its small size.
Reportedly 25 families lived here in 1940. The 1980 census showed 57 residents
served by a lone store and the post office. Both the 1990 and 2000 census counted
60 citizens. | |
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