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Dermott
street scene Photo Courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp, 2001 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Pete McDermott donated the land for the townsite, so it was named after
his surname minus the Mc. A post office was granted in 1902. Dermott
moved accrording to the script of the old familiar story of "live next to the
railroad or die." First it was the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railroad, but when
the Santa Fe added cattle loading pens, the town moved a second time. |
Tombstone
of McDermott, the town's namesake Photo Courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp,
2001 | |
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