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History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally part of the Diamond Tail Ranch,
Estelline was named after the daughter of a local resident (Estelle de Shields)
and founded by the Wright Brothers (Elam and Math) in 1892. With the arrival of
the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Estelline became a shipping point for cattle
driven in from Paducah and Silverton.
A post office was opened that same year (1892) and within two years the town had
a school, two hotels and a cotton gin. An improved school (two stories) was built
in 1909 and the town incorporated three years later when the population had reached
1,000.
In 1927 a branch of the railroad was built from Estelline to Plainview,
but with the onset of the Great Depression the population decreased to about 600
by 1940 - the year that the city suffered fire damage. The 1980 population was
258 which has since declined to 168 people. |
Estelline
First Baptist Church
Photo
courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 |
Estelline
City Limits Population 168
Photo
courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 |
| Estelline
City Limits
Population 194
Photo
courtesy Ken
Rudine, July 2006 |
1920s
Hall County Map showing Estelline (S of Memphis)
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
| Prairie
Dog Fork of the Red River
Photo
courtesy Ken
Rudine, July 2006 | |
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