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History in a Pecan
Shell
The
community was granted a post office in 1893 with the postmaster submitting the
name – said to honor his friend, a conductor on the Fort Worth and Denver City
Railroad. The post office closed in 1902, reopened the following year and closed
for good later that year.
Postmaster Richerson moved near Hulver
and took the Gazelle post office with him. Since the post office operated in Richerson’s
home, when a member of the family came down with smallpox, people were afraid
to collect their mail. Richerson fumigated the postal boxes and equipment and
sent them back to Washington, thereby erasing the existence of Gazelle. |
1940s
Hall County map showing Memphis
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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