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History in a Pecan
Shell
Kalgary began life as Spur, Texas in 1905. It was then named
Watson, for Richard Watson Self.
The townsite was on what had been part
of the huge SMS ranch.
The Watson school was constructed in 1907 and a
post office opened in 1911. The post office closed in 1913, reopened in 1925,
changed its name when it started getting mail for another town named Watson in
1927 and closed for good in 1955. There were only 10 people in Kalgary in the
1930s. Their high water-mark was 1940 when the population reached 100.
The
state-wide school consolidations of the late 40s, early 50’s merged the Kalgary
ISD with Crosbyton in 1949. The school burned
in 1952.
People interested in Texas town names with Alaska-sounding names
may want to check Nome, Juno
and Fairbanks. |
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