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Texas Ghost Town
LESLEY, TEXAS
Hall County, Texas Panhandle
Not on the map
Highway 256
7 miles W of
Lakeview
16 miles W of Memphis
Population:
45 (1990)
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A
view of the Lesley old schoolhouse from Hwy 256
Photo by Erik Whetstone,
May 2005 |
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The
old Lesley schoolhouse
Photo by Erik Whetstone May 2005 |
History in a Pecan
Shell
In
1902 local resident James P. Montgomery opened a post office at his home and named
it after his son. It remained in Montgomery until 1907, when it was moved to the
town's general store. It closed in 1915 and mail was rerouted through Lakeview
By 1920 the town had the school (shown), a cotton gin and three stores. A gas
station and restaurant had been added by the late 20s. In 1937 the school was
consolidated with Lakeview's ISD. The population was a mere 10 from the 30s through
the 40s. By the early 1970s it had increased to 70 and it retained its gin and
grocery into the 80s. Leslie had about 40 people in 1984 and it was forty-five
by 1990. |
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L
- Lesley School rear entrance. R - Front entrance
Photos courtesy David Higgins | |
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Old
gas pump in Lesley
Photo courtesy David Higgins |
Photographer's
Note
"Due to all the mesquite trees, I wasn’t able to get complete
image of the front. The school was pretty interesting. It still has a majority
of it’s old doors. It looks like someone was using it to store cattle at one point,
there were numerous pins constructed throughout the building." - Erik
Whetstone, July 26, 2005
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