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History in
a Pecan Shell
It should come as no surprise that the town gets it's name from it's
location on the Texas-New Mexico line.
The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway purchased land for a division
point there in 1888. Railroad shops were constructed almost immediately
and by the end of the year, a post office, depot and hotel were all
built.
The editor of the Tascosa Pioneer, predicted that Texline would
become a wild town. It was. Texline actually served as the Dallam
county seat (1891 to 1903) until it became Dalhart.
Dallam County's first public school opened in Texline in 1892. The
town struggled with inconvenience and isolation (the nearest doctor
was in nearby Clayton, New Mexico).
Texline incorporated in 1916, but when the railroad closed its shops
in 1923, the population decreased dramatically.
The population in 1940 was 385 and by 1984 it had risen slightly to
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Texline, Texas
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Subject: Marooned
in Texline
When I was sixteen (from the big town of Palestine,
Texas) my mother sent me to a summer camp in Colorado. I remember
on the bus trip that about noon we stopped to have lunch at the cafe
in Texline. As we enjoyed our meal the bus driver [returned to] the
bus and when I was in the restroom washing my hands, the driver left
without me.
Being stuck in Texline, I wondered what to do and where to go. A very
nice lady at the cafe had heard the route the bus driver was taking
and called the Dallam County Sheriff's Department to notify the New
Mexico Highway Patrol to stop the bus so it could return to the Texline
cafe and rescue the one it had gone off and left. I don't know if
I was hurt that no one noticed that I was not the bus or that I missed
the bus because I had wanted to wash my hands... - Rodney Paul
Smith, Palestine, Texas, March 06, 2007
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