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DUNDEE,
TEXASTexas Ghost
Town
Archer County, Panhandle / Central Texas N
Highways 82 and 277
27 miles SW of Wichita
Falls
Population
Population: 40 (1990)
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The
old schoolhouse in Dundee
2001 photo courtesy of Eric Whetstone |
History
in a Pecan Shell
The town is said to have been platted on land belonging to the T Fork Ranch
in the late 1880s.
When the Wichita Valley Railroad laid tracks from
Wichita Falls to Seymour in 1890, the president of the railroad named the town
after the city in Scotland.
A three-story hotel was built at the depot
- also property of the railroad.
In 1892 the town consisted of a post
office, the depot and school and a population of 25.
The population
was estimated around 200 in 1896. For a time Dundee enjoyed the status of being
Archer County's second largest city.
Alex Albright, a banker with an
interest in sheep raising set up shop in around 1910, opening a bank and town
and operating a huge Karakul sheep ranch nearby.
The population was estimated
at 400 during the 1920s and a federated study club was founded in 1921.
Lake Kemp was developed during this time. |
| Rice
Ranch Community School Children, circa 1912-1913 |
"My
grandmother, Myrtle Williams, is in the second row, seventh from left. Her sister,
Elma Williams is in the same row, second from left. Their younger sister, Arena
Williams, is in the first row, kneeling, second from left. The boy in the third
row on the far left is Clarence Williams, brother to the Williams girls.
The Rice Ranch Community was near Dundee. Thanks." - Cheryl Musick, May
04, 2005 |
My father grew up in Seymour during the 1910's - 1920's. I remember him talking
about his Uncle John Hayley that was the J.P. in Dundee during the 1920's. He
lived in the house at the NW corner of Highway 82 and whatever the FM crossroad
was. The house was still standing in the 1960's, but I think it's gone now. My
father often talked about taking the train from Seymour to visit Uncle John when
he was out of school on vacation. - Cherry Johnston, July 07, 2004
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