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Downtown
Gordon
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April, 2006 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Named for Texas and Pacific Railroad engineer H. L. Gordon, in 1880,
the town got off to a good start by inheriting the population of nearby
Hampton, Texas when that town was bypassed. A post office was granted
in 1883.
In January of 1887 a train robbery netted Rube Burrow over $4000 from
the railway express car. By 1926 Gordon was thriving with a population
estimated at 650. As Thurber
declined, Gordon prospered. By 1940 the population was just over 500.
It reached a low in the late 1960s of 358 but increased to 465 in
1990.
Delightful
Detour
by Billy B. Smith
"The sixteen-mile delightful detour [through Gordon, Mingus
and Strawn] reminds me that there once
was another America, a wistful place full of pleasant and pensive
scenery..." more |
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Ghost
sign
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April, 2006 |
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Post
Office in Gordon
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April, 2006 |
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Another
view of Downtown Gordon
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April, 2006 |
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