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History
on a PinheadThe
site had been a watering hole for buffalo
and Indians, years before settlement. The springs flowed from a clay bank of the
Salt Fork of the Brazos River, giving the name “red.” In the late 1890s a trading
post was built here and with the arrival of the railroad in 1900 (The Fort Worth
and Denver City) growth seemed unstoppable. The history and early population figures
are missing, but the 1940 census showed 100 people – served by four stores and
a school.
The 1980 census counted the same number of people but by 1990
it had reached 81. In the ten years since it has decreased to a mere 42 citizens. |
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