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History
in a Pecan ShellIn
the 1890s, the community was first known by the surveyor’s impersonal and dull
designation of “Block Twenty.” Nevertheless, settlers arrived to populate
the land and things were on track.
In 1903 the land was resurveyed by W.
R. Standefer who had a two-mile disagreement with the former surveyor. To make
things right with the banks and the land people, the residents were inconvenienced
by a “slide” to their rightful plots.
The people were easy to move but
buildings were not. Proud of their accomplishment, the townsfolk weren’t going
to let their labors be forgotten. The relocated town would henceforth be known
as Slide, Texas.
Slide is second only to Lubbock
as the county’s oldest community. Lumber for the town’s homes and school came
all the way from Colorado
City a distance of 120 miles on today's highways.
The town had a post
office from 1904 to 1915 and again from 1917 to 1929. In 1942 the population was
unofficially noted at ten. There were two businesses in 1961–62, when the population
was forty. In 1970–71 the population was the same, but the community had lost
its businesses. From the late 1980s through 2000 Slide had forty-four residents
and no businesses. |
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1907
Lubbock County postal map showing Slide (SW of Lubbock)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office | |
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