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History in
a Pecan Shell
Settlement dates
from the 1850s but things didn’t get rolling until the arrival of
the railroad around the turn of the (20th) century. M.C. Rye is the
town’s namesake. The town’s post office dates to 1902.
During the 1940s Rye only had a population of 60 – most of them employed
in the lumber business. By the mid 1980s it had grown to 76 – the
figure that is still given for the 2000 census. |
Logging truck
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, August 2007 |
Liberty
County 1907 postal map showing Rye
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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