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RAINBOW,
TEXAS Somervell
County, North Central Texas
Farm Road 200
4 miles NE of Glen
Rose
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Crossing
the Brazos at Rainbow
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
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The
Brazos River Bridge
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
Rainbow,
Texas History
"... Among
the first settlers was William Porter, who established a school in
the late 1860s; for several decades the area was referred to as the
Porter school district. By the 1890s a community had developed, and
the residents requested a post office. When the townspeople gathered
to name the community a thunderstorm broke out, followed by a rainbow.
The residents, struck by the beauty of the rainbow, named their town
after it...." From The Handbook of Texas Online, see
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/RR/hnr4.html |
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The Baptist
Church
Photo courtesy
Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003
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The Rainbow post office
Photo courtesy Jim and Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
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