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TERRELL,
TEXAS
Kaufman County,
North Central Texas
Highway 80, 34 and 205
30 miles E of Dallas
Population 13,600 (2000)
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"Supper
for 2000 Patients" - North Texas Hospital
1920s postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
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History in
a Pecan Shell
George Paschall is considered one of the first settlers when he arrived
in the area in 1848. In 1873 the Texas and Pacific Railway crossed
the region and 230 acres were purchased with the intention of platting
a town. The post office opened that same year and was named after
an early settler in honor named Robert A. Terrell.
The town incorporated in 1875. Terrell had 3,000 citizens by the mid
1880s along with three weekly newspapers, three flour mills, three
gins, and nine churches. The State Hospital (mental institution) in
Austin opened a second location in Terrell in 1885 to relieve overcrowding
at the capital facility. |
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Presbyterian Church
1912 postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
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Episcopal
Church, Terrell, Texas
1908 postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
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By 1890 Terrell
had an iron foundry, a canning factory, and a creamery. In 1892 Terrell
became the headquarters for the Texas Midland Railroad. During World
War II, British pilots trained at Terrell on an airfield that later
became the present municipal airport.
Robert Terrell's son-in-law, W. B. Toon, established Toon College
in 1897. In 1901 the name was changed into Terrell University School.
TUS became North Texas University School in 1904, which in turn became
Wesley College in 1909. In 1912 the school moved to Greenville.
From 1914 to 1949, Terrell was home to the Texas Military College.
A branch campus of Trinity Valley Junior College was in Terrell in
the 1980s. |
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Artesia Hotel in Terrell
1916 postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/
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The Coca-Cola Bottling Plant under construction in 1935
Photo by Silas Gibson, courtesy Barclay Gibson |
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The
same plant photographed in 1995
by Barclay Gibson |
The population
of Terrell was 10,481 in 1941, reaching a peak in 1970 with 15,500.
Terrells population was 12,500 in 1990 and has increased to the present
13,600 (2004).
Terrell
Heritage Museum |
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