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Protecting and
serving in Flynn
Flynn Grocery & Feed store
TE photo, May 2001 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Flynn was named
after Edward J. Flynn who was a railroad official and probably never
set foot in town. The railroad (Trinity and Brazos Valley) came through
in 1906 and they got a post office in 1909.
We have no idea how they got their mail before the post office
- maybe the Railway Post Office just threw it off the train and the
residents found it the next morning.
There was a two-story school and a two-story hotel in Flynn at one
time in its history, but no evidence is standing today. The 20s were
a prosperous time for Flynn. It had a leather shop, café, phone office,
lumberyard, chair factory, ice-house and a grist-mill, as well as
the previously mentioned school.
Today the population is less than 100 and the one store seems to be
a gathering place for Flynn residents. |
A former business
in Flynn
TE photo, May 2001 |
Martha and Jesse
Brinkley
Courtesy Brinkley Family Archive
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